The increasing availability of voice mail and automated systems in hotels has expanded the services provided to guests and, increasingly, expected by them. It is now common to provide voice mail in each guest room. In addition to improving the level of service available in the hotel, this has the effect of reducing staffing requirements to take and deliver guest messages. Automated voice-mail systems also minimize the translation needs seen with growing numbers of internationai travelers. The prevalent use of cellular telephones has certainly had a detrimental impact on hotel telephone revenue, Hotel telephone rates typically have been a source of guest complaints, and now most guests have a very accessible alternative in using their own cellular phones to bypass in-room telephone options. This finding is underscored by reports that revenue from phone calls dropped every year from 2000 through 2010. Facing these revenue declines, many hotels have increased surcharges for telephone calls made from the hotel guest room. Some hotels allow local calls at no cost, while others charge anywhere from 50 cents to sido or more for a local call
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