Most Wanted Jobs In The Travel And Tourism Industry

The Travel and Tourism industry is a large one encompassing many services to a broad section of the public. Because it is that big, this industry also has a lot of different jobs to offer. However, just like in any other field, there are ones that are considered to be most in demand.

Here is an overview of some of the most wanted job positions in this industry.

Travel Agents

Travel agents are not as predominant as they once were for leisure travel. The individual can now find good deals independently on the Internet with the airlines, hotels and car rental companies elimnating the need for a travel agent.
However, if you get into group or incentive travel, you can carve a nice niche out for yourself planning specialized tours for groups such as archeologists to ancient ruins, religious pilgrimage tours, incentive trips for companies who give them to their high performing staff who reach their sales quotas or targets, etc.

Also, weddings which are held in exotic places need travel agents to coordinate family and guest from various areas. This this is also the case with large families who are spread throughout the world planning reunions. Business people and corporations who are too busy or choose not to do it themselves often use an appointed travel agent to handle all the hotel, car, and air reservations for all the staff, making payment arrangements in an advance contract streamlining all the accounting.

Food And Beverage Director

This position is not only applicable for hotels. You can also work in hospitals, schools and other places where food directors are needed and you can command a very good salary doing this. The general job description would be having the responsibility to oversee the lounge/restaurant operations. You also get to recruit and train employees. You would also be the one who would create their schedules.

Managing budgets and achieving sales targets are also part of your job, along with maintaining close control of product orders and stock. You should also be able to control and analyze food costs. Of course, as the director, you should ensure that food safety and customer service are provided. Lastly, you should communicate well with your team and be able to motivate them.

Hotel General Managers

Hotels are rampant nowadays. The bigger they get, the more people they need to work for them. Thus, the more they need people who can take in charge of everything. This is what general managers do. However, it still depends on the hotel you are working for and the status it has.

Your main job is to create and sustain a guest-driven hotel which goes beyond guest expectations in criteria. You should also provide an atmosphere which inspires your hotel team members so that they could do their best. It’s your job to watch over the quality process in order to ensure your guest’s satisfaction via consistent delivery of service and quality product in agreement with your hotel's profitability goals whilst fulfilling the important requirements of your guest.

This position would entail you to do daily routing of the hotel. You check in and out guests, and inspect their suites for engineering and housekeeping quality. You also get to participate in the Food and Beverage outlet where you would have to greet and serve guests as needed.

You also have some responsibility with your subordinates. You will interview, and hire people. Once accepted, you would also be the one to supervise and counsel them. This would include the different department managers in the hotel. Although the pay is high, this job would put a lot of responsibilities on your shoulder and you should be up for it.

Housekeeping Staff

Whether it be janitors, maids or housekeeping supervisors, one thing’s for sure. There’s a high demand for housekeeping staff. Another good thing is the demand keeps on running for all seasons. This means it is normal to see a lot of openings for such positions.

Overall cleanliness of the place would be your primary concern. For the position of janitors and maids, you would he the one to cleanup rooms and facilities of your working environment. If you’re a supervisor, then you would be the head of the team. You would be the one to check if standards of cleanliness are met. You will also interview, hire and train people who want to be part of your team.

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