Hotel Management

HOTEL INDUSTRY SCENARIO IN INDIA:

 Hotels in India’ have supply of 110,000 rooms. According to the tourism ministry, 4.4 million tourists visited India last year and at current trend, demand will soar to 10 million in 2010 to accommodate 350 million domestic travelers. ‘Hotels in India’ has a shortage of 150,000 rooms fueling hotel room rates across India. With tremendous pool of opportunity, India is a destination for hotel chains looking for growth. Five-star hotels in metro cities allot same room, more than once a day to different guests, receiving almost 24-hour rates from both guests against 6-8 hours usage. With demand-supply disparity, ‘Hotel India’ room rates are most likely to rise 25% annually and occupancy to rise by 80%, over the next two years. However, the rating on the ‘Indian Hotels’ is bullish. ‘India Hotel Industry’ is adding about 60,000 quality rooms, currently in different stages of planning and development and should be ready by 2012.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY:

Do you love people and understand them? Do you like catering to the needs of others? 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, cruise liners, Govt. owned catering departments, etc. A degree/diploma in Hotel Management is usually the basic requirement to take the first step towards a career in the hospitality industry.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

18 MONTHS COURSE IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Program Objective: This intensive program consists of two taught semesters and one internship in the hospitality industry of 6 months. The program curriculum is designed for career-changers or students who need to gain the basic administrative skills for hospitality operations.

After completing these two semesters of study, students may choose to do an internship and / or start working. As the starting-block of the Dream Shapers curriculum, this program provides fundamental knowledge of hotel and restaurant operations management and a fast-track access to first employment.

Eligibility: Minimum qualification for this course is (10+2) with any subjects / 3 year Diploma in any discipline. However Students who have done their graduation may also register for the program.

Duration: 18 Months program (12 months campus classes & 6 months Industrial training).
80% attendance in each module is mandatory to participate in exams.

Program Contents: First 12 months are completely devoted to acquire the theoretical & practical knowledge of the basic Fundamental Principles of the Hotel Industry in the following subjects:

• Food & Beverage Service (Theory & Practical)
• Food & Beverage Production  (Theory & Practical)
• Accommodation Operation (Theory & Practical)
• Front Office Operations (Theory & Practical)
• French language
• Communication Skills (Theory & Practical)
• Personality Development (Theory & Practical)
• Computers (Theory & Practical)
• Tourism