Hotel Management – theory and trends

Last decade hotel management is getting highly considerable career path for many young students.

According the last data from IMF 9% of global GDP is generated by travel and hospitality industry.
More hotels especially large hotels needs qualified managers for managing the assets of the hotels ( airport hotels, business hotels, hostels, Spa hotels, resort hotels, boutique hotels, restaurants, Spa centres etc.
Larger hotels may operate with an extensive management structure consisting of a General Manager which serves as the head executive, department heads that oversee various departments, middle managers, administrative staff, and line-level supervisors.

Hotel Manager

Degree programs such as hospitality management studies, a business degree, and/or certification programs prepare hotel managers for industry practice.

Management Team and Staff in Hotel

There are quite a few top schools on the world, which offers high quality and modern hotel management courses.
Below we listed some of well known brand in Hospitality Education in World and USA

Hotel Scools in USA:

The Art Institutes

Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America

Kendall College

L’Ecole Culinaire

The Culinary Institute of America

Lincoln Tech

Arizona Culinary Institute

Arthur Angelo The Professional School – An Empire School

Baltimore School of Massage

Blaine The School – An Empire School

Blaine The School and Empire School

Blue Cliff College

Bradford School Columbus

Branford Hall Career Institute

CTI – Orlando

Central Florida College

Chic University of Cosmetology

Concorde School of Hair Design

Culinary Academy

Culinary Institute of Virginia

Daytona College

Empire Beauty Schools

European Academy – An Empire School

Florida College of Natural Health

Florida Culinary Institute

Gulf Coast College

Indiana Business College

Johnson & Wales University

Keiser University – Center for Culinary Arts

Kitchen Academy

Lincoln College of Technology

Martins College of Cosmetology – An Empire School

McCann School of Business & Technology

Medix School

Miami-Jacobs Career College

Miller-Motte Technical College

Natural Motion – An Empire School

North Florida Institute

Remington College

Robert Morris College

Scot Lewis Schools – An Empire School

Spa Tech Institute

Sullivan University

Sunstate Academy

The French Culinary Institute

The Hair Design School – An Empire School

Tri-State Business Institute

Ultimate Medical Academy

Vatterott College

Virginia School of Massage

YTI Career Institute

Hotel Schools in Europe and rest of the World

Hotel School Switzerland, Europe – Business School Chardonne

(University School of Tourism and Hotel Management, or EUTDH)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Undergraduate Course: Accredited Diploma in Hotel Management (in English)

BBA- Business School of Hotel Management Brussels, Belgium

VATEL, International Business School, Hotel & Tourism Management Paris, France

Imperial Hotel Management College Vancouver, Canada

Delphi Institute of Management Gran Canaria, Spain

Glion Hotel Management School Switzerland

DCT International Hotel & Business School Lucerne, Switzerland

Les Roches School of Hotel & Tourism Management Switzerland

Swiss Hotel Management School, Hospitality MBA Degree Switzerland

Executive & Professional Tertiary Institute (EPTI) Drogheda, Ireland

Hospitality Career Canada Toronto, Canada

Accredited College Degree Training Delaware, USA

Hospitality Courses in Australia Brisbane, Australia

EThames Graduate School London, England

Griffith College Dublin Dublin, Ireland

Dusit Thani College Bangkok, Thailand

Barcelona Business School Barcelona, Spain

Hotel Management School Barcelona

Academy of Advanced Business Paris, France

Le Cordon Bleu International Sydney, Australia

Hospitality College in Kolkata Kolkata, India

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Galway, Ireland

NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences Netherlands

Pacific International Hotel Management School New Zealand

Greenfields College of Catering & Hotel Management Hyderabad, India

William Blue International Hotel Management School Sydney, Australia

International Hotel & Tourism Industry Management School Bangkok, Thailand

Generally there are several departments in the management of hotel organisation.
We could list them as below:

•    F&B (Food& Beverage) –Head of the this department is Food and Beverage Manger
Under this manger are
-Bar Managers
-Chef
-Restaurants Manager
Depending of the size of the hotel you may have Assistant managers for each of the managers mentioned above

•    Housekeeping manager
-Assistant housekeeping manager
-Floor managers
•    Front desk manager
-  Reception Supervisor
- Back office Supervisor
-Reservations and Sales
-Night Audit
•    Accounting
•    Human recourses

•    Maintenance Manager – he/she might have several assistants to help

This is quite general description of main departments in hotel management below you can find detailed org. Charts for small hotel and big hotel

Due to the size and the workload big hotels have more sophisticated management organisation structures.
Difference might be also due to the type of the hotel. Business hotels have management is concentrated more on front desk and housekeeping due to frequent change of the guest.

Front desk in business hotel

Holiday resorts, Spa Hotels emphases more on Hotel’s F&B, catering, entertaining and housekeeping department.