“Where there is a will, there is a way.” That´s how the popular saying challenges us but then fears and insecurities come up and, of course, anything is “easier said than done”. Every course organized to train new Tourist Entertainers has something that never ceases to surprise us: we can certainly say that 95% of the participants discover during it they are actually able to do many things they couldn’t ever imagined. They get rid of their nervous and become aware about many of their skills that are usually kept hidden.
As any other profession becoming a Professional Entertainer requires a long learning process. For sure, they are inner characteristics that helps such as being open, dynamic and positive, but there are as well a part of practice and theory than can help to jump into a better level. Just to mention some of them: learning a few tricks, practice in front of a microphone, helping to choose the best activity for every kind of client profile.
Basically learning from current entertainer professionals’ experience, understanding the relations between the different departments of a hotel and acquiring knowledge about how to program different kind of activities customized according to the clients and seasons help to earn self-confidence and being more spontaneous. It is a way to help finding that will that always surprises.
