FIVE STAR SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY

Sensational customer service is as much as part of the Alabama Gulf Coast as its 32 miles of powdery soft sand. Five Star Southern Hospitality Service is the difference, often times more so than products and amenities, which creates positive, memorable experiences. Offering that service and those experiences to guests on the Alabama Gulf Coast makes employees stars in their eyes.

Businesses that are focuses on delivering that top quality service have completed Five-Star Southern Hospitality certification for their employees and their business. This customer-focused training program was developed specifically for hospitality and tourism employees on the Alabama Gulf Coast and seeks to strengthen an already thriving tourism industry that annually hosts millions of guests.

Look for employees who wear the Five Star pin and you'll find exceptional customer service! Support the businesses that have invested in this program and you visit to Alabama's Gulf Coast will be even more enjoyable.

"The community has expressed a repeated desire to raise the already positive guest experience to the next level," said Ed Bushaw, Director of Workforce Development at FSCC. "By providing the frontline employees and supervisors with proper customer service training, they will be better able to meet the needs of our visitors while also improving the quality of the area's workforce."

Five-Star Southern Hospitality program is made up of a series of courses that culminate with a certification. Courses range from an introductory Hospitality 101 to soft skill development to management and supervisory training.

This program is a partnership between Alabama Office of Workforce Development at Faulkner State Community College, the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Foley Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Alabama Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce and the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce.