Hotel Management Entrance Exam Preparation Coaching

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Career in Hotel Management
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About Hotel Management

• What is Hotel Management?
• Hotel management involves dealing with people
  throughout the day - with guests and colleagues
  in your own and other departments. The work
  culture involves good teamwork and leadership.
  Hotel management is primarily concerned with food
  and living space, the boarding and lodging needs
  of the guests, and more importantly their
  comfort, at all times. Broadly speaking, there
  are four core operational areas in a hotel

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Indian Hotel Sector SWOT Analysis
With the Indian hotel industry capturing the
attention of the world, let us understand its
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats.
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Why Hotel Management

• With the growth of hotel industry propelled by
  foreign and domestic tourism and business travel,
  the demand for well trained quality personnel has
  grown impressively. 
• The diversity of experience in hotel management
  is greater than in any other profession.
• Career opportunities in this field are not only
  limited within the country but also provides
  scope of a career abroad.

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Lets Go
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Advantages of being in this Industry

• Quick growth
• Promotion on performance not seniority
• Multi cultural exposure
• Work across the globe
• Varied and not monotonous
• Opportunities for entrepreneurship
• Has beaten the economic crisis

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Skill sets required

• Some of the personal skills essential to succeed
  in the Hotel Industry are
• An interest in food and changing styles
• A friendly and outgoing disposition
• Good communication and interaction skills
• Good organizing abilities and an eye for detail
• Pleasant and cheerful personality
• However, being part of the world's most dynamic
  and exciting industry is not for everyone, you
  have to be ambitious, creative and have the
  passion to work in an industry thats constantly
  generating new ideas.

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Skill sets Cont..
Skills for Front Office Management -Strong
communication skills -Good command over English,
and other preferred languages -Ability to be on
your feet for long hours -An energetic and
cheerful personality Skills for Housekeeping
-Excellent problem-solving skills Strong ability
to grow and learn -Ability to multi-task -Good
know-how of various equipments Alert Behavior
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Skill sets Cont..
Skills for Food Production Good knowledge of
food and constant update of trends in national
and international cuisines Interest in cooking,
as the work hours are long Ability to have a
good focus on quality, production, sanitation and
food cost controls Skills for Food and
Beverages Services Pleasant personality
Knowledge of foreign language(s) Good command
over English Ability to communicate effectively,
both verbally and in writing, to an array of
diverse internal and external clients Ability to
establish, maintain and enforce consistently high
performance standards
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Careers Ahead..

• General Operations this include supervision,
  co-ordination and administration of all other
  departments as well as overall financial control.
  
• Front Office this include providing
  information, making room reservations and taking
  care of check-ins and check-outs, besides the
  duties performed by the Personnel Department of
  any company.
• Sales Marketing This department keeps in touch
  with travel agents and tour operators as well as
  other potential corporate clients in order to
  sell hotel facilities. This department also
  normally handles Advertising and Public
  Relations.
• Food Beverage This department is the hub of
  the hotel industry and is responsible for all the
  food that is prepared and served in the hotel.
• House Keeping The main function of the
  housekeeping department is to make sure that all
  rooms are kept in order and all the needs of the
  guests are met.

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Alternate Career Options/Scope

• Restaurant Management/Fast Food Joint Management
• Club Management/Recreation Health Centre
  Management
• Cruise Ship Hotel Management
• Hospital Administration and Catering
• Institutional and Industrial Catering
• Airline Catering and Cabin Services
• Manufacturers and Suppliers of Hotel and
  Restaurant Equipment and Services
• Hotel and Catering Institutes
• Hotel and Tourism Associations
• Catering Departments in banks and insurance
  houses
• With government owned catering departments, for
  example railway, armed forces, ministerial
  conventions, etc.
• In food, confectionery, beverage production
  industries.
• Public Relations
• Event Management
• Consultancy
• Travel Tourism

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Jobs in Hotel Management

• Hotel Managers
• The front office
• FB (Food and Beverages)
• Catering Manager
• Lobby Reservation Manager
• Front Office Manager
• Executive Chef
• Restaurant and Food Service Managers
• House Keeping
• Executive House Keeping
• Marketing Dept.

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HOSPITALITY COURSES
BHMCT (Bachelor of Hotel Management Catering
Technology )

• Offered By
• - PUSA Institute (5698 Seats) - IP
  University (120 Seats)
• - Taj Group (90 seats)
  -Welcome Group (90 Seats)
• - IHM Meerut (120 Seats) - Oberoi Group(80
  Seats)
• Mode of Selection -
  Entrance Test Interview .
• Eligibility
  - 102 with 50
• Future Prospects in Studies
• - Food Production Management
• - Dietetic Nutrition/Teaching of Hotel
  Mgmt. - House keeping / Travel
  Tourism Mgmt.
• - Front Office Management

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• National Council For Hotel Management Catering
  Technology (Pusa) 
• Website - www.nchmct.org
• Duration - 3 Yrs.
• Eligibility 102 or equivalent with English as
  one of the subjects. Student should not be more
  than 22 Yrs. Of age.
• No. Of Seats - (5698 seats) All India Level
• Course Offered B.Sc in Hospitality Hotel
  Administration
• Pattern of Entrance Examination
• Test hours 3hrs

Numerical Aptitude Scientific Aptitude 30
Reasoning Logical Deduction 30
General Knowledge Current Affairs 30
English Language 80
Service Sector Aptitude 30
TOTAL
Forms availability online or pay by draft of
950rs in favor of NCHMCT
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• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU)
• Website - www.ggsipu.nic.in
• No. Of Seats - (120 seats)  
•     Duration   4 yrs
•     Eligibility 10 2 with 50
•     Institute Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute
  of Hotel Management Catering
  Technology
•     Course Offered Bachelor of Hotel Management
    Catering Technology
•  Pattern of Entrance Examination
• Test Duration 2 Hrs.

Subject Area IPU-CET
Verbal Ability 40
Reasoning Data Interpretation 40
Science Related GK 40
Numerical Aptitude 30
TOTAL 150
For Forms Availability from kashmiri gate
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• Institute of HM (IHM By Taj Group, Huddersfield
  University,UK)
• Website - www.ihma.ac.in
• No. of Seats 60 100 Seats (appx.)
•   Duration 4 Yrs.
• Eligibility 102 with 50
•   Courses Offered B.A (H) in Hotel Management
•                                     B.A (H) in
  Culinary arts
• Pattern of entrance exam- NA
• Test Duration 1.5 Hrs

Subject Area IHM, Aurangabad
Abstract Reasoning NA
Verbal Reasoning NA
Reading Comprehension NA
Numerical Reasoning NA
General Knowledge NA
TOTAL 100
For Forms Availability Download online
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Welcome Group Graduate School of Hotel
Administration, Manipal,Udupi (WGSHA) , assisted
by ITC Group of hotels Website -
www.manipal.edu No. of Seats - (90
seats) Duration 4 Yrs. Eligibility 10 2
with 45 Examination ENAT (EPSI National Aptitude
Test) Course Offered Bachelor in Hotel
Management Test Duration 2.30 Hrs       
Subject Area ENAT
Numeracy 20
Conceptual 25
General English 20
General Awareness 20
Case study 15
Total 100
For Forms Availability online download
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Institute of HM (IHM,Meerut) Approved by Sikkim
Manipal University Website - www.ihmmeerut.com Dur
ation 4 Yrs. Eligibility - 102 or equivalent
with English as one of the subjects Test Duration
2 Hrs. Pattern of entrance exam-
Subject Area IHM
Reasoning Logical deductions NA
Numerical Ability NA
Verbal Ability NA
General awareness NA
TOTAL NA
For Forms Availability from institue or can be
downloaded from the web site
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Oberoi School of Hotel Management   Website -
www.oberoihotels.com No. Of Seats - (80
seats)             Duration 4 Yrs. Eligibility
102 or equivalent with English as one of the
subjects. Course Offered BTS (Bachelor of
Tourism Studies), IGNOU Pattern of Entrance
Examination No Entrance only Interview Round
1 Candidates introduce themselves to a group of
15-20 participants in the presence of an
evaluator. Here, the evaluator checks the
candidates grooming, poise and the ability to
converse Round 2 Short-listed candidates from
the first round are invited to a personal
interview with a panel comprising of OCLD
faculty Forms will be available from
01,Febuary,2010 For Forms Availability online
download
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