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What’s most important is to train sales and reservations staff to show compassion for the person who is canceling. Remember that the true heart of hospitality is human kindness, especially for strangers.

We are in unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the travel and hospitality sector. Here we share some advice we are giving to our restaurant clients in turbulent times

It’s that time of the year for hoteliers to prepare for the forthcoming corporate contracting season. For independent hotels, we need to focus on our strategy

Does your hotel sales team have everything to succeed? You’ve looked your sales strategy and put technology in place, but when it comes to hotel sales collateral, you could be coming up short

Easy to shop, easy to book, easy to plan, easy to communicate. In short, that’s what meeting planners love about hotels. It’s the job of sales and hotel marketing to ensure you are delivering

We discuss the topic of Hyper Personalisation, how this extends personalisation, which we are all familiar with, and clarify how this should not to be confused with segmentation

The end of RFP season does not mean it’s time to slow down for Business Travel Sales Managers, but instead it’s time to manage and maintain the accounts we’ve worked so hard to obtain

You can learn a great deal from previous years’ bookings. When did people previously book for Easter? Longer lead-in from the US market vs. domestic? What was your rough occupancy?

Guests are hungry for gift vouchers. All you need to do is market them. Utilise the strategies suggested to get your gift voucher on people’s shopping radars

Upselling has even more value in a downturn when there are empty rooms or when guests are booking at the best available rate and standard room types.