In today's highly-competitive hospitality market, it is essential to have an understanding of sales and marketing. Hospitality Sales and Marketing goes beyond theory to focus on a customer-oriented and practical approach for effectively marketing hotels and restaurants. The book explores the "four Ps" (price, product, promotion, and place) as they relate to specific market segments, providing a customer-focused perspective. Illustrations and exhibits include industry examples (forms, checklists, advertisements, etc.) that are used by today's industry leaders to effectively market their properties.

Grouped by general topic, this collection of the best "Sales Clinic" columns in Hotel Management written by Howard Feiertag over the course of 35 years provides an abundance of juicy nuggets of tips, tactics, and techniques for professionals and newbies alike in the hospitality sales field. Readers will take a journey down the road of the development of hospitality sales from the pre-technology era (when knowing how to use a typewriter was a must) to today’s reliance on digital technology, rediscovering that many of the old techniques that are still applicable today.

General managers involvement with sales -- Developing leads and prospects for hospitality sales -- The working of a hotel property sales operation -- Techniques for increasing sales -- Working with group markets -- The travel agent and the leisure travel market -- Sales planning and sales calls -- Hospitality sales training -- The negotiation process in sales -- Attributes of successful salespersons -- Helpful tips for hotel sales staff -- Action plans for marketing and sales -- Working on contracts for groups -- Everyone at a property is involved in sales -- A professional approach to hospitality sales along with networking -- Understanding the features of your product, especially F&B -- HR in connection with sales staff employment.

With over 70 global case studies and vignettes, this textbook covers all the key marketing principles applied to tourism and hospitality, showing how these concepts work in practice and demonstrating the diverse range of tourism and hospitality products on offer. Chapters are packed with pedagogical features that will help readers consolidate their learning, including: - Chapter objectives - Key terms - Discussion questions and exercises - Links to useful websites - Profiles of successful individuals and organizations Tourism and Hospitality Marketing is accompanied by a website that offers lecturers answers to the discussion questions and exercises in the book, case study questions, a test bank, PowerPoint slides and a list of additional teaching resources.

Hospitality Marketing Management, 6th Edition explores marketing and themes unique to hospitality and tourism. The 6th edition presents many new ideas along with established marketing principles, exploring not only the foundations of marketing in the hospitality world but also new trends in the industry.

'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.

This textbook is aimed at students of hospitality and at those in the industry who would like some more formal training. Areas covered include the marketing function, customer mix, local hotel strategies, advertising, pricing, and market research.

This text provides a comprehensive look at the fast growing meetings and convention market segment. A useful “how- to” guide, it takes students through all aspects of selling and servicing a convention at a hotel or other group meeting facility. In addition, it profiles the customer for meetings and conventions, the planners in charge of site selection, and facilities they commonly use. Also includes “Industry Insiders” planning tips and case studies direct from professionals in Convention Services departments.