Best hospitality jobs

The best jobs in hospitality include restaurant managers, event managers, and hotel general managers. The hospitality industry is a great deal broader than simply hotels: it includes restaurants, vineyards, and breweries, as well as services to help plan and run events. Working in hospitality requires strong customer service skills, as well as an understanding of how to plan and run large events. If you feel that planning events and catering to customers would suit you, here are ten of the best jobs in the hospitality industry:

1. Restaurant Manager

   Average Salary: $52,202

2. Event Manager

   Average Salary: $51,117

   An event manager is a professional who is in charge of planning an organization's event and coordinating meetings with clients to determine details about the event. Event managers must look and compare different vendors such as food caterers, decorators, or musicians while working within the planned budget. They interview and hire personnel to assist them during the event and evaluate their performance after the event. Event managers must also distribute post-event surveys so that customers can provide feedback on the event.

3. Hotel General Manager

   Average Salary: $62,696

   The hotel general manager is responsible for all aspects of operations at a hotel, including the daily management of staff and guests. They will act as an ambassador for the brand of the hotel and provide leadership and strategic planning. They ensure full compliance with hotel standard operating procedures, policies, procedures, and service standards. It is part of their responsibility to ensure that the monthly financial report for rooms, food, beverage, and admin related expenses are accurate. Moreover, they also handle and resolve guest complaints and act as a concluding decision maker in hiring essential staff.

4. Sommelier

   Average Salary: $40,584

5. Executive Chef

   Average Salary: $59,416

   Executive chefs are considered the lead chefs in a restaurant. They manage the restaurant's kitchen, including all other chefs employed by the restaurant. Executive chefs are in charge of creating menu items and ensuring that the restaurant's menu is in line with the restaurant's identity. They handle the management of the pantry and ensure that it is well-stocked. They also ensure that all kitchen equipment and fixtures are working well. Executive chefs are responsible for training new chefs on the job to ensure consistent food quality.

6. Tour Guide

   Average Salary: $32,323

   As their title describes, tour guides offer guided tours to individuals or groups of visitors. Tour guides undertake research and plan tours, provide sightseeing advice, and organize excursions. They transport and accompany their guests to the tourist spots in specific destinations. They are expected to be experts on the historical background and culture of an area. A useful tour guide must be equipped with enough enthusiasm, punctuality, keen sense, strong communication skills, and a steel-trap memory.

7. Concierge

   Average Salary: $33,667

   Specializing in customer service, a concierge is responsible for assisting clients at establishments in the hospitality industry. Most of the tasks revolve around greeting clients and responding to inquiries, arranging appointments and making reservations, answering calls, and coordinating with the necessary personnel in the joint effort to secure customer satisfaction. They also have administrative tasks such as producing reports, processing documentation, and even keeping accurate records. Furthermore, a concierge must adhere to the policies and regulations of the organization at all times.

8. Wedding Planner

   Average Salary: $45,721

9. Travel Agent

   Average Salary: $33,128

   Travel agents help plan, choose, and organize travel schedules. Generally, they ensure that clients can efficiently process their travel plans and get the best travel experience possible. Primarily, they assist individuals, groups, and business travelers in booking their flights and hotel accommodations, buying tickets to events, and arranging their transport from one place to the other. They also provide recommendations for itineraries and offer travel packages from different airlines, hotels, or cruise lines. Travel agents can work as freelancers or mostly be employed by travel agencies.

10. Food and Beverage Manager