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Key Takeaways
Accredited by
American Hotel & Lodging Institute
Cours Outline
Day 1
Hospitality Sales Foundations & Sales Process
- Role of sales in hotel performance and revenue growth
- Understanding hotel products: rooms, meetings, events, outlets, packages
- Target market overview (corporate, leisure, groups, MICE)
- Sales funnel fundamentals (prospecting → qualify → propose → close → retain)
- Lead sources and pipeline building
- Prospecting methods (calls, email, networking, LinkedIn discipline)
- Qualification basics (needs, budget, timeline, decision-maker concept)
- Building credibility and trust with clients
- Exercise: create a target client list + qualification questions
Day 2
Client Needs, Pitching & Proposal Development
- Discovery techniques: asking the right questions
- Positioning value vs price (selling outcomes, not discounts)
- Presentation skills for hospitality sales
- Writing effective proposals (structure, clarity, benefit focus)
- Handling objections professionally
- Managing response time and follow-up cadence
- Rate awareness basics and coordination with Revenue
- Internal coordination for feasibility (Ops, Banquets, Rooms)
- Exercise: role-play discovery call + proposal outline
Day 3
Negotiation, Closing & Account Management
- Negotiation fundamentals (prepare, trade, protect value)
- Closing techniques and commitment signals
- Contract basics overview (terms, dates, deposits concept level)
- Corporate account management basics (targets, production, activity plan)
- Relationship management and stakeholder mapping
- Client visits, site inspections, and experience selling
- Service delivery alignment: ensuring promises match execution
- Post-event / post-stay follow-up and loyalty building
- Exercise: negotiation role-play + closing scenarios
Day 4
Performance KPIs, Planning & Commercial Excellence
- Sales activity discipline: calls, meetings, follow-ups, conversion tracking
- Key sales KPIs (pipeline, conversion, production, retention, pace)
- Creating weekly/monthly sales plans and prioritization
- Managing time and territories effectively
- Working with Revenue Management (pricing, need periods, strategy alignment)
- Working with Marketing (leads, campaigns, digital support)
- Handling service failures with clients and recovery approach
- Capstone: build a 30–60 day sales action plan (pipeline + key accounts)
- Final review + readiness checklist
