AOP: calls on hold
Standards: To handle calls on hold in an urgent, prompt and efficient manner.
To have a clear and professional service: All calls to be answered in person before being put on hold.
Guests can be put on hold in the following situations and Procedure for keeping a guest on hold is as follows:
• If the guest asks for information that you are unable to obtain instantly. Ask the guest if he/she is able to hold.
• When you are searching for a guest name/information in Opera. Wait for response and press hold button.
• Always ask permission before putting a caller on hold. If the guest has to hold for more than a minute, give him/her approximate time he/she would have to hold.
• Offer to call the guest back, rather than continue to have them hold further. Ensure you obtain full contact information and repeat this to
the guest before disconnecting the call.
• If extension is busy, check if the caller wants to speak to another extension.
• When going off hold say. “Thank you for waiting"