Hotel, Hospitality & Catering Management
Hotel management jobs and Catering Management jobs are on the up. The BHA estimates that £3bn was invested in the UK hotel industry during 2007, more than in any previous year. Following these investments - in re-launches, modernisation and extension of existing properties and refurbishments, hotel management jobs and catering management jobs are in increasing demand. The BHA estimates that the UK tourism, hospitality and leisure industries are worth over £106bn and hotel management jobs and catering management jobs are a key ingredient in this success.
Hotel management jobs and catering management jobs in the hospitality sector cover all businesses that provide food and beverages or forms of accommodation - including hotels, contract catering services, restaurants, pubs bars and clubs, and hospitality services. Hotel management jobs and catering management jobs in hotels offer back-office roles, such as finance, IT, administration, human resources and marketing, as well as the more public facing reception, event organisation, restaurant and bar occupations. Contract catering involves hotel management jobs and catering management jobs providing professionally organised food services to schools, hospitals, public sector organisations venues, and to the military services. Opportunities in restaurants include hotel management jobs and catering management jobs in business and financial management, operational staff within larger restaurant chains, as well as administration, waiting and culinary staff. Pubs, bars and clubs offer hotel management jobs and catering management jobs opportunities in licensed retailing, management services, promotional events and event management, bar management and serving staff, waiters and waitresses and chefs and cooks - and entertainment.
The hotel management jobs and catering management jobs industry consists of about 127,000 businesses employing approximately 1.6 million people in hotel management jobs and catering management jobs. Around 22,000 hotels and guest houses, and 16,000 bed and breakfast establishments offer hotel management jobs and catering management jobs across the UK. There are nearly 500,000 full and part-time staff in hotel management jobs and catering management jobs in restaurants. Nearly 20% of the industry, and hotel management jobs and catering management jobs, are in contract catering and hospitality services.
The Recruitment Agency Network includes members that are specialists in hotel management jobs and catering management jobs, and can offer you career advice, interview and presentation coaching.
(All figures from Trends and Statistics, 2006, British Hospitality Association).