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Hotel, tourism, the happening sectors

Vidya K.S.

The annual overall revenue from India's travel and tourism industry is estimated to increase to around 90 billion US dollars in the next 10 years. As India emerges as a hotspot on the tourist's radar, hospitality and tourism related jobs are expected to grow by more than three million in the same period with one in 18 jobs in the tourism sector, according to a study conducted by the Oxford Economic Forecasting commissioned by the World Travel and Tourism Council.

An important part of the tourism sector, is the hotel industry that has opened up a number of career opportunities. Hotel management involves a combination of skills like food and beverage service, housekeeping, front office operation, sales and marketing and accounting.

"Some of the prominent colleges that conduct courses in this area are:

The Oberoi centre for Learning and Development, Sham Nath Marg, New Delhi.

Indian Institute of Hotel Management (The Taj Group), Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad. Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal, Karnataka.

IHMs at Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore governed by the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pusa, New Delhi.

FHRAI Institute of Hospitality Management, Noida, New Delhi.

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