Culinary and Hospitality Industry

Mrs. Ann Kavanaugh

Monroe #1 B.O.C.E.S.

Hospitality and Culinary Industry Overview

The hospitality industry has changed more than a little since the first motel in San Luis Obispo California was opened in 1925. Its rooms went for 2.25 a night. Today there are more than four million guest rooms in the country. Tourists and and business people spend about 555 Billion each year on travel in the U.S.

Today the industry employs more than seven million people directly ,and even more than that indirectly.

Despite the size and complexity of the industry , today many of its arms are technology. Computer systems now allow people to reserve airline tickets, hotel rooms, cars, dinner reservations all at the same time.

The Cruise Industry has become quite popular in the hospitality business, also very affordable.

Industry Trends - It has been a difficult few years for the hospitality and tourism industry.The recession has caused businesses , individuals , and families to cut back on there spending on travel and tourism. Fears of terrorism have also made people cut back on travel. The results have included lower industry revenues,lay off and a tighter job market. Industry experts are expecting a increasing demand for hotel rooms and seats on airplanes in the coming year.

Hospitality Industry How It Breaks Down

Hospitality and tourism is a big hard to pin down industry, that actually consists of 15 or more sectors, including car rentals, restaurants, convention and meeting planning, airlines, state and national parks, convention and visitor bureaus and tour operators.

Core Sectors Of The Hospitality Industry

1. Lodging

2.Resorts

3. Gambling

4.Attractions

5.Travel Agencies

6.Cruise Lines

Major Culinary and Hospitality Employers

•Culinary Managers Atlantic Personnel $32,000- $ 50,000 year

•Product Development Chef 7-Eleven

•Full Service Restaurant Manager-J Alexander's Inc.

•Diamond Lounge Cook, Banquet Cook, Cook 11- Harrah’s

•Cake Decorator Baker Harrah’s

•Sanitation Manager Campbell’s Soup Company

•American Express-

•Marriott International

•Walt Disney Park’s and Resorts

•Carnival Corporation

Tips on Getting Jobs

Restaurant Manager- Manages daily operation. May reacquire Associates Degree Familiar with a variety of fields, practices and concepts. Salary $35,000-$60,000

2.Executive Chef - “Boss of the Kitchen” People in this position oversee everything from purchasing to menu planning to the details of food prep. Work your way up from lower level food prep jobs. Salary Range $55,000 $100,000

3.Concierge Making guests happy. Arrange for guests dry cleaning, theater ticket purchases, restaurant reservations and much more. To do this you must love serving guests, problem solver, and know everything to know about your location. Salary Range- $17,000- $30,000

4. Lodging Manager People in these positions manage the housekeeping room service, and reservation staff , anything that goes wrong in the hotel. On call 24/7 Salary Range $ 20,000 to $40,000

5. Meeting Event Planner- Plan meetings , special events, conventions, company parties. Salary Range $40,000 $70,000

6. Travel Agent Helps customers understand travel , lodging, and activity options in addition to making reservations or purchase tickets from airline to cars. Certified by the Institute of Certified Travel Agents. Salary Range $25,000 to $ 50,000

Corporate Travel Manager Folks in this job work for typically work for Fortune 500 Companies. In addition to handling reservations and ticket purchasing.

• Tips On Getting Hired

•Enjoy serving People and be alert to there needs

•Work Well In Teams

•Handle Stress Well

•Love your employer, love the experience it offers your customers, love the prestige.

•Low pay, long hours, advancement is difficult.

Love Tips

• Join the industry see the world.

•Work outdoors, way in the dessert, deep in the woods, or overlooking the ocean.

•Surf or mountain bike? Preserve the environment

•Sing , dance or act?

•Park Rangers, lodge managers, golf pros, action sports, tour guides and performers at theme parks, resorts and cruise ships.

•Chefs, cooks creativity and pleasing

Hate Tips

• You are not going to get rich you will be comfortable

•Jealous of friends making more money than you

•Stress always facing deadlines

•Taking care of travelers guests, customers, with varying needs

•Varying levels of bossiness

•Varying levels of intelligence

Specific Courses For Culinary and Hospitality

•Intro To Culinary Arts

•Culinary Arts Exploration

•Culinary Nutrition

•Quantify Foods

•Sanitation

•Intro To Travel

•Intro To Communication

•Travel, tourism and Culinary Marketing

•Geography of Travel, and Culinary

•Computer\

•English, Math ,Psychology, Business Law

2 and 4 Year College For Hospitality and Culinary

•French Culinary Institute- New York, New York

•The Culinary Institute New York

•Cobleskill College New York

•Erie Community College New York

•Buffalo State College New York

•New York Restaurant School New York

•Sullivan University Of Kentucky Tourism

•Wood Tobe Coburn School Tourism New York

•Allentown Business School Tourism Allentown Pa.

Employers Hiring College Graduates

•Marriott

•Harrah’s

•Wegmans

•Pillsbury

•High Schools

•Colleges

•Day Cares

•Airlines

•Expedia

•Orbitz

Employers Hiring High School Students

•Wegmans

•Burger King

•Mc Donalds

•Hill Haven Nursing Home

•Tops

•Martins

•Fairport Baptist Home

•Target

•Wendy’s

•Monroe Muffler