La Casita de SanBer Flia Vázquez Amarilla, San Bernardino Yakınlarındaki Oteller

Early check in [at noon on a group tour] was very much appreciated after long flights yesterday. The bed is hard which I like. Everything is clean save for the black hand print behind the nifty chair. No tea and coffee facilities in the room is a real negative. While there is java [coin operated; good grief] in reception, that area does not have the comfortable feel of the hotel across the road. There’s a stocked fridge which went unused like stocked fridges I have seen elsewhere in the world. The pool and Negroni bar on the 15th floor have a striking setting. Frustrating that area only opens at 0900; no sense. Even worse is when I tried to access the area at 0915 it was still locked; somebody did not get the memo. Four elevators certainly helped. The main floor restaurant Takuare’e was the breakfast venue, an ample buffet. The restaurant is quite large, as the hotel has some 300 rooms. For visitors, the surrounding area does have some nice neighbourhoods to walk but the city’s historic center is a cab ride away. Maybe the hotel did not completely live up to its name but it is a good option.

Our stay at Sheraton started on the wrong foot although it might not have been the hotel’s fault. My Marriott Suite Night Award request was approved but when we arrived at the hotel we were told that suites were fully booked and they had no idea why my SNAs went through. So we stayed in a club room for the first night but were moved to the presidential suite on the second night and which was highly appreciated. The first room was an old generation Sheraton room: rough carpet, shower in tub, subpar soundproofing, toiletries were unbranded local stuff, also the bathroom door did not close properly and there was no lock. One positive was that the bed was unmistakably a Sheraton bed = comfortable. The presidential suite was equivalent to 4 normal rooms in terms of size according to the floor plan. It was still a fairly aging room but with the extra space it was very useful to us including our 18-month daughter who was very happy and could run around. Service was quite good during our stay with various staff members addressing us by name which is not that common at a hotel of Sheraton level which is not supposed to be considered luxury like Ritz Carlton or St.Regis. One manager was quite visible during our stay, she welcomed us at check-in, she was greeting guests in the restaurant for breakfast in the morning, same during happy hour in the lounge, and she also stopped by before our departure when we checked out. I also received an e-mail after our stay to inform us that they found one item in the room and asked if we wanted to send someone to pick it up. Most hotels don’t even bother with a “lost and found” service so kudos to Sheraton Asuncion. Regarding dining, happy hour in the lounge and breakfast in the restaurant were above average, and the in-room dining menu and prices were quite good relative to what we could find in the city including in the large shopping mall next door. I also noted that wifi was blazing fast at 350+ Mbps, one of the best I have seen anywhere in the world – not the kind of hotel where I would have guessed this to be the case. Overall this is not a new and modern hotel but when judging a hotel I always compare to the local competition. The other choices I noticed are an Aloft, an Ibis, a Holiday Inn Express, and a Crowne Plaza. Except for the latter I don’t think there are any other international hotel chains remotely close to the level of Sheraton and given the good service and dining, as Marriott Bonvoy Elite I would return to Sheraton.

Cuando hablo de atención al cliente en mis clases o mis consultorías, me refiero a estas cosas Comienzo por decirte que me hospedé en Asunción desde el 4 al 6 de abril El dia 5 fui a desayunar y dentro de las opciones disponible había un plato que me llamó la atención: unas albondigas. Las probé y realmente estaban exquisitas (se parecían a las que me hacía mi madre cuando era pequeño, hoy tengo 66 años ya). Cuando se acabaron una señorita se encargó de reemplazarlas por otra fuente y cuando pasé junto a ella cuando lo hacía, la felicité por el sabor y la calidad de las albóndigas. Lo cual agradeció. Al día siguiente me volví a dirigir a desayunar deseoso de seguir degustando las albóndigas pero para mi sorpresa no había (el hotel cambia el menú periódicamente). De todos modos todo el desayuno estuvo exquisito, claro. Cuando me retiré, al pasar por el lobby, estaba la señorita del dia anterior junto con la recepcionista y le comenté que no había podido repetir las albóndigas porque no estaban disponibles. Ella se excusó y me explicó lo de la rotación del menú y me dijo, con una sonrisa, que seguramente en mi próxima estadía podría volver a comerlas. Salí a hacer mis cosas y volví para almorzar en el hotel previo a mi check out. Elegí un plato para hacerlo. Estaba almorzando cuando se me acerca el mesero con un plato y con una sonrisa me dice ”Señor, esto es cortesía del hotel y de la chef”. Agradecí y miré de qué se trataba no sin cierta sorpresa, dado que tampoco soy cliente habitual como para merecer esa atención. ¿Qué había en el plato?: Sí, mis albondigas!!! La señorita que he mencionado en varias oportunidades, era la chef de nombre GUADALUPE AGUILAR, quien con una sonrisa me miraba detrás de la barra y luego volvió a sus quehaceres. ¡Me quedé con la boca abierta!!! Felicito a Guadalupe por su gesto, felicito al Hotel por confiar en personas como ella. No tengas dudas que esa experiencia la comentaré en todos los ámbitos en los que tenga oportunidad, ya sea en mi círculo de conocidos, en mis clases de la universidad, en mis conferencias, en charlas con mis clientes y seguramente también en mi blog como un gran ejemplo de lo que significa la atención al cliente. Si en el mundo hubiera muchas más personas como Guadalupe Aguilar, no tengo dudas que sería un mejor lugar para vivir. Me parece que es una historia que merece llegar a tus oídos. Porque no es casual que la gente tenga esa actitud. Alguien le seleccionó, alguien quizás le habló sobre cómo lograr sacarle una sonrisa al corazón del cliente y todos merecen mi reconocimiento y felicitaciones. es el correo que le envié al Gerente General del Hotel Aloft de Asunción del Paraguay por una experiencia que tuve en el hotel fue una experiencia increíble, y eso que uno se llena la boca hablando de esto.. pero vivirlo (y recibirlo) es distinto