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What can you do with a Hotel Management degree? Eligibility, Career Prospects, Job Roles, Specialisations & more - Know about Hotel Management as a career.

What is a Hotel Management Professional?

Hotel Management Professional is a skilled person with basic etiquette, a groomed personality, possess command in native language fluency along with English and sensitive to the customers' needs in time. These professionals work in the hospitality sector for providing facilities of boarding and lodging to guests.

Hotel Management professionals usually work in star category hotels such as 2-star, 3-star. 4-star, 5-star or 7-star and take care of the hotel estate without any inconsistency. These professionals can be found working in the departments such as Reception(Front-office), Housekeeping, Kitchen, and F&B services and work in effective coordination with each other for the smooth continuity of business processes.

The students who want to be hotel management professionals or aim to be hotel managers pursue hotel management as their degree for embarking their journey into the hospitality sector.

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Career Prospects

What are the Career Prospects of a Hotel Management Professional?

After completing a hotel management professional degree, a plethora of job opportunities will be open to you such as:

Restaurant Manager

They supervise different types of restaurants from local taverns to high-end restaurants and exquisite dining premises which specialise in international cuisine.

Catering Assistant

Catering Assistants work in close liaison with a catering company, in-house at a hotel or restaurant, or for arranging bookings at a hotel, supervising production, and much more.

Sous Chef

They report to the head chef, monitor various kitchen operations, and meal preparations.

Front Office Manager

They’re involved in day-to-day activities such as maintaining guest accounts, supervising employees, and coordinating hotel sales and much more.

In-house Event Planner

They get engaged in every detail of an event which includes booking clients, problem-solving details, conducting regular meetings, and organising the post-event clean-up.

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Jobs & Salary

Upon completing the hotel management degree, there are plenty of job opportunities for the students from the large giants of hotel chains such as ITC, Taj Group, Oberoi Hotels, etc. Some of the job roles are:

Assistant Manager/ Hotel Manager/Restaurant Manager

They oversee restaurant operations and extend support in designing a variety of menus, maintain sanitation standards, and consistently work on improving guest satisfaction and financial performance of the restaurant.

Kitchen Stewarding Supervisor

They oversee proper serving and guest attentiveness in-room service and restaurant.

Guest Relation Executive (GRE)

Guest Relation Executives handle guest complaints, help them with the check-in process and describe the facilities available, such as spas, gyms, pool areas, and restaurants.

Front Office Attendant

They engage in guest interaction at the reception and assist them in their check-in process.

Chef

Chefs have expertise in making various cuisines ensuring being healthy and tasty.

Housekeeping Manager

Housekeeping managers make sure the entire hotel premises are properly cleaned and well-maintained. 

In terms of salary, Hotel Management Professionals have an average salary of Rs.2,68,288 per year in India, with a starting salary of Rs.10,000 to Rs.14, 000 per month. After a certain period of experience, the salary increases and ranges between Rs.30,000 and Rs.45,000 per month.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • There’s freedom to choose your career path.
  • You get to interact with different people across the world.
  • There are ample learning opportunities.
  • It's not a monotonous desk job.
Cons
  • It demands long working hours adding to stress.
  • It involves much physical labour.
  • There are no festive holidays.

Famous Personalities

Sanjeev Kapoor

Renowned face as Indian Chef celebrity running a popular TV Channel FoodFood with a cookery show named Khana Khazana as a host for 17+ years An extraordinary restaurateur, an author of 150+best selling cookbooks and winner of various culinary awards.

Manjit Gill

Known for being the President of Indian Federation of Culinary Associations Catered as one of the chefs of ITC Hotel

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