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HOSPITALITY
THE PROFESSION
The growth in Travel and Tourism has led to a boom in the growth of Hotel Industry. As such, manpower requirement for hotel is on the rise. It require staff for its various department like food and beverages, housekeeping, accounting, marketing, research and other services, computer applications, financial management, engineering, maintenance, security, fire fighting and put the relations. Employment opportunities depend on the size of the hotel. We have hotels of different types like five star hotels, smaller star hotel in Cosmopolitan towns, smaller towns and hotels located in tourist centres. Highway hotels are on the increase. Heritage hotels are another types. These are located in important pilgrim locations, temple towns and wild life sanctuaries. Integrated sports resorts are other new concepts in the industry. Some other new concepts are the Hotels on wheels and Houseboats.
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Hotel Management: |
The work in hotels, big or small is divided among key departments. The Manager and assistant manager in hotels make sure the efficient operation of their establishments. Big hotels employ hundreds of workers and management is divided into various levels. Under the supervision of the top management, the various department heads operate. The various departments in a hotel are:
- Catering Management which includes Beverage Manager, Banquet Manager,
Restaurant Manager and Food & Service Manager etc.
- Catering operations: It includes culinary department, steward department and food service department.
- Front Office department: Front office manager, Receptionists, Information Assistant, Bell boy etc..
- House keeping department: Floor supervision, Room manager, House keeper
- Accounting department.
- Marketing department.
- Engineering department.
- Personnel department-security.
- Forecasting department.
Admission procedure
For courses offered by the NCHMCT, admission is given through a Joint Entrance Examination. Final selection is made after group discussions and interview. The JEE examines your ability in:
1. Reasoning & Logical Ability
2. Numerical Ability and Scientific Aptitude
3. General Knowledge.
4. English Language |
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- +2 with compulsory English-> 3 years degree in Hotel Management
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- Graduation in any subject -> 2 years post graduate degree in Hotel Management.
- S.S.L.C -> certificate courses for 3 months to 1 year.
- +2 to degree-> diploma in Hotel Management and Post Graduate diploma..
- B.Sc Catering Technology & Hotel Management - in TAMIL NADU : +2
Duration : 3 Years
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Travel and Tourism: |
A career in travel and tourism offer many exciting and challenging employment opportunities.Tourism operations deal in travel and destinations management. They put together and sell package holidays that range from archaeology to golf, wild life to astrology and trekking expeditions to camel safari. One can find job in the government sector in Directorates and development corporations, ITDC hotels, immigration and custom services and in other tourist facilities.
Diverse career-oriented job opportunities exists in different sectors like:
- Tourism office and information centers
- food and beverages organizations
- tour companies, travel agencies
- traffic management
- cruise companies
- bus companies, rental car companies
- insurance, convention and visitors,
- bureaus
- airlines hotel motel resort industry
- tourism research
- reservation and leisure tourism
- education travel writing
- travel journalism, purchasing, games and sports, cargo
- meeting planners and own business.
With growing professionalism and the resultant competitiveness in the travel and tourism industry, specialized training is necessary. There are training programmes, diploma courses, under graduate courses, postgraduate courses in this sector. But, before selecting a training programme on travel and tourism everyone should see to it that the training programme is covering all essential subjects, along with necessary co-related subjects and foreign languages. Also there should be sufficient facilities for practical training programme in the courses selected. |
| Eligiblity:
- +2 -> 3 years degree
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- Graduation in any subject -> 2 years post graduate degree
- S.S.L.C -> certificate courses for 3 months to 1 year.
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Air Hostess/ Flight Steward: |
They are the first who welcome anyone into the flight. They help the travellers and supervise their sitting arrangements and further help them to have comfortable journey. They have to be on duty throughout the duration of the flight looking after passengers in general and taking special care of sick children and travellers, the elderly, babies etc. |
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