Welcome to Catering Sales & the Hotel Business: what to post here

This forum is for people who work in hospitality, or want to: catering and conference services, sales, banquets, and hotel operations.

Good topics for this forum:

• Catering sales: discovery calls, proposals, and closing the business
• Menu and package design, pricing, and food and beverage minimums
• Booking systems, BEOs, and the paperwork that runs an event
• Working with the chef, the banquet captain, and the rest of the team
• Difficult clients, and turning them into repeat ones
• Careers: getting started, moving up, and changing properties

Share what you know and ask what you do not. Please do not post confidential client, pricing, or company information from your employer.

Please keep it kind and on topic, and read the Community Forum rules before posting.