front desks

Hotel check-in counters

Front desks are reception areas where visitors check in or get assistance—the staffed counters at hotels, offices, medical clinics, and gyms.

The term often refers to the staff themselves: I called the front desk about the noise.

In hotels especially, the front desk handles check-ins, complaints, and guest services.

Related

guest services · phone · hospitality · lobby · clerk · reception area · bell · key · call bell · greeting · nameplate · name tag · check-in · visitor sign-in · uniform · guest · badge · reservations

Opposites
CUSTOMER-FACING vs. INTERNAL OPERATIONS

front desksback offices

Internal administrative divisions

back rooms · behind the scenes · back of house · administrative offices · stockrooms

organizational function

front desksback offices

Internal administrative divisions

administrative offices · executive suites · dispatch centers · call centers

Family

front, fronts, fronted, fronting, frontal, frontage, frontman, affront, confrontation

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G