Guide to MBA in Hotel Management

Apart from the conventional MBA specialisations such as Operations, Insurance, Finance, HR (Human Resource), Marketing, Sales etc., a relatively new programme in Hotel management is also offered by a large number of colleges in the country. Hotel Management is a discipline that is not just limited to hotels and restaurant businesses, but also caters to a variety of fields like lodging, event planning and management, theme parks and recreational sites, transportation, cruise line etc.  With such vast reach and emerging opportunities talented professionals with a high degree of managerial skills are required in large numbers in the industry. Keeping this demand in mind, a separate and exclusive programme called MBA in Hotel Management was introduced.

The hotel management industry is divided into various sectors according to the skill-sets required for the work involved. These sectors include accommodation, food and beverage, meetings and events, gaming, entertainment, recreation, tourism services, and visitor information. MBA in Hotel Management (HM) is a two year postgraduate degree programme, which provides  knowledge not only in the sub-streams of management like accounting & economics but also focuses  on enhancing students’ understanding  in the following subjects of Hotel Management:

• Accommodation Management
• Food & Beverage Management
• French for Hotel Management
• Food Science, Nutrition & Dietetics Management
• Communication & Soft skills
• Front Office and Room Management
• Foreign Languages (Spanish, French, German, etc.)