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Services

* Increase room, food and beverage sales
* Improve yield management
* Increase profitability
* Benchmark and reduce operating costs
* Analyse and fix problem areas
* Cost effective sales & marketing plans

I am an independent hospitality consultant with over 30 years proven track record in the hotel industry and I offer Sales & Marketing and Operations consultancy and advice specifically for independent and small group hotels, restaurants, inns and pubs in the South Midlands and South West.

In particular I have an intimate knowledge of marketing hotels, restaurants, inns and pubs in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, Taunton, Somerset and the South West of England. I also carry out hotel and resort reviews and write press releases and travel articles.

Call me on 07799 115981 for an initial discussion.

Russell Pendregaust

Sales & Marketing

  • Sales & marketing audits – are you getting the biggest bangs for your bucks? Is your price point correctly positioned?
  • Preparation of Sales & Marketing Plans – Analytical and systematic approach to the creation of your annual sales and marketing plan – what gets measured gets done
  • Sales & Marketing consultancy and supervision – ongoing consultancy with regular on site reviews of sales and marketing activity

Operations

  • Operations Audits – quality and cost. Benchmarking your hotel or hospitality operation against quality aspirations and costs to deliver that
  • Project Management – tailored training plans and quality improvement programs
  • Management coaching

 

Marketing Tip:
"He who stops advertising to try and save money could just as easily stop his clock to save time"
Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Who I work with

Clients

Hatton Hotel Group
Cotswold Beauty
Envesca Ltd

 

Recommended Partners

Urban Element
Management Connections
Envesca Ltd

What others say:

“Russell is one of the best managers I have ever worked with – great integrity and commitment and totally reliable. A true professional – how often can you say that these days?”
Mike Bevans, -  (Owner Linthwaite House Hotel and former employer)

“Russell is one of the most committed hotel operators that I have worked with. His ability to focus on the important issues within the business model, especially his attention to detail on the performance of the top line coupled with his analytical approach through to the bottom line, makes him the ideal manager for an owner to trust”
Stuart Harrison. – (Stuart is one of, if not the, most respected hospitality marketing consultants in the UK and counts the BTA, Holiday Inn and Stelios Haji-Ioannou (easyJet) amongst his client list.)

"I have known Russell for over 20 years and he has always been very focussed on what he believes is right for the business. He has made a significant contribution to my company, both tactically and strategically."

Darren Hiscox CEO Hatton Hotel Group

About Me

Having worked in the hospitality industry for 36 years, (I started as a bottle boy at the age of 12), I felt the time was right to start hotelconsult.

During those years I have experienced every aspect of hotel management and running commercial hospitality businesses from my early days bottling up in the family pub and learning the importance of point of sale through to a board level position for a group of diverse hotels.

This as has included managing the sales & marketing and operations of budget hotels, red star hotels (now Inspectors Choice), country house hotels, conference hotels, town centre coaching houses and village inns. In 1989 I was nominated by my employer and awarded a coveted Caterer & Hotelkeeper Acorn Award.

During the past 20 years I have carried out relief hotel management assignments and been involved with hotels that were awarded the RAC Credit to the Industry Award, RAC Blue and Gold Ribbons, AA Red Stars (Inspectors Choice), and the prestigious “Loo of the Year”, it’s all in the detail.

I am a graduate of the HCIMA, hold a full Personal Licence and I am an accredited trainer.

Over the years I have built up a network of contacts and associates within the hotel, hospitality and associated industries, whom I have come to trust and respect. I hope I can help you with your hospitality business.

Russell Pendregaust MIH

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