Increasing Demand for Hotel and Catering Management

About the course

The major job fields in the hospitality sector include Hotels, resorts, fast food chains, restaurants, etc. A hotel management professional can be employed in any of the above mentioned fields. The hotel management field is always been a hot career options among the students, with the globalization more and more hotel industries as expanding their business to the global markets. This has created a huge demand of hotel management professionals.Hotel management as a career will always be a booming career

Eligibility and Admission:

If you are looking for a career in hotel management, then there are a certain eligibility criteria that you have to fulfill. This is given below:

Certificate Course: The certificate courses are generally short-term courses for the duration of 6 months to one year. The candidates can pursue these courses after completing their class 12th.

Diploma Course: A candidate must pass class 1oth or 12th with minimum 40% marks having English as a compulsory subject.

Degree Course: for an undergraduate degree in hotel management, the candidate must be 12th passed with minimum 50% and having English as a compulsory subject.

Postgraduate Degree course: After completing an undergraduate degree program, the candidate may go for a postgraduate program. The basic eligibility for this program is 45% marks in graduation from a recognized university.

Admission:

The admission to the various courses in the hotel management is based on the hotel management entrance exam. The selection in the various courses is based on NCHMCT JEE conducted in the month of April. The application for the same is out in the month December. Apart from this there are various others hotel management entrance exam, conducted by the big hotel chains for admission in the own training institutes.

Courses in Hotel Management:

There are large no. of course available in the hotel management field. The student can choose the course as per his/her academic qualifications.

The detailed list of the courses is given below:-

1) Diploma in Hotel Management

2)Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management

3)Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM)

4)Bachelor of Arts in Hotel Management

5)Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management

6)BA (Hons) in Hotel Management

7)BBA in Hotel Management

8)Master of Science in Hotel Management

9)MBA in Hotel Management

10) Certificate Courses in Hotel and Catering Management

11) Craftsmanship Courses

There are also various short-term courses conducted by ministry of tourism, to encourage the students for self employment.

Career and Jobs:

After completing the course there are various job opportunities for the student to work with large hotel chains including the Taj group, ITC, Oberoi hotels, Hilton group etc. There is a huge demand of skilled professionals in the merchant navy and cruise ship. So if you are looking for a career in hotel management than it could be a good decision, but choose the best institute because the chances of employment is generally higher from the top institute.

Salary:

The salary in this field depends upon the organization in which you are working and your job profile. If you are working with the five-star hotel chains then the starting salary could be anything around Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000 per month. After some experience the salary could be anywhere between Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 45,000 per month.

Different Roles, Different Names

1)General Managers: Such professionals are responsible for all operations in a hotel.

2)Resident Managers: Bestowed with the job to be available at just a call away.

3)Executive Housekeepers: These professionals are expected to ensure cleanliness in the hotel.

4)Front Office Managers: Most of the hotels own front desk, Front Office Managers manage the same.

5)Convention Services Managers: These professionals work in close coordination with client and the conferencing facilities offered by the hotel for various conventions, meetings, seminars, etc.

 
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