Hospitality Sales Jobs? What do you do?

Hospitality sales? The best jobs in hospitality are theinterviewing for, don't expect to land the job.  You
hotel sales and catering jobs.  They pay the best,most likely won't even make it to the interview itself.
(around $50,000 to $60,000 entry level) and haveI know for a fact that Hotel Directors of Sales want
the strongest chance of advancing to the Generalto hire candidates that know the business and can hit
Manager job. the ground running.  Be sure and invest in an on-line
Theses positions can advance to 100,000 or morecourse or a college course to get some practical
within 5 years or less. experience before interviewing.  When I used to hire
What does a hospitality sales manager do?  Theysales managers, I always hired the people that took
sell the hotels guestrooms, meeting space, banquetthe time to learn the business and were able to
facilities, and ameniteis and services to maximizespeak intelligently to me about how they would
revenue for a hotel. For example, let's say the XTZtarget and grow business for me.
company wants to book 100 rooms for 4 nights withI also liked to hire people with strong enthusiasm and
meeting space, luncheons, and some exhibit space. energy.  You didn't need to have prior hotel
In this case, the client would work with a hotel salesexperience, buy I wanted people that could hit the
manager to negotiate a package and book theground running.
event. ramps individuals up quickly and on-line andHotel sales is a sometimes glamorous, often fun, and
provides hotel sales certificates.  You might also trychallenging career.  There is excellent pay-off and
If you want to land a hotel sales job, you really haveperks for the people that apply themselves.  and are
to learn about the job and get some training beforesources for hotel sales jobs.
you interview.  If you don't know what you are