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Friday, September 17, 2010

The Fort Ramgarh Institute of Hotel Management

The Fort Ramgarh Institute of Hotel Management is the première Hotel Management institute in India. With the professional backing of THE Fort Ramgarh (A Heritage Hotel),

The Fort Ramgarh resonates with a glorious 360-year history. Its rulers were Chandel Rajputs who came to the plains from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. They were descendants of Chandel dynasty whose empire extended over the entire Central India from 800 to 1182 A.D.

As you enter it through a 37-Ft-high door, declared to be the tallest wooden door in India by the prestigious “Limca Book of records”, you are welcomed by breezy whiffs of the past mingling with the present. The ambience transports you to an atmosphere of exotic splendour, where Rajput tradition unfolds at every step. Studying & Training at “The Fort Ramgarh Institute of Hotel Management” is a matchless experience.

Along with its 7 years of experience as a Heritage Hotel , makes The Fort Ramgarh Institute of Hotel Management the first choice for students pursuing a course in hotel management. The faculty members are well-versed in their specialized fields, have the relevant industry experience and have the required teaching experience. 

The Institute has is equipped with an unparallel infrastructure, be it the running 28-rooms heritage hotel for the students' on-the-job training experience, training kitchen, training restaurant, training housekeeping Labs etc, along with practical training in our Labs we give an opportunity to our students to get life like experience in various departments in the hotel during evening hours, thus giving our students a cutting edge to cope up with competition in the job market, as we believe in the concept of “Earn While You Lean” . 

It is our vision combine talent with expertise and set new standards of excellence in the art of hospitality thereby nurturing world-class professionals.

Because of the expanding role of services in the world economy, we at Fort Ramgarh Institute of Hotel Management have begun to address the needs of service operations. The hotel Management programs have been drafted to suit the needs of the modern day hotel industry. Our hospitality-education programs serve adequately the industry as they focus towards the very growing needs of the hotel guest in today’s world

It is endeavored with of our professionally trained lecturers and our team to provide technical, professional education to ensure that the industry is provided with trained professionals

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Career Option in Hospitality Industry

In this modern colorful world where holiday, leisure, entertainment, tourism, etc. options are endless, what matters most is service. The hospitality industry is perhaps the world’s fastest-growing, job-creating professional service sector, employing one in ten people worldwide.
The Hospitality Industry is very wide-ranging service industry, covering the businesses undertaken by Hotels, Restaurants, Banquets, Health Care Centers, Resorts, hotel reservations systems, Service Apartments, Ayurveda & Spa Centers, Cafes, Mobile food-stands, Pubs, Bars, Clubs, Catering and Canteen Services, and so on. A complete hospitality company provides all services desired by business and domestic customers with widest choice of quality products and professional services from a single source. Thus, the hospitality sector employ enormous number of professionals and ancillary personnel and offers an extensive range of tailor-made options, specialist facilities and personnel to meet the clients’ individual requirements for events and functions of all types, size, and budgets.
Hospitality is meant for serving others. A life lived only for one-self is no meaningful life. Nothing but care, concern, cooperation, and consideration for others ’ well being, comfort, pleasure, and prosperity, make the whole world inter-related and lively. There is a kind of satisfaction in catering to the wishes and needs of others, which the people of the hospitality sector can only feel and experience. Our hospitality organization has a large number of solicitous professionals and personnel of various fields of the hospitality sector, ready to help and serve the candidates by fulfilling their recruitment requirements, in India and abroad.
Successful candidates can look forward to bright careers in the hospitality sector as management trainees in hotels and allied industry, guest/customer relation executives in hotel and other service sectors, kitchen management/house keeping management trainees in hotels, cabin crew in national and international airlines, catering officer or chef in cruise liners, marketing/sales executives in hotels and as self-employed entrepreneurs, and so on.
Indian tourism and hospitality sector has reached new heights today. Travelers are taking new interests in the country which leads to the upgrading of the hospitality sector. Even an increase in business travel has driven the hospitality sector to serve their guests better. Visiting foreigners has reached a record 3.92 million and consequently International tourism receipts have also reached a height of US$ 5.7 billion. Hospitality Industry is closely linked with travel and tourism industries. India is experiencing huge footfalls as a favorite vacation destination of foreigners and natives and the hospitality industry is going into a tizzy working towards improving itself. Fierce competition and fight to rank on the number one position is leading the leaders of this industry to contemplate on ideas and innovate successful hospitality products and services every day.
The number of private companies entering into the hospitality sector has been always on the rise since last few decades, indicating the ever-increasing scope for the diverse hospitality services, and the employment of different professionals & personnel. Since the employment prospects are varied and extensive, there is rapid career- growth with abundant money and freedom, in almost every kind of hospitality service. From ancillary staff to the top executives there are many posts based on occupational and managerial hierarchy.
It is not uncommon for the successful management trainees to reach the general manager positions in large star categorized hotels within five to seven years of commencing their training. Change in lifestyle and availability of disposable income are the key factors behind the rapid growth in the hospitality sector. With increasing employment opportunities and highly skilled and trained professionals available in the country, the hospitality sector is all set to witness a bigger growth.
There are myriads of professionals and other ancillary personnel employed in different fields of the hospitality sector under many occupational and managerial hierarchies. Each Hotel, Restaurant, Resort, Service Apartment, Health Care Center, Club, Pub, Banquet, and so on, has many departments occupied by numerous people at various levels, in order to provide better facilities and services to the customers and clients. Most of the big employers run specific graduate recruitment schemes but there are also opportunities with smaller businesses, eg exhibition venues and events management companies, and independent restaurants, bars and hotels and hotel reservations systems. These areas also provide extensive scope for self-employment. Thus, there is extensive range of diverse careers in the fully-fledged hospitality industry.
Developed Science & Technology has well facilitated and sophisticated the hospitality industry with greater number of equipment, machines, and manpower. Moreover, the number of mainly organizations is always on the rise in different fields of the hospitality industry---- showing the vast scope of services and employment in this booming sector.

Hospitality Industry

The hospitality industry consists of broad category of fields within the service industry that includes hotels,  restaurants, hotel rooms, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a several billion dollar industry that mostly depends on the availability of leisure time and disposable income.
A hospitality unit such as a restaurant, hotel, or even an amusement park consists of multiple groups such as facility maintenance, direct operations (servers, housekeepers, porters, kitchen workers, bartenders, etc.), management, marketing, and human resources.

There has to be a provision for advance room reservations, to facilitate the prospective guest to book rooms much in advance of the check-in dates.
The hospitality industry covers a wide range of organizations offering food service and hotel rooms. The hospitality industry is divided into sectors according to the skill-sets required for the work involved. Sectors include accommodation, food and beverage, meeting and events, gaming, entertainment and recreation, tourism services, and visitor information.
Usage rate is an important variable for the hospitality industry. Just as a factory owner would wish to have his or her productive asset in use as much as possible (as opposed to having to pay fixed costs while the factory isn't producing), so do restaurants, hotels, and theme parks seek to maximize the number of customers they "process".
Over the last decade and half the mad rush to India for business opportunities has intensified and elevated room rates and occupancy levels in India. The successful growth story of 'Hotel Industry in India' seconds only to China in Asia Pacific. The Hotel Industry is inextricably linked to the tourism industry and the growth in the Indian tourism industry has fueled the growth of Indian hotel industry. The thriving economy and increased business opportunities in India have acted as a boon for Indian hotel industry. The arrival of low cost airlines and the associated price wars have given domestic tourists a host of options. The 'Incredible India' destination campaign and the recently launched 'Atithi Devo Bhavah' (ADB) campaign have also helped in the growth of domestic and international tourism and consequently the hotel industry.

The hospitality industry has come of age in India, keeping view of the ever growing demand for rooms in the country, and the phenomenal growth of the industry a number of hotel management institutes  have come up that are offering quality hospitality education to the aspirants who wish to make a career in the hotel  industry. These hotel training schools are offering a number of hotel management courses. These universities and colleges are capable of producing quality professional for the industry there is long list of colleges that the students can choose and also the hotel indusdty can fall upon for trained hotel professionals.

The hotel industry in India is going through an interesting phase. The industry has a capacity of 110,000 rooms. According to the tourism ministry, 4.4 million tourists visited India last year and at the current rate, the demand will soar to 10 million by 2010 – to accommodate 350 million domestic travelers. The hotels of India have a shortage of 150,000 rooms fueling hotel room rates across India. With tremendous pull of opportunity, India has become a destination for hotel chains looking for growth.

Due to such a huge potential available in this segment, several global hotel chains like the Hilton, Accor, Marriott International, Berggruen Hotels, Cabana Hotels, Premier Travel Inn (PTI), Inter Continental Hotels group and Hampshire among others have all announced major investment plans for the country and are offering attractive hotel deals  for the guests..
The Government's move to declare hotel and tourism industry as a high priority sector with a provision for 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) has also provided a further impetus in attracting investments in to this industry.

It is estimated that the hospitality sector is likely to see US$ 11.41 billion rise in the next two years, with around 40 international hotel brands making their presence known in the country by 2011. Simultaneously, international hotel asset management companies are also likely to enter
India. Already, US-based HVS International has firmed up plans to enter India, and industry players believe others like Ashford Hospitality Trust and IFA Hotels & Resorts among others are likely to follow suit. The Indian Hotel Industry at present is offering rooms to clients in the most expensive and cheapest hotels alike.

One of the major reasons for the increase in demand for hotel rooms in the country is the boom in the overall economy and high growth in sectors like information technology, telecom, retail and real estate. Rising stock market and new business opportunities are also attracting hordes of foreign investors and international corporate travelers to look for business opportunities in the country.

Also
India has been ranked as the fourth most preferred travel destination and with Lonely Planet selecting the country among the top five destinations from 167 countries; India has finally made its mark on the world travel map. Thus, the increase in the need for accommodation has hugely increased the demands for hotels which in turn has boosted the growth of the hospitality sector in India especially that of the hotel industry.

Internal view of The Fort

Vintage Deluxe Room
Recreation Hall
Jodhpur Lounge
Vintage Room
 

Budget Hotel in India

Fort Ramgarh 
India is one of the prominent tourist places for the visitors from all over the world. You will find here large numbers of heritage hotels especially in places like Delhi, Rajasthan, Kashmir and Kerela which are noteworthy for unbelievable infrastructure, magnificent rooms and homely hospitality. If you want to enjoy world class comfort in northern area then you can book “The Fort Ramgarh” hotels in Panckhula near Chandigarh where you will find everything matching with your budget and preference. Fort Ramgarh hotel is one of the most famous budget hotels in North India with luxurious and well furnished rooms to win the heart of tourists. It provides five-star comforts but at economical rates. Another benefit of Fort Ramgarh hotel is that it is just a few kilometres from the Chandigarh airport and other famous places like Panchkula and Zirakpur in the area so that you can easily travel to the market, museums and other places of interest in the city. Being one of the famous places in North India, Chandigarh is well-known for luxurious hotels like Taj, Mountview and The Fort Ramgarh etc. Visitors prefer hotels close to the railway station and the airport. The Fort Ramgarh is ideally situated on National Highway 73 linking Delhi and Panchkula with Chandigarh.

Visitors coming from foreign countries would specially prefer heritage hotels in India where they can witness the real Indian culture and cuisines. The staff at Fort Ramgarh hotel is dedicated to provide 24-hour homely services to the esteemed clients staying in hotel. Historical hotels in India are the symbol of imperial hospitality, where you will see the real Indian tradition and customs. Fort Ramgarh hotel in Panckhula has a magnificent 360-year history. The entrance of the old Fort is around 37 feet in height, the tallest wooden door in India. Your stay in Fort Ramgarh hotel in Chandigarh will be an unusual event for you. Book your orders now, to make your journey special and exclusive.