HOSPITALITY SEMINAR TUESDAY

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Beverly McKinley Harris will be keynote speaker at the 1991 Hospitality Training Seminar luncheon, to be held Tuesday at the Drury Lodge here.

Harris, program director for the Paducah (Ky.) Hospitality Association will discuss "Marketing in the Hospitality Industry" during the noon luncheon.

Harris, a noted speaker at tourism seminars, has served as president of the Paducah Downtown Development Association, and as program director for the Paducah Hospitality Association.

Participants in the seminar will have a choice of Tuesday sessions to be held at the Riverview Convention Center, Main and Broadway 9 to 11:30 a.m. or 3:30 to 6 p.m.

"Two identical sessions will be presented" said Laurel Adkisson of the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau, which is co-sponsoring the event with Friends of Steam Railroading.

Among subjects at the workshop will be the "Importance of First Impressions," and "How to be a Good Host." Tourism and local history will also be discussed during the seminar.

The seminar will continue on Thursday.

"This will be a moving session," said Adkisson. It will be held at the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway at 4 p.m.

"Hostesses, supervisors, hotel employees, convenience store attendants and others may attend the seminar," said Adkisson.

Additional details are available by calling Adkisson at 335-1631, or Mary Strong at 243-1688.