Hospitality Consultants are advisors assisting hotels and food and beverage venues with projects. Projects include managing change, improving profitability, marketing strategy, training and development, optimising operations, and generally improving the business's overall health.

Hospitality Consultancy is varied, and a good hospitality management consultant will have the theoretical and practical business knowledge needed to expertly advise on all things to do with finance, marketing, consumer insights, economics and business management.

A Hospitality Consultant will help you with the areas of the business you discussed during the consultation. A good Hospitality Consultant will also make recommendations and suggestions to improve business performance throughout the working relationship. A Hospitality Consultant may work with you on an hourly rate or a project rate. They will help your business to improve based on first-hand knowledge and experience.

A good consultant will be a professional networker with a 'black book' of contacts; this makes them a one-stop shop for all your business needs. The contact book benefits start-ups as the consultant will have reliable, vetted suppliers for the opening process. Due to the varied nature of consulting, there are many ways a Hospitality Consultant can help you improve your business. A good Hospitality Consultant will present action plans and follow-up reports throughout the working relationship to track and show progress on the agreed objectives