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. . 2009 The Game Changer for Innovation in Hotel Sales Processes . |
January 2009 - 2009 is going to be a game changer! The end of 2008 has lead to period of transformation in many areas of business � the government rescue of legacy industries that will be transformed by the aid they seek, consumer behavior transforming from conspicuous consumption to value experiences and business processes that can no longer succeed on the assumptions of the last 5 years. Hotel sales and marketers cannot assume that business processes will �snap back� into the same model that worked for the past several years when the economy recovers. Scott Anthony in the Harvard Business Publishing Weekly called the current economic cycle the �Great Disruption� and went on the say that �In 2009, managers will realize that they are no longer dealing with a crisis; they are dealing with a condition.� Jeff Stibel in a post entitled 2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change in the same publication postulates that �� 2009 is shaping up to be a trigger for an unprecedented surge of innovation.� It's about figuring out what will provide optimal value to customers in your product/price segment. Value isn�t a price point � what is value to a $99/night customer is not the same as value to a $500/night customer. However, you can't expect customers to immediately pay a premium, unless you give them a good reason to do so. Jill Konrath, in an eBook entitled �The One Piece of Advice You Can�t Generate Leads Without� (RainToday, 2007) provides a hint on what this innovative value transformation is all about � the customer. �Occasionally a savvy marketer or seller captures my attention. ... What are they doing? They are completely focused on my business and the impact they can have on it. That�s what�s relevant to me � not their offering.� Selling into this transformative economy will require innovation and transformation of sales processes not only in the hotel industry but all other industries as well. The processes of targeted prospecting, pre-approach qualifying and strategic approach development will take precedence over blindly contacting a fixed number of warm or cold prospects based on the assumption that even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then. What then does this transformative innovation look like?
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