Does getting a hotel management job means becoming a general manager in a hotel?
The job of a hotel general manager includes hiring and management of the hotel management team, management of the hotel staff, finance and budgets, plan and organise accommodation, catering and other hotel services, maintain statistical and financial records, deal with customer complaints and comments, supervise .
I’m a passout from LPU and have profoundly utilised my time here in shaping my personality along with self-analysis. Unlike other universities, rules and regulations are quite strict here. From academics to extra-curricular activities, thorough support is given by our mentors/seniors, professors and management.
Being a alumni of Lovely Professional University,I would say,LPU has been the university that has outperformed most of its competition. Be it academics, sports or cultural activities, the university boasts a number of accolades to prove its credibility. This is one of the reasons that contribute to making it one of the fastest-growing universities in India. Students here are groomed to be better-skilled individuals than merely engineering students (or any subject student for that matter).
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Lovely Professional University School of Hotel Management and Tourism is among India’s best Hotel Management and Tourism colleges that grooms students through industry endorsed curriculum and intensive service oriented practicals with industry exposure in excellent infrastructure. Students are surrounded by peers from 70+ countries giving them an international edge. The school provides students with simulation labs, aviation labs, restaurant training labs, basic and advanced training kitchen labs that expose the students to real-life situations and environment.
The school provides students with simulation labs, aviation labs, restaurant training labs, basic and advanced training kitchen labs that expose the students to real-life situations and environment. The School is conducting various workshops through which students are learning the live technical skills through tactical experiences.
University has UNI HOTEL managed by students. All guest of LPU stays in our hotel and its a opportunity provided to students to have hands on experience and learn simultaneously. They are ready for industry now.
They allow our students to do an Internship in Five Star Hotels and IATA approved organizations only. Also, we create an opportunity for our students to become Management Trainee of corporate brands.
As a general rule for placements, a lot more will depend upon your own hard work, communication & presentation skills and overall preparation. This would be true for any university you enroll in.
LPU provides different classes for placements which helps in grooming. Students are trained in Aptitude, Reasoning, free preparation for Govt Exams, Soft Skills and language training, Interview skills right from the 1st year, continuously for 2/3/4( duration of course) years till they get the job.
LPU students of the School of Hotel Management and Tourism have got 100% placement with prestigious global establishments this year. LPU previous year students of passing out batch have been placed at allowances/salary up to Rs 22.5 Lacs per annum. Their employers are a top hotel, resorts, palaces groups and airways including Ritz-Carlton (USA), Qatar Airways (Doha), Oberoi Group, Zuri, Grand Hyatt, Sarovar, Bercos and more. Many of them have already joined their duties in top countries and Indian Cities at coveted posts. M.Sc (http://m.sc/) . Hotel Management student Vanish Vikas Diwikar has been selected by worlds Top Hotel Company Ritz-Carlton (USA) at Rs 22.5 Lacs allowances per annum.
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Within a hotel, candidates can be absorbed in different departments such as front office, operations, accounting, maintenance, security, sales and marketing, and kitchen, and can specialize in the field of their preference to pursue a successful career path.
- recruiting, training and supervising staff.
- managing budgets.
- maintaining statistical and financial records.
- planning maintenance work, events and room bookings.
- handling customer complaints and queries.
- promoting and marketing the business.
- ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation and licensing laws.
LPU provides ample amount of opportunities to its students and provides exposure to its students and provides hand on experience and industry like experience for the student to work in the real time industry.
Being 'the' General Manager in hotels is a matter of great deal for you are the one who have to make crucial decisions at times and supervise the overall functioning of the hotel.You have to have effective communication skills so that you can deal with guests coming from round the globe to your hotel. You need to be polite,smart,witty and the list is endless.In short,being general manager is not a cakewalk. This field looks so lucrative but it involves a lot of hardwork and patience to survive here.
Get a diploma degree in Hotel Management and start working in good hotels or resteraunt chains and gain experience.Your work experience is the ultimate factor that will help you be the General Manager in a hotel as it would validate your capabilities like nothing else. You may go for higher studies like Management in hospitality sector or General MBA for that matter. You may even go for Management Training Programmes that will provide you with the relevant skills.
Hope this helps.
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