Seminars: Sales and Revenue Managment
  Hotel Sales Training Seminars     
 

CVCTs hotel sales training seminars range from basic skill set development and renewal to the very sophisticated – ideal for experiences sales professionals that want to update their skill sets.

 

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The New Realities of Sales – The Basics Have Changed -- This two-day program deals with the New Realities of Sales as they apply to the essentials of the sales process. It focuses on integrating electronic methods and media into the sales process to make for fast fluid location of prospective business and communications with prospects and clients. This is great program for those new to hotel sales or those looking to energize their existing skills. This program is highly participative, full of exercises and includes real-time interactive skill development on the Internet. The exercises and training games in each section guarantee that the participants "get it." Throughout the seminar are exercises in each competency, prospecting, qualifying, etc, where each participant exhibits their understanding of the material.

  • Prospecting -- Smarter not Harder. New business development requires the ability to zero in on those prospects that have the potential to use the property and not waste time on those who don’t -- using the Internet to make the process more efficient as well as integrating traditional methods.
  • The Approach -- Now more than ever we need to get a prospects attention quickly and let them know what’s in it for them (The WIIFM factor) to engage in a dialogue with us.
  • Qualifying -- This segment begins with pre-call qualifying and follows the process through to the questions to ask to qualify the prospect.
  • Presenting the Product -- In person or online, the process is the same and targeted to present the benefits of the hotel. We focus on the skills involved in conducting virtual tours and why online collateral is more appealing to our clients and more cost effective than traditional print brochures
  • Closing and Overcoming Resistance -- Some things never change – we still need to ask for the business! Salesmanship begins when the client says no and separates the amateurs from the pros!
  • Measuring the ROI on Sales Activity

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The New Reality of Sales – It’s the Fast that Eat the Slow! -- A skill-sharpening program for sales people who have experience in the industry or for those with sales experience but may be new to the industry. This program focuses on the sophistication of the sales function that is a result of technology and Internet based sources of revenue. It transmits new techniques to existing skill sets to make the sales strategy faster and more efficient than ever before. This is the second step in the sales development process and can be offered as a one or two day program and includes hands-on exercises and activities. It is also an effective program to offer to an audience comprised of both Directors of Sales and General Managers as both groups can use it to their advantage.

  • The Partnership of Technology and Sales – Web sites that sell not just tell; electronic communication that gets attention but retains the ‘personal’ touch.
  • Using Electronic Communication Tools -- E-postcards, e-flyers and email correspondence
  • The Inter-relationship of Customer Relationship Management and Sales
  • Integrating and co-coordinating all of the revenue engines – Sales, Electronic Distribution, franchise and proprietary web sites
  • Revenue Management – the integration of all revenue channels and monitoring for effectiveness
  • Advertising and Promotions – merging traditional and electronic and measuring the ROI
  • The ROI of sales time – the most precious resource -- Who is worth a lot of it and who isn’t
  • Time Management – producing results more efficiently and quickly
  • The new paradigm for evaluating sales activity

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I HATE COLD CALLS – THE NEW PARADIGM OF SALES     

 

Cold calling is so ’last century’ and no one misses it much! Sales people don’t miss it much and neither do the people that were being cold called. Our customers want to buy they just don’t want to be ‘sold’. This program deals with using tools that are characteristic of Web 2.0 to conduct sales the way our customers want us to -- including them in the process

This program is heavy on hands on exercises to ensure that the participants have acquired tools they can use! In this program participants will learn the following:

 

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Why cold calls no longer work (if they ever did)

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Web 2.0 -- How to use, interpret and respond to user generated reviews on third party sites

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Maximizing online presence on RFP sites

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Effective email approaches

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Attracting new clients to the property

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How to communicate without ‘pushing’ product

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Participating in associations where there is no hotel competition

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Effective email communication strategies

This seminar is designed for Directors of Sales and Sales Managers who have previous hotel sales experience and are ready to take their sales efforts to the next level. At the end of the program, the participants will be able to develop a sales strategy that uses ‘attractive’ selling techniques.

This program is ideally a full day program.

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Hotel Revenue Management

 

Consultation

This is a hand on program to work with every department involved in formulating, implementing and managing the revenue management strategy. We focus on your specific situation; assist in structuring the revenue management process and follow-up with a series of regular conference calls to guarantee your success!

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REVENUE MANAGEMENT – ACCELERATED FOR 2008

This is ideal for company and regional meetings! This program is a full day or two-day program depending upon the number of participants and the depth of the modifications that reflect each company’s requirements and culture. It is ideal for Revenue Managers and everyone involved in the revenue management process, such as Directors of Sales, Front office and Reservations as well as the GMs. It is an excellent program to build the revenue management team!

REVENUE MANAGEMENT – ACCELERATED FOR 2008

This program not only covers the basics of revenue management but also builds in the most recent developments in this fast morphing discipline. This is the update to the Revenue Management Accelerator. This program includes processes for both small independents and larger franchises – as always, we tailor the program to the client’s specific situation..

The updated program includes real time exercises to position a property for revenue management success.

It will focus on the original modules including the following updates:

  • Developing an Effective Revenue Management Strategy
    • Predicting demand
    • Impact Calculator of new hotel product on your demand
    • Incorporating user based content web sites into the revenue management strategy
  • Aligning Sales and Revenue Management
    • Increasing your online visibility to small groups that book online
    • Displacement analyses that consider revenue to all profit centers
    • Maximizing presence on online RFP sites and instant RFPs
  • Developing an Effective Distribution Strategy
    • Using RSS feeds and other Web 2.0 based tools
    • Building communities of clients and potential clients into an effective CRM strategy
    • Managing the online presence of the property

This seminar is ideal for General Managers, Revenue Managers and Directors of Sales as well as anyone else who participates in or manages the revenue management process.

This is a full day program but modules can be broken out and delivered as standalone programs.

The Revenue Management Accelerator

This is the basic revenue management course – ideal for those that are new to the discipline or new to the hotel industry and wants to gain a basic understanding. It is full of hands on exercises to ensure that participants not only have heard but can apply the principles of the program.

  • The role of Revenue Management
  • Effective Revenue Management Strategies
  • Competencies -- Daily discipline
  • The elements of revenue management
    • Sales and Marketing strategies & tactics
    • Distribution strategies – Web 2.0, user generated content and review sites
    • Measuring the ROI
    • Reservation sales & conversion ratios
    • Maximizing E-marketing
      • Web Site
      • Managing online distribution channels
    • Working with franchise programs and opportunities
    • Revenue management for all hotel profit centers
  • Eliminating the ‘mystique’ of the process
  • Balancing the statistics and the guest experience
  • Defining the ‘value’ of the revenue management process
  • Beyond competencies -- the consultative process
  • The leadership role of the Revenue Manager
    • The Revenue Manager’s role as an ‘intraprenuer’
    • Serving the constituents -- internal and external
    • Communicating and gaining consensus
    • Competing priorities
    • Managing and mitigating conflict
  • Revenue Management Meetings
    • Frequency
    • Agenda
    • Objectives
  • The future – The Revenue Manager’s Evolving Role

Leadership – GMs Managing the Revenue Management Process

This program is ideal for General Managers’ meetings and other industry gatherings. It is a seminar that can be modified for various timeframes and invites participants to share their experiences, questions and concerns about revenue management – the process is changing rapidly! We define the process, provide suggestions for its management and leave everyone with tools they can use!

  • Understanding the Revenue Management Process
  • Defining the role of Revenue Management
  • Developing a Revenue Management and distribution strategy
  • Understanding and managing the user generated content review and online RFP sites
  • Managing the ‘risk’ factors – short lead times,
  • The negotiating process and managing conflict
  • Balancing the Revenue Management plan with the guest experience

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The Revenue Management Accelerator 
 

This is ideal for company and regional meetings! This program is a full day or two-day program depending upon the number of participants and the depth of the modifications that reflect each company’s requirements and culture. It is ideal for Revenue Managers and everyone involved in the revenue management process, such as Directors of Sales, Front office and Reservations as well as the GMs. It is an excellent program to build the revenue management team!

 

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The role of Revenue Management

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Effective Revenue Management Strategies

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Competencies -- Daily discipline

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The elements of revenue management

  • Sales and Marketing strategies & tactics

  • Measuring the ROI

  • Reservation sales & conversion ratios

  • Maximizing E-marketing

    • Web Site

    • Managing online distribution channels

  • Working with franchise programs and opportunities

  • Revenue management for all hotel profit centers

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Eliminating the ‘mystique’ of the process

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Balancing the statistics and the guest experience

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Defining the ‘value’ of the revenue management process

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Beyond competencies -- the consultative process

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The leadership role of the Revenue Manager

  • The Revenue Manager’s role as an "entrepreneur"

  • Serving the constituents -- internal and external

  • Communicating and gaining consensus

  • Competing priorities

  • Managing and mitigating conflict

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Revenue Management Meetings

  • Frequency

  • Agenda

  • Objectives

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The future – The Revenue Manager’s Evolving Role

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