ABSTRACT

'Hospitality Sales and Promotion' is the essential guide for every manager in the hospitality industry wanting to achieve maximum profits from their sales promotions.

Practical and down-to-earth, this guide discovers:

* who is your customer? market segments and groups
* how can you reach them effectively? the secrets of successful public relations
* new and traditional technologies; from direct mail to using the Internet to maximum advantage.

Derek Taylor has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry and has worked with and advised numerous international corporate hospitality companies. Concrete and relevant case studies and examples from his experience are used to illustrate throughout the guide, from companies such as: Whitbread, Hilton International, Pizza Express and Stakis.

chapter |16 pages

The marketing plan

chapter |23 pages

Organizing a sales office

chapter |48 pages

Buyers and customers

chapter |23 pages

Face-to-face selling

chapter |18 pages

Telephone selling

chapter |23 pages

Banqueting sales

chapter |24 pages

Direct mail

chapter |48 pages

Advertising

chapter |26 pages

In-house promotion

chapter |15 pages

Public relations