sales and catering
5 Steps to Prepare Your Hotel Housekeeping Team for 2021 and Beyond
Amadeus | February 8, 2021
The challenges the hospitality industry has faced in the wake of COVID-19 reminds us how critical the housekeeping department’s role is to a hotel’s overall success. The urgency to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has accelerated change in our industry, including the need for new hygiene and cleaning processes. Even before the virus, 78% of hotel guests believed cleanliness to be the most crucial factor affecting their choice of where to stay, with hotel cleaning protocols moving up to the #1 top-ranked category for travel with COVID-19. As guests expect the highest standards of sanitation to feel at ease in a hotel and once again re...
ProfitSword and Infor Partner to Provide Hoteliers With Enhanced Business Intelligence Insight Into Group Room, Banquet and Catering Revenue Performan
ProfitSword | August 27, 2020
Integration between ProfitSword’s range of business intelligence solutions and the Infor Sales & Catering platform can offer real-time visibility into meeting group-related sales goals while working to ensure full operational efficiency regardless of labor resource levels. ORLANDO, Fla. – (August 27, 2020) – ProfitSword, a premier developer of hospitality-related business intelligence and data integration software, has partnered with Infor, a leading provider of global cloud business software, to equip hoteliers with the latest in group room, banquet and catering business performance analysis technology. Via the integration of Pr...
Looking Forward: How Hotels Can Safely Leverage Small Meeting Space
Ryan Hamilton | July 8, 2020
By Ryan Hamilton You glance at the clock in the top right-hand corner of your computer screen. It reads 1:27 PM, and you realize that, once again, your post-lunch work is about to be interrupted by another meeting. Of course, not a physical meeting. Rather, another Zoom call to add to the frequent barrage of virtual meet-ups that have consumed much of your days since the pandemic struck. While you relish the lack of a commute and the flexibility associated with working from home, you can’t help but acknowledge that the influx of emails, Slack notifications, Zoom calls, and meeting invites has paved the way to fragmented workflow over ...
The Top 7 Reports Every Sales and Catering Professional Should Be Using
Ryan Hamilton | June 18, 2020
By Ryan Hamilton, Co-Founder, SalesAndCatering.com and Bluebuzzard Technology Group For event planners and hoteliers, the days of manual reporting and venue management are long gone — or at least they should be. The digital age has ushered in an influx of automation, as hoteliers and venue owners leverage new-age sales and catering management technology to streamline their operational efforts and drive bookings. As we know, in the realm of sales and catering, smart data allows for smart decision making. However, if teams are inundated with data across multiple, siloed systems, they may not be able to derive the actionable insights nee...
How to Grow Group Business for the 2018 Holiday Season
Amadeus | November 1, 2018
Believe it or not, the holiday season is nearly upon us. Year after year, we notice that holiday event planning seems to sneak up on planners — suddenly it's November and they haven't booked a venue or secured a date for their holiday party. Planners are booking events later than ever before, often with a lead time of less than 90 days. While it can be stressful to have everyone scrambling to plan their group events for the holidays, it doesn't have to be. Be proactive, and help planners help you by starting the conversation about their group business needs for the season. Here are four tips to help increase your group business fo...
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