Our Restaurant Consulting Services

Expertise Backed By Experience

Our 20+ years of experience in the hospitality sector has given us a deep understanding of the key components that go into building strong occasion-based strategies and executions. Our service offerings are categorized into three areas of focus and are phased through strategy, foundation building and ongoing improvements to generate predictable, sustained performance.

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service offerings

People

People are at the core of every experience. In order to effectively sell memorable events, having the right people with the right training in the right places is crucial. To help you in this, we offer the following:

Strategic Services

  • Compensation & Incentive Planning
  • Organizational Chart Planning

Foundational Materials & Training

  • Key Employee Hiring
  • Train The Trainer
  • Professional Development Plans

Iterative Optimizations

  • Sales Meetings / Conferences
  • Sales Contesting & Incentives
  • Custom Training Manuals

Marketing & Sales

Continuously optimizing and finding new and innovative revenue streams is what we do best. In order to ensure your best laid plans meet the needs, eyes, and ears of your guests we offer the following:

Strategic Services

  • Sales Strategy & Forecasting
  • Multi-Unit Sales Strategy
  • Marketing Assets & Material Creation

Foundational Materials & Training

  • Sales Tool Optimization
  • Referral Program
  • Marketing/Lead-Gen Campaigns & Concepts

Iterative Optimizations

  • Tourism Programming
  • Off-site Catering Services
  • Monthly Event Programming

Operations

For any event or programming to run smoothly, your operations need to be set up for success. From helping you identify the right venue spaces, to getting your finance systems/tracking in place, to preparing legal documentation we offer the following:

Strategic Services

  • Venue Evaluation & Planning (Spaces, Capacities & Minimums)
  • Event Cash Flow & Payment Structure Planning
  • CRM/Software Integration Planning

Foundational Materials & Training

  • Agreement & Addendum Templates
  • Event P&L Setup
  • CRM/Software Optimization & Training

Iterative Optimizations

  • PACE & Booking Matrix Reporting
  • Three and Five Year Sales Forecasting & Growth

Partners

We’re proud to partner with other hospitality consultancy groups to provide additional breadth.

The Pacesetter Approach

Leaving spaces unbooked leaves money on the table. This affects more than just the bottom line. It causes revenue to become less predictable, incentives for hiring and retaining staff diminish, and guests lose a critical touchpoint which builds loyalty.

Taking a proactive and systematic approach to events enables you to maximize your opportunities. Our proven system can help.

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Discovery

We become part of your team. We interview key stakeholders before embedding ourselves into your day-to-day for up to two weeks. This enables us to understand critical elements of your business, including: your objectives and key results (OKRs), your market, your competitive landscape, your guests and your current execution as it relates to our engagement.

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Pace Action Plan Development

After gathering information from all corners of your business, the event & sales department will be thoroughly analyzed. This analysis will review everything from the initial contact with the guests to the day of execution of the event, resulting in a Pace Action Plan – providing a clear understanding of where opportunities exist to leverage event, experience, and occasion-related bookings. We will also determine what foundational adaptations and enhancements are required to ensure an effective approach to your event strategy.

Included in this process will be evaluating key details such as the merchandisable space you have available and how it can capitalize on market demands. The Pace Action Plan will also address the staffing, training, marketing and other needs that will be required to achieve the objectives outlined in the Discovery phase.

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Pace Action Plan Implementation

The newly developed Pace Action Plan will be presented to key stakeholders in a format that encourages collaboration. Upon approval, implementation begins. This will include the initiation of foundational materials and the development of the staff training modules – ensuring your organization is equipped and enabled to secure bookings, host events, and deliver memorable experiences. .

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Optimization plan

Once the foundation for the Pace Action Plan has been properly laid, we create a custom optimization plan. Ensuring a healthy, sustainable occasion-based revenue stream requires refinements beyond the first booking.

This will provide further guidance for Pace Plan implementation and enable a means of building iterative optimizations – including the opportunity for Fractional Event Sales Leadership – to enhance the results on a go-forward basis.

30 %

Average increase in event sales within the first 90 days of the Pace Action Plan.

Let’s Discuss Your Strategy

See how activation of your special-event space can bring new, predictable revenue streams to the table.

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