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Being a Sales Hunter, Part 3: The 8 Strengths of Successful Hotel Sales Hunters

HSMAI’s Sales Advisory Board has created a three-part series to help sales hunters improve their skills and increase their value to organizations, beginning with a checklist of best practices, followed by advice on developing prospecting skills, and now including this list of strengths to look for when hiring a sales hunter.

Being a Sales Hunter, Part 1: The Essential Checklist

HSMAI’s Sales Advisory Board (SAB) is developing resources to help hospitality organizations that are gearing up to bring back staff and hire for new positions, including sales hunters. The SAB created a three-part series to help sales hunters improve their skills and increase their value to organizations — beginning with this checklist.

Staying Proactive as a Sales Professional

As part of its Confronting Coronavirus: What’s Next? webinar series, HSMAI hosted a sales-focused program on April 7. Ed Skapinok, immediate past chair of HSMAI’s Sales Advisory Board, and Amy Infante, CEO of GitGo, presented research and opinions on what hospitality sales professionals can focus on to drive the quickest recovery possible

The Sales Power of Data Intelligence

The rise of RFP engines and distribution channels has drastically changed the landscape of hotel group business. While these are important, necessary tools for hotels and meeting planners alike, they’ve…

Getting To Know Your Customers

Why meetings market data intelligence is a hotel’s answer to more successful prospecting — and a smarter long-term strategy for group sales. an HSMAI and Knowland White Paper. Download the…

Keep your salespeople focused on selling

Sales managers should examine the daily schedules of their sales team members and find out what tasks and responsibilities can be removed from their schedules so they can spend more time on sales.

The New Era of Selling

Excerpted from presentation by Bob Anderson, President, Star Performance, Inc., at HSMAI Las Vegas chapter educational program May, 2017.

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