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Intra-Department relationship

INTRA-DEPARTMENT RELATIONSHIP No individual department in any hotel can work in isolation. To achieve positive moments of truth in any service provided to the guests, no specific department can be responsible: in fact it should be a collective responsibility of all the departments concerned. Each department is equally important for proper functioning of hotel. The food and beverage service department is one of the major selling points of the hotel. All sections under the umbrella of the F&B department coordinate and cooperate with each other to achieve objectives of the department that are customer, management, and employee focused. The following shows the intra –departmental relationship between sections. 1. Food Production In a food and beverage outlet, the F&B production has the most important role to play. Items prepared/dressed here are the ones that the service personnel sell. To be successful in its operations, it coordinates with the other F&B Sect...

Airline Catering

AIRLINE CATERING Unlike the other transport system like the rail or ocean liners, air transport carry pre-plated food on board as there is no facility available on airline for cooking or presentation. Most airlines design or plan flight-catering establishments or kitchens to meet their requirements. The system was to continue until the country was nationalized and was divided into two separate corporations, one for domestic route and the other for international. Modernization and expansion increased the carrying capacity of passengers in both airlines. It was necessary to increase and expand the catering services with a standard compatible to the cost of airline ticket. To cope with the need of international airline carrier several flight kitchens were established in Bombay (Mumbai), Delhi, Calcutta (Kolkata) and Chennai. Air India started a subsidiary company called the HCI (Hotel Corporation of India) with a view to operate flight kitchens and accommodate passengers i...