Guest lecturer vs guest services agent

The differences between guest lecturers and guest services agents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a guest lecturer has an average salary of $67,058, which is higher than the $29,063 average annual salary of a guest services agent.

The top three skills for a guest lecturer include undergraduate courses, class discussions and occupational therapy. The most important skills for a guest services agent are reservations, computer system, and hotel services.

Guest lecturer vs guest services agent overview

	Guest Lecturer	Guest Services Agent
Yearly salary	$67,058	$29,063
Hourly rate	$32.24	$13.97
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	24,129	94,858
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

What does a guest lecturer do?

A Guest Lecturer performs teaching, researching, and administrative duties for a university. Their primary duties include assessing students work, writing research proposals, and managing research budgets.

What does a guest services agent do?

Guest services agents are the ones who communicate with hotel guests who want to reserve or cancel bookings. Their job includes welcoming guests upon arrival, assigning them their rooms and suites, issuing their room keys, and collecting payment information. They organize housekeeping, transport providers, porters, and kitchen staff to meet the requirements of guests. They also resolve issues and deal with disappointed guests' complaints and coordinate third party services, including taxis, rental cars, tour guides, and airport transfers.

Guest lecturer vs guest services agent salary

Guest lecturers and guest services agents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Guest Lecturer	Guest Services Agent
Average salary	$67,058	$29,063
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $102,000	Between $23,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	East-West Center
Best paying industry	-	Hospitality

Differences between guest lecturer and guest services agent education

There are a few differences between a guest lecturer and a guest services agent in terms of educational background:

	Guest Lecturer	Guest Services Agent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	-	-

Guest lecturer vs guest services agent demographics

Here are the differences between guest lecturers' and guest services agents' demographics:

	Guest Lecturer	Guest Services Agent
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 46.0% Female, 54.0%	Male, 33.6% Female, 66.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 14.4% White, 51.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.8%	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 10.3% White, 50.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between guest lecturer and guest services agent duties and responsibilities

Guest lecturer example responsibilities.

Create web sites and documentation, using HTML, to manage various projects.
Instill``failing-faster & learning"philosophy.
Design class, create syllabus, teach 4th year acting students financial and business skills.
Present on the components of a succinct and solid sociological research paper to a senior seminar class.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate students addressing the intersections of economics, law, and public policy.
Integrate mathematics into children's literature.

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Guest services agent example responsibilities.

Train new associates to Hyatt standards and the most efficient way to accomplish the day's tasks.
Assist customers with booking hotel rooms and handling on-site complaints about rooms, service or billing issues.
Execute strong customer service by facilitating reservations, room amendments on an individual and corporate level, including agencies.
Process special reservation requests in the LMS database.
Maintain room booking lists and directly provide guests with the requested information concerning the facilities locations and surrounding area.
Operate the PBX equipment by accepting incoming calls, assisting outgoing calls, scheduling wake-up calls and supporting room service departments.

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Guest lecturer vs guest services agent skills

Common guest lecturer skills

Undergraduate Courses, 19%
Class Discussions, 11%
Occupational Therapy, 9%
Seminar, 6%
Literature, 5%
Abnormal Psychology, 5%

Common guest services agent skills

Reservations, 24%
Computer System, 10%
Hotel Services, 9%
Cash Handling, 7%
Room Reservations, 7%
PBX, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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