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In the context of a 5 Star hotel, if you want to become a front desk executive you must possess the following skills:
1) Excellent Communication skills, especially, spoken English.
2) A person who has a pleasant personality and is confident is always given preference.
3) If you aren't a hotel management graduate, you might not get the executive position initially as you don't know how to work on PMS, you can be given front office assistant and as you gain experience you will be promoted.
Starting salary of a front office assistant in a five star like Taj, Oberoi, Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, etc., ranges from 14K per month to 20K per month.
Executives/Supervisors may get up to 30K per month.
Thank you.
All the best.

Hi,
The first thing that comes to my mind by the word chef is passion, to work as a chef one has to be very passionate. To start a good career in food Production or to be a chef you should have a Degree in hospitality or hotel management or a diploma in same. Basically, you should be a hospitality graduate and then you can get into a management trainee program and after the completion of the program you will be a JR. SOUS CHEF but to reach to this level you have to have very good knowledge about food and all the basic and non-basic terms and methods of cooking.
If you start your career as management trainee you will get somewhere around INR 25000 to INR 30000 per month and your salary increases to INR 30000 to INR 40000 after the completion of the management trainee program.

To become a concierge in a five-star hotel, the candidate must be a graduate in any discipline. However, a degree or Diploma in hotel management or travel and tourism is always preferred.
In a five star hotel, a concierge has the following duties and responsibilities:
1) Managing Airport Pick up and Drop services.
2) Providing hotel car/ private taxi to the guest if the guest demands.
3) Suggesting places to visit in the city to the guest.
4) Suggesting places to eat in the city to the guest.
5) Booking Movie, Concert, Fest, Conference, etc.
6) Booking airline tickets and train tickets.
7) Getting things the guest requires from the supermarket.
8) Training the concierge desk staff.
9) Supervising all the functions of concierge desk.
10) Concierge also calls a doctor if the guest is sick and requires a doctor.
A concierge in a reputed five-star brand can earn around 30 to 40 k per month.
Thank you
All the best!

Hello,
An event manager is in charge of planning, organizing, and executing all types and sizes of events, like musical concerts, food festivals, and conventions.
You'll meet with clients to assess their needs and determine the purpose of the event.
An Event Manager earns an average salary of $49,609 per year. Most people with this job move on to other positions after 20 years in this career.
Corporate Positions Related to Event Planning:
Large corporations often have roles related to product launches, employee training, conventions, trade shows and marketing events, such as:
Meeting Planner
Activities & Events Planner
Meeting & Event Planner
Event Operations Manager
Conference Planner
Association Event Planner
Event Planner/Analyst
Exhibition Coordinator
Special Events Planner
Convention Planner
Legal Marketing and Events Planner
Senior Event Planner
Field Events Manager
Event coordinator
Retail Events Representative
Marketing Coordinator
Student Event Planner Trade Show Promotions
Non-Profit Positions Related to Event Planning
Non-profits need professionals to help with fundraising activities, sponsorship recruitment, volunteer coordination and general event management.
Job titles in non-profits include:
Program Manager
Program Supervisor
Program Coordinator
Executive Assistant
Community Relations Manager
Development Director
Sponsorship Coordinator
Communications Assistant
Development Specialist
Community Market Manager
Fund Development Coordinator
Donor Relations
Volunteer Coordinator

You can work in booking and confirm reservations for passengers on scheduling flights, helping the customers in chalking out their travel schedule and so on. Profession one has to deal with people who are from any part of the world and desiring to get to any other part of the world. So one has to be ready to serve people from all over the globe. There may be people from Kazakhstan who want an air ticket to Melbourne. And such people will come by across in hundreds and those who are doing the air ticketing have to search and arrange air tickets for all these passengers. Services have to be provided to domestic airline travelers as well as International airline travelers. There are a number of airlines the world over. Those into airline ticketing have to be well conversed with whether there is a flight accommodation for a passenger from his place of departure to the place of arrival. They have to look up international flight timing charts for this. Also, if one passenger intends to travel up-to one country, halt there for two days and then go to another country, they have to look up flights which co-ordinate the timings of the passenger.
Main job roles in this area are Air Ticketing Executive, and Air Ticketing Voice Support.

Hi,
If you are interested in cooking, then culinary arts is the thing for you. After Pursuing Graduation in Culinary Arts, you can become a chef in a five star hotel. Culinary Arts students study only cooking and has more knowledge and experience than the regular Hotel Management students.
There are immense opportunities for a culinary arts Graduate in both India and Abroad. If you genuinely possess skill you can join as Kitchen Management Trainee ( KMT) in various five star hotels both in India and Abroad and become Chef De Parti / Demi Chef de Parti after completion of Training period.
A CDP can earn around 40-45k per month in India.
Best Colleges to Pursue Graduation in Culinary Arts are:
Culinary Academy Of India, Hyderabad
Amrapali Institute, Haldwani
Institute of Hotel Management, Auranagabad
Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, New Delhi

India is witnessing a travel boom. The number of tourist arrivals is increasing at a rapid clip. At the same time, Indians going abroad as well as travelling within India have also shown a remarkable uptick. This surely translates into a big boom in employment opportunities in this sector. Incidentally, in this sector opportunities are in wide variety of areas. Drivers, Taxis, Guides, Sellers of trinkets, hotels and restaurants to name a few. All these tourists need to be handled in the best possible way to create a market for revisit or publicity by these people to others in their own country. It is said that one tourist's arrival creates jobs for five in the country. This indeed is true. In addition to this, domestic travel too has witnessed quick growth. This clientele has a disposal income and does not mind spending money thus generating employment. Thus to conclude, it can be said that career prospects for travel and tourism professionals are quite great.

There are many career fields that one can choose from. Often the selection is based on the interest of the student, and future scope. The Hotel management is one of the highest job-oriented fields, it covers a wide range of services including food service, accommodation, and catering.
The major job fields in the hospitality sector include Hotels, resorts, fast food chains, restaurants, etc. A hotel management professional can be employed in any of the above-mentioned fields. The hotel management field is always been a hot career option for the students, with the globalization more and more hotel industries as expanding their business to the global markets. This has created a huge demand for hotel management professionals.
There is large no. of course available in the hotel management field. The student can choose the course as per his academic qualifications. The detailed list of the courses is given below:
Diploma in Hotel Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management
Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM)
Bachelor of Arts in Hotel Management
Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management
BA (Hons) in Hotel Management
BBA in Hotel Management.

Both the departments or streams are different and one should only go to either of them with the personal interests and liking. But if you go for a hotel management college like any IHM, you will be able to work in either of the two departments as IHM allows to you study both the streams, travel and tourism and also food production. So, once you study both the things, you will have a clear idea of what to do and what not to as you will definitely grow interest in either of these two. Culinary arts is all about preparing and innovating dishes and serving to the guests or the customers who will come to dine in at the restaurant. Wherein, travel and tourism is a different sector altogether. Culinary arts is more practical and practical knowledge. Majorly, it depends upon the interest of the individual.

Front office yo food production, both the departments are very different from each other and choosing one of them totally depends on the interest of the candidate, that what they like the most. I will discuss both the departments in brief so you can get an idea about both the departments.
Front office department is the first touch point of the hotel to the guest, operations which are carried away by front office are, welcoming of the guests, check-in of the guest and the documentation needed at the time of check-in and escorting the guest to the room.
On the other hand, food production is the department which deals with the production of the food, doing all the pre-preparation of the food like peeling, cutting of vegetables and meats.
If you have a passion to meet and talk to the people from different culture and race and willing to be the face of the hotel then you should choose the front office.
If you are passionate about your food and are creative then go for food production.
Both the departments are equally important.

Both the departments or streams are different and one should only go to either of them with the personal interests and liking. But if you go for a hotel management college like any IHM, you will be able to work in either of the two departments as IHM allows to you study both the streams, travel and tourism and also food production. So, once you study both the things, you will have a clear idea of what to do and what not to as you will definitely grow interest in either of these two. Culinary arts is all about preparing and innovating dishes and serving to the guests or the customers who will come to dine in at the restaurant. Wherein, travel and tourism is a different sector altogether. Culinary arts is more practical and practical knowledge. Majorly, it depends upon the interest of the individual.

STEP (Systematic Training and Education Programme) is a three-year programme for students who are between 18 to 20 years of age and have completed or are about to complete class XII. STEP offers comprehensive on the job training in Kitchen operations or hotel operations (Front Office / Food and Beverage Service focus and Housekeeping focus) at selected hotels of The Oberoi Group. Alongside training, STEP also facilitates education through a correspondence Bachelor's degree in Tourism Studies from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Upon completion of STEP including the undergraduate studies from IGNOU, you are eligible to join The Oberoi Centre of Learning and development OCLD or Oberoi Central Employment Register OCER. The application process for STEP begins in February each year.
STEP takes admission through Group Discussion and Personal Interview only. There is no entrance exam for STEP.
Therefore, for STEP, you need to just work on your communication skills and prepare the current affairs well.
You can prepare for GD and PI with the help of YouTube videos there are numerous videos available on YouTube.
Or
If there is an institute in your area for GD-PI preparation, you can join that too.
All the best.
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http://www.oberoigroup.com/careers/join_us/overview.htm