Business Banquet Seating Etiquette

On many occasions we need to invite guests, these aspects are very important to pay attention to etiquette. Here is the business banquet seating etiquette I shared, welcome to read!

First, what occasions need to consider seating etiquette?

When organizing meetings, you need to consider the venue seating;

When picking up and dropping off guests, you need to consider the car seating;

When talking to people, you need to consider the guest seating;

Up and down the stairs, you need to consider the order of travel;

In and out of the elevator, you need to consider the order of precedence;

Business negotiation, you need to consider the order of precedence.

Two, the golden rule of the order of seating

To the right as the upper (follow international practice);

In the center as the upper (the middle is higher than both sides);

The front row as the upper (applies to all occasions);

To the far as the upper (away from the door of the room as the upper);

Facing the door as the upper (a good view). (good view).

Three, Chinese banquet etiquette

China's formal banquets are held before the banquet, scheduled tables and seating, or only scheduled for the main table seating, the other is only the arrangement of tables.

The principle of business banquet seating etiquette is: to the right for the upper seat, to the center for the upper seat, to the inside for the upper seat, to the near for the high and far for the low.

Some simple, can be summarized in several aspects.

1, the master will generally sit facing the door of the place, this seat is the master, so it is also convenient for the master to see the guests arrive ready to meet.

The most important guests will generally be arranged to sit on the right hand side of the host, the second most important guests will be arranged on the left side of the host, and so on, this is the basic Chinese formal seating arrangements;

2, there are more than one host, the two sides can be arranged in a cross-platform, the closer the status of the master the more respect. When holding a multi-table banquet, each table has a representative of the master of the main table in the seat.

3, if the status of the guest of honor is higher than the host, in order to show 'respect for the guest of honor, you can arrange the guest of honor in the position of the host, the host is seated in the position of the guest of honor, that is, the right seat, the second host is seated on the left side of the guest of honor.

4. If the lady follows, the order of her ranking, the same as that of her husband. That is, among the many guests, the male guest of honor ranks first, and his wife ranks second.

5, the position of the seat

position or status of the high person is honored, the high seat, according to the position of the high and low, that is, the position of the official high and low, can not be overstepped. If the position or status is the same, then the traditional customary positioning must be based on the official position.

Four, Western-style banquet etiquette

1. The rules of seating arrangement

(1) respect the guest of honor. In Western cuisine, the guest of honor is extremely respected. Even if some of the dining guests in the status, identity and age than the guest of honor, but the guest of honor is still the center of attention of the host. In the ranking, should be asked to male and female guests of honor, respectively, next to the hostess and the host.

(2) Ladies first. In the western food etiquette, ladies are respected everywhere. In scheduling the meal, the hostess should generally be invited to the main seat, and the host must be retired to the second main seat.

(3) to the right as the honor. In the ranking, the right is honored. For a particular position, the right position is higher than the left position.

(4) Face the door as the top. It means that the seat facing the main door of the restaurant is usually higher in sequence than the seat with its back to the main door of the restaurant.

(5) distance positioning. Generally speaking, the honor of the Western table, often closely related to its distance from the main position. In general, from the main seat near the seat higher than from the main seat away from the seat.

(6) cross-arrangement. Men and women cross-arrangement, strangers and acquaintances cross-arrangement, husband and wife cross-arrangement. It is better to have an even number of diners and half the number of men and women.

2. The specific arrangement of the seat

In the Western dining, people use the most common table, the most formal Western dining table is the long table, there are also square tables, and sometimes it will be put together into a variety of other patterns.

(1) long table. To long table seating, there are generally two main approaches. A French seating method. Male and female hosts in the center of the long table sitting across from each other, the ends of the table can be sitting people, can also not sit people; two British and American seating method. Male and female hosts were seated at both ends of the long table.

(2) square table. Square table to arrange the place, the number of people sitting on all sides of the table should be equal. In general, a table *** sit 8 people, each side of the two more common. In the arrangement, should make male and female host and male and female guests sitting opposite, all people with their own lovers or spouses sit diagonally opposite.