City in India with the Highest Job Opportunities for Hospitality Career

Impact on hospitality sector in India: Hospitality Industry in India: An overview

With COVID-19, the year 2020 witnessed a high decline rate in terms of economic growth. There have been a huge number of layoffs in the hospitality industry. However, all this chaos has now settled. Experts have predicted that by the end of 2023, the overall hotel industry in India is expected to reach over Rs 1,200 billion. There are various initiatives by the government such as ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ and ‘Incredible India,’ which are primarily aimed at promoting tourism in the country. As a result, the travel and tourism industry of the country itself accounts for India’s employment growth in the process.

Cities in India with the Highest Job Opportunities for Hospitality Career

• New Delhi: As per the survey conducted, New Delhi has emerged as the city in India with the highest number of hotel chains, thus ensuring a hospitality career after pursuing a hotel management course. It must be noted that the higher the number of hotels in a city, the higher the job opportunities in the hospitality sector.

New Delhi, together with the neighbouring districts of Gurgaon and Noida, has the highest number of hospitality jobs in India. Most of the large brands have launched their hotel properties in the region, and many more are still in the pipeline. Gurgaon and Noida are also the hubs for International Call Centres, and hotel management graduates stand a chance to work in that sector as well since the role is similar. In these cities, there are top hotels that offer the highest placements to hotel management graduates. Airlines, facilities management companies, cinemas and bars have their major shares as well.

• Mumbai: Following New Delhi, the next in line is Mumbai. Mumbai topped the list for occupancy rates in the country for the third year in a row, with 74.3%. In addition to this, Mumbai also has almost all the top 5-star hotel chains and renowned brands, the most renowned being the Taj Hotels. It has the top market to source hospitality candidates for international hotel chains and cruise ships.

In addition to this, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Goa are also termed under the category of top five cities in India with the highest jobs in hospitality. In terms of growth, however, Kolkata recorded the highest growth rate by far at 18.4%. Goa, which is one of the country’s biggest tourist hubs, recorded the second highest level of growth at 14.8%, demonstrating the tangible impact that the growth in the tourism industry has had on the sector.

Top Hotel Chains in India Providing Hospitality Jobs

• The Marriott International chain operates 45 hotels in India and, according to the report, currently holds 15,900 rooms.
• ‘Taj Hotels Resorts Palaces Safaris’ comes in second on the list, operating 14,100 rooms
• In third place is the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group with 9,500 rooms, followed by AccorHotels in fourth with 9,000
• Rounding off the top 5 is ITC Hotels, with 8000 hotels, followed by the Hyatt Hotels Corporation in sixth with 6100
• The InterContinental Hotels Group comes in at seventh with 5900 rooms, while Lemon Tree Hotels fall below the 5,000 mark in eighth with 4,200 rooms
• Rounding off the top 10 are the Sarovar Hotels and Resorts in ninth with 4,150 rooms, and Oberoi Hotels and Resorts with 3,900 rooms
• Other hotels in the top 20 included popular hotel chains such as The Leela Palace Hotels and Resorts, as well as illustrious chains such as The Lalit and Hilton Worldwide.

Conclusion

India, known for its ancient tradition of Atithi Devo Bhava or ‘guest is god ’, has been hosting foreigners for ages. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Guhar Moti to Kibithu, the country offers an immense opportunity to the hospitality industry. From beautiful snow-capped mountains to deserts, from plateaus to ocean beaches, the hospitality industry in India is indeed an enriched one, with its wide welcome to hotel and hospitality management graduates.