HSMAI MISSION STATEMENT HSMAI is committed to growing business for hotels and their partners by fueling sales, inspiring marketing and optimizing revenue. - Fueling Sales
HSMAI offers exclusive, unique opportunities and resources to fuel sales through customer connections and insights, growing business for hotels and their partners. - Inspiring Marketing
HSMAI inspires winning marketing by recignizing industry innovators, and by providing expert industry forums and access to best practice, cutting-edge marketing strategies. - Optimizing Revenue
HSMAI provides education, thought leadership and expertise-sharing that enables hoteliers to optimize revenue for intelligent, sustainable growth.
THE HOSPITALITY SALES & MARKETING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL (HSMAI) is proud to introduce, in association with Master Connection Associates (MCA), the Certified Hospitality Sales Executive (CHSE) Certification, and encourages individuals working in sales in the hospitality industry, if they meet the minimum qualifications, to make the decision today to get certified!Certification demonstrates to the world your high level of performance, abilities, and expertise in your field, and the process of becoming certified as a CHSE includes learning experiences that we believe will be valuable to both you and your employer. Additionally, your adoption of the CHSE Code of Ethics is an important signal to your customers that they can rely on your integrity and professionalism.YOUR FIRST STEP IS TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION
go to www.hsmaicertifications.org to download an application. Once you have qualified, you will receive the CHSE Study Guide. Candidates will take three MCA e-Learning modules before taking the online exam, and HSMAI has added a special benefit to the process: to complete the CHSE, you will take the prestigious 20/20 Assessment® to help you continue to grow in your profession.
HSMAI is pleased to present an exciting Member Benefit that will help members FUEL SALES!! Through a new partnership with The Salesman's Guide, qualified* HSMAI members receive a complimentary personalized search of at least 100 meeting planners per year. Also, all HSMAI members and exhibitors at HSMAI's Affordable Meetings events will receive a 10 percent discount on additional searches and on all Salesman's Guide products and services. HSMAI has partnered with The Salesman's Guide® to co-brand www.MeetingPlannerLists.com - the largest online source of qualified meeting and event buyers. Hospitality sales and marketing professionals visiting the site can search a database of more than 50,000 meeting planner contacts online to create a customized list. Qualified planners can be segmented by: Geographic Location, Meeting Location, Group Size, Type of Facilities Required, and Speakers/Entertainers Hired. The database is segmented four ways, allowing sales and marketing executives to target the market that most satisfies their needs. Meeting planners listed are categorized by corporations, associations, medical groups, and religious organizations, and are guaranteed to be accurate. The Salesman's Guide® editorial staff conducts extensive research to confirm every listing, including mailing address verification, Internet research, third-party databases, and confirmation calls to the listees. The listings are verified for deliverability at least once every three months, and postal deliverability is guaranteed. To take advantage of these new member benefits, follow these steps: 1. Go to www.MeetingPlannerLists.com
2. Search the database of more than 50,000 qualified meeting planners.
3. In the shopping cart, sign in using your member number as your password to receive your free listings and/or your 10% discount on any purchase. *All new, renewing or current members paying $365/$395 are eligible for the 100 free listings annually. Primary member for multiple memberships and corporate memberships receive additional listings based on number of memberships in their account. |