What is Hotel Management ?

Admissions, curriculum, examinations and evaluations are centrally monitored in these 52 institutions. But, as Kamal Kant Pant, Principal IHM, Gwalior said, “The difference lies in how they transform the curriculum to enhance learning opportunities.”

Food and Beverages, Accounting, Sales and Marketing, Engineering/ Maintenance, Security etc.

Prof K C Robbins, Principal & Director, Oriental Group of Hospitality Management Institutions, Kerala says, “Despite large number of professionals being churned out from hospitality institutions, there is still dearth of manpower in the hospitality industry and skewed ratio of manpower to rooms in the industry is yet to be met.”

one can opt for a field of their liking and pursue a career and successfully grow in it.

Many diploma and certificate courses of short duration are also available in Food and Beverage Service, Bakery and Confectionary, Food Production Operations, Housekeeping Operations and among others.

This is a profession which is so uncertain and exciting at the same time, it enhances the personality of an individual. That is why I want to make career in the hospitality industry,” says Deepshikha, another third semester student of Diploma in Hotel Management Catering Technology (DHMCT) at Amrapali Institute of Hotel Management (AIHM), Uttarakhand.

Apart from jobs in Hotels and restaurants, hotel management diploma holders /graduates can find good jobs in:

Airline Catering (flight kitchen) and Cabin Services

in recent times, the lowered packages in the industry has led to lower enrolment of students in the sector, as Prof Sanjeev Kacker, Principal, Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai said, “the salary packages in all segments of the industry ranges between Rs 15, 000 to Rs 20, 000 which is too low as compared to packages offered by other industries.”

Club management

the salary package in the airlines segment is better as compared to the hotel segment. Hotel Management is a service industry that believes and works by the age old tradition of India, ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, the guest is our God.

Cruise Ship Hotel Management

The biggest reward for the professionals in this industry is the appreciation from guests or when they leave a note behind saying he/she would like to visit again.

Hospital administration and catering

As Shailendra K.Singh, Chief Operation Officer, AIHM says, “Hotel industry is now more of a science than an art and great stewardship of hotel properties will reward them in millions over the next few years.”

Hotel and Tourism Associations (for eg: state tourism development corporations)

A person with pleasing personality, good communication and social skills, keen to learn new languages, eager to discover and adapt various cultures and passionate to serve people will find hotel management an interesting career option

Hospitality services in the Indian Navy

As India scales the chart for the most popular tourist destination, the demand for professionals in the hospitality and hotel industry is only going to soar. This is an excellent opportunity for the aspiring students or professionals to be part of this exciting and dynamic industry.

Hospitality services in various MNCs

an investment done to pursue a career in Hotel Management can give good returns to the students in the coming years

Forest Lodges

Universities and the affiliated colleges will now have to update information as per the Data Capture Format (DCF) in order to avail grants and funds provided by the Central government

Guest Houses, resorts

Union joint secretary higher education, RP Sisodia addressed the representatives of the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth (MGKV) and Sampurnanand University through video conference and instructed the administration of the universities and affiliated colleges to make the data available online through the DCF.