| Hotel sales job without experience? You need to | | | | them you understand hotel sales and how to |
| do a little homework and gain some critical | | | | generate revenue. The fastest way to ramp up for |
| knowledge before you sit down for the interview. | | | | a hotel interview and land the job is to take a quick |
| First of all, learn about the hotels competitive set. | | | | online course at |
| Know their meeting capacities, their strengths and | | | | Some people can land the job without a certificate, |
| weaknesses so you can sell your strengths againt | | | | and some individuals need additional insights to |
| them. If you need to brush up on this you can | | | | demonstrate they are the right person for the job. |
| visit | | | | The hotel business will hire people without prior hotel |
| Next, view the competitive hotels website and learn | | | | experience, buy you have to demonstrate to them |
| everything you can about their pricing strategy, | | | | you can hit the ground running and you know the |
| group rates, packages, and demand generators. | | | | business. |
| Make a test reservation at the hotel and one of its | | | | Another way to get into hotel sales is to start at the |
| competitors. Try and gain some insights on how the | | | | front desk and work your way up to the more |
| reservationist at each hotel sells their property to the | | | | lucrative sales department. However, the front |
| caller. | | | | desk pays fairly light wages and there is no |
| Bottom line, you can land a hotel sales job without | | | | guarantee you will get the promotion when the job |
| experience, but you have to demonstrate to the | | | | becomes available. But if you have the time and |
| person interviewing you that you have done your | | | | patience, this is a good alternative. |
| homework and can hit the ground running. Show | | | | |