Front office is a business term that refers to a company's departments that come in contact with clients, including the marketing, sales, and service departments.

In the hotel

Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...

 industry, the front office welcomes guests to the accommodation section: meeting and greeting them, taking and organizing reservations, allocating check in and out of rooms, organizing porter service, issuing keys and other security arrangements, passing on messages to customers and settling the accounts.

In American professional sports, the term refers to upper management of a club, especially player personnel decision-makers.

See also

• Front of House
  Front of House
  Front of house is primarily a theatrical term, referring to the portion of the building that is open to the public. In theatre and live music venues, it typically refers to the auditorium and foyer, as opposed to the stage and backstage areas...
  
  front office is a very very important department for every hotel.the guest enter the hotel and come in front office department for rooms information,reservation,.the front office is devied some different-different sections..like as,,information section,cashior section,reservation section,bell desk,travel desk,reception..
• Back office
  Back office
  A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself takes place. The term "Back office" comes from the building layout of early companies where the front office would contain the sales and other customer-facing staff and the back office would be those...
  
  
• Middle office
  Middle office
  The middle office comprises departments of a financial services company that manage position-keeping . These divisions make sure these transaction representations properly capture profit flows given the technological resources...
  
  
• Virtual office
  Virtual office
  A virtual office is a combination of off-site live communication and address services that allow users to reduce traditional office costs while maintaining business professionalism...
  
  
• Service Design
  Service design
  Service design is the activity of planning and organizing people, infrastructure, communication and material components of a service in order to improve its quality and the interaction between service provider and customers....
  
  
• Receptionist
  Receptionist
  A receptionist is an employee taking an office/administrative support position. The work is usually performed in a waiting area such as a lobby or front office desk of an organization or business...