Hotel and Restaurant Management

 

Career and Major Information
Earnings
Related Occupations
Related Web Sites

 

Career and Major Information:

Walters State's two-year concentration in Hotel and Restaurant Management is designed to prepare successful graduates for management positions in the field.  Managers in the hotel and restaurant industry are generally responsible for keeping their establishment efficient and profitable while maximizing comfort of guests.  This includes overseeing many aspects of the business including staffing and personnel, accounting, purchasing, and customer service.

A hotel manager is responsible for coordinating registration, housekeeping, and maintenance activities, and may also coordinate special events, banquets, or conventions.  This person will also decide on and arrange for outside services such as deliveries, laundry, trash collection, maintenance, and repairs.

A restaurant manager must carefully observe food preparation, and may be responsible for ordering appropriate amounts of food and ensuring quality of inventory as well as coordinating and maintaining menus.  Additionally, they are responsible for maintaining sanitation standards in the kitchen and dining areas.  Restaurant managers will also decide on and arrange for outside services such as deliveries, laundry, trash collection, maintenance, and repairs.

Jobs may be found in both large corporations and small private businesses with greater concentration of jobs in tourist areas.  Through the year 2012, restaurant manager positions are expected to increase at an  average rate, and hotel manager positions are expected to increase more slowly than average.

 

Earnings:

The Tennessee Career Information Delivery System website lists the salary range for a beginning-level position in this field in Tennessee as $20,580 to $29,980 annually.  With experience, the range increases to $29,190 to $49,785.  The national average is significantly higher for hotel management, but only slightly higher for restaurant management.  Salary figures quoted are based on national figures. Local or regional salaries may be lower.

 

Related Occupations:

Reservations Manager

Bar and Beverage Management

Banquet Manager

Gaming Manager

Food Service Manager

 

Related Web Sites:

Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association

            http://www.ei-ahla.org/

 

International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education

http://www.chrie.org/

 

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

            http://www.nraef.org/

 

Much of the above information was collected from the 2004-2005 Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the U.S. Department of Labor.  For additional information on these and many other careers, please visit the following web sites:

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

 

Tennessee Career Information Delivery System (TCIDS)

http://tcids.tbr.edu/.

 

 

For information regarding specific degree program requirements, curriculum, or faculty, please see the department website at http://www.ws.edu/businessdiv/default.asp.