India has tremendous potential for growth and development in the tourism sector. The growth of the hotel industry is linked closely to this sector. Across the nation, hotels and motels are a welcome heaven for weary travellers.
For a vacation, families and persons whose jobs take them out of town, a comfortable room, good food, and a helpful hotel staff can lead to the good vacation time spend for them.

Manpower requirements for hotels are on the rise. Star hotels require specialized trained staff for their various departments:
? Food and beverage
? Housekeeping
? Accounting
? Marketing
? Recreation and other services
? Computer applications
? Financial management
? Engineering
? Maintenance
? Security
? Fire fighting
? Public relations

Work Environment

Employees in most of the hotel operational areas enjoy pleasant, clean and comfortable working conditions. Most large hotel have well equipped kitchen with modern amenities, good ventilation and comfortable work space. The office staff works with automated electronic office systems which provide the best job conditions.

Hotels work on a 24 hours, seven day week schedule and so employees has to keep to shifts normally three in a day. Holiday and Sunday shifts may also be rotated among staff.

Since the major responsibility of hotel staff is to ensure that guests are comfortable it is often very tiring to ensure that the individual needs of hundreds of guests are met. Pleasing difficult customers can be challenging.

The ambiance in a hotel is one of precision, quick feedback and consequent appraisals.
Senior managers work fixed hours and as resident managers stay at the hotel premises.

Employment Avenues:

Options for Hotel Management Graduates:
? Restaurant Management
? Club Management
? Cruise Ship Hotel Management
? Hospital Administration and Catering
? Institutional and Industrial Catering
? Airline Catering and Cabin Services
? Manufacturers and Suppliers of Hotel and Restaurant Equipment & Services
? Hotel and Catering Institutes
? Hotel and Tourism Associations
? Catering Departments in Banks and Insurance Houses
? With Government owned Catering Departments, e.g., Railway, Armed Forces, Ministerial Conventions, etc.
? Insurance servicing
? Front office in service sector
? Call centres