sales & catering
Going to Texas for The Hospitality Show? What You Need to Know Make the Most of Your Time
Mike Pavicich | October 22, 2024
By Mike Pavicich | Director, Global Sales | SalesAndCatering.com As we get ready for The Hospitality Show 2024, there's a lot of excitement about the sessions, keynotes, and social events that will be happening. It's going to be quite a great event. But you know what, for me as a people-person, the real magic often happens outside the sessions. Ever notice how the best insights come from chatting with interesting people? These folks might share stories that make you laugh, confirm your ideas, or even surprise you with new perspectives. Sessions usually get all the attention, but they can be a bit of a one-way conversation. You can alw...
Hospitality Industry’s Most Trusted Proposal Tool ProposalPath Celebrates 18 Years of Helping Hoteliers Boost Productivity and Revenue
Bluebuzzard | April 19, 2023
Chicago, Illinois (April 19, 2023) – ProposalPath by Bluebuzzard, the hospitality industry's most trusted, intuitive, and cost-effective online hotel proposal solution, is looking back on eighteen years worth of milestones and technology innovations as it celebrates a key anniversary. Founded in 2005, the firm pioneered the use of advanced automation capabilities for developing and managing the full lifecycle of hotel sales, including quotes, interactive visual proposals, personalized videos, contracts, e-Signatures, reporting, online RFPs, AV, 3D floorplans, and menus. Identifying a gap in the market for an end-to-end hospitality propos...
Preferred Hotels and Resorts Extends Technology Partnership With Amadeus to Its Member Properties
Amadeus | October 25, 2022
Preferred Hotels & Resorts will now endorse Amadeus’ Business Intelligence and Sales & Catering solutions to member properties globally, providing access to industry-leading technologies as well as forward-looking data on average daily rate (ADR), bookings, and aggregated competitive insights that inform growth strategy. Expansive and up-to-date data insights are essential to informing strategic decision-making for hoteliers, particularly as customer booking patterns and priorities shifted during the pandemic. Following a long period of uncertainty among travelers, it is more important than ever for hoteliers to meet new demand a...
5 Telltale Signs It’s Time to Change Your S&C System and Why It’s Quicker and Easier Than You Might Think
Ryan Hamilton | July 6, 2022
By Ryan Hamilton, Co-Founder, SalesAndCatering.com and Bluebuzzard Technology Group Within the hospitality space, groups and events represent a profitable business segment. From events to group bookings and corporate meetings, the sales and catering software hotels have in place will ultimately make or break a hotel’s ability to attract high-ticket group business. With this in mind, many hotels (independent properties and chains alike) have begun seeking more modern, cloud-based S&C platforms that provide their teams with the tools needed to attract group business and, more importantly, ‘wow’ event planners and attendees. Hotelie...
12 Powerful Hotel Sales Hacks You Can Do Right Now to Close More Group Business in 2022
Ryan Hamilton, Co-Founder, SalesAndCatering.com and Bluebuzzard Technology Group | December 9, 2021
By Ryan Hamilton, Co-Founder, SalesAndCatering.com and Bluebuzzard Technology Group On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… the perfect event proposal? As a matter of fact, that is precisely what we are giving you -- 12 tried and true hacks to close more deals in less time because, in the world of hospitality, a strong sales strategy is the gift that keeps on giving. As 2021 comes to a close and we shift our attention to the year ahead, it’s the perfect time to unwrap sales hacks that will not only reinforce your bottom line but will set you up for long-term success. Download the free guide from ProposalPath: 12 Sm...
