Do you love people and understand them? Do you like catering to the needs of others? Do some of these qualities from part of your personality? If good communication skills and an outgoing personality is also a part of your persona, then hospitality industry is the perfect career. With the boom in tourism and travel industry, the hospitality industry has grown rapidly in the past decade and is still growing. The demand for manpower in this industry is on the increase. Hospitality industry offers career choices in hotels, restaurants, airlines etc. Here is a list of industries where you can make a career.

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· Restaurant Management/Fast Food Joint Management.

· Club Management/Recreation and Health Centre Management.

· Cruise ship Hotel Management.

· Institutional and Industrial Catering.

· Airline Catering and Cabin Services.

· Hotel and Catering Industries.

· Hotel and Tourism Associations.

· Catering Departments in blanks and Insurance house.

· Govt. owned catering departments e.g. railway, armed forces, ministerial conventions etc.

· In food, confectionery, beverage production industries.

A degree in Hotel Management is usually the basic requirement to take the first step towards a career in the hospitality industry. Hotel management as a career stream is paying.

A degree in Hotel Management is however not absolutely essential for working in the hospitality industry. The industry requires trained staff for all these departments:-

Reception: This is the ‘front end’ of the hotel where candidates with good personality, patience and good grooming will excel.

Customer Relations: The public relations function will receive all the complaints and the occasional praise. They will need to co-ordinate with the other departments to maximize customer satisfaction. Candidates must have amiable personality and good communication skills.

Accounting and Financial Management: Commerce graduates and accounting professionals can find work here in accounting, cash flow and managing the finances.

The Back Office:

The Reservations officer in the back office must be qualified in ticketing, basic geography, calculating time zones, the international codes used by the hotel and airline industry etc.

Food and Beverage: A degree in nutrition or food technology will help you get a job in this industry.

Horticulture: The grounds of a hotel or resort are embellished with beautiful gardens and exercise areas.

Communication and IT: Communication Engineers and System Administrators can find openings in this area of hotel management.

Whatever your qualification or the area you choose to specialize in, the pre-requisite for a career in this industry is to be able to handle people, it is about understanding people and their requirements. There is also a requirement for general management skills, which means that hospitality professionals have to continuously update their knowledge base and adopt innovative and out-of-the-box thinking as well.

Once you have the requisite qualifications, sky is the limit for your career in this booming industry. Besides, the environment & working conditions are attractive and there is opportunity to meet all types of people.