Seating arrangement for business activities

how to arrange seating is a great knowledge for guests, especially at some large banquets such as the annual meeting of dealers. If you don't pay attention to some small details, it will be a joke, but it will hurt the original good customer relationship!

according to business etiquette, there are two ways to arrange seating, one is the more popular seating method; The other is the "local seating etiquette" which is popular in some areas.

The common seating arrangement methods are as follows:

1. For large banquets, the seating level depends on the distance from the main table, with the right high and the left low.

2. On the same table, the ranking depends on the distance from the host's seat. The guest of honor sits on the host's right, and the second guest sits on the host's left. The second seat on the right of the host is the third, the fourth on the left, and so on.

3. If the number of people is small, the salesman mainly determines the position of himself and the guest of honor first, while others are mainly casual (they can also be sorted according to the position of the guests). The guest of honor is usually arranged in the main seat.

4. If the salesman's leader and the customer are dining together, then the salesman should arrange the guest of honor and his leader to sit in the guest seat, and other guests, such as the customer's wife or right-hand man, will sit next to the customer. The salesman himself sits in the position of serving food, and when serving food, he can easily turn the dish to the front of the host and guest.

In other areas, there are also some local customs:

If the salesman treats guests at the customer's place, he can learn about this custom from the local people before he treats them. Because the "local stress" of each place is somewhat different, it is still based on the accurate information you have. It should be noted that the seating arrangement should not be too rigid in this so-called "seating" stress, so as not to make everyone feel too polite, but appear to be confused, thus making the use of meals more restrictive.

Mastering common seating arrangement skills will help salesmen to get closer to each other by inviting customers to dinner.