History and background. Job and Career opportunities

HOTEL MANAGEMENT
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Introduction
An area of hospitality I would love to serve as a specialist after graduation is as a hotel manager. I understand that it is a prominent place and with high power. I also understand that with high power comes significant responsibilities and am trusting the process. I like this area a lot because it means that I will be in charge of practically all hotel operations. The fact that I get to receive guests and ensure they get the best of services is a reward enough. As a hotel manager, it will also fall on me to supervise standards and ensure quality in all hotel operations and hotel staff. This way, I will help build a high society by providing that everyone is accorded the respect humanity deserves.
History and background
From about the 17th century, individuals built inns around America to serve the traveling pioneers across the country (Cameron, 2018). These inns offered essential services at first, but with time, competition grew, and more advanced services were being provided for individuals willing to pay more. At the end of the 18th century, around 1792, the first hotel was opened in New York City. This was the game-changer as it was a significant advancement from the inns with essential services and necessary facilities. It was not until the 19th century that the first 'First Class Hotel' was started in Boston. With the increase in luxury and comfort, there was a need to have individuals in charge to spearhead all the activities being carried out. With improved hotels and restaurants came management services. Each hotel had a manager who ensured that the hotel was fully operational and providing high-quality services.
It is clear that in the earlier hotel systems, hotel management aimed at providing 'hospitality' that is providing a place of rest and food for people traveling. However, today, hotels have improved their service to provide luxury and comfort for their customers. Every day these services get better and more efficient, especially with services like televisions in hotels and free WiFi. It is no longer just about a place to rest.
Job and Career opportunities
To get to the managerial position, one has to begin somewhere to get to understand and to develop management skills, business skills, and equally crucial interpersonal relation skills. All these three are essential for the manager as they will be dealing with different kinds of people from customers to the employees in various areas. In other cases, they will also deal with multiple suppliers. This, therefore, requires that a hotel manager understands how to relate and to maintain the professional relationships required. According to indeed.com, there are about 6,100 hotel manager job opportunities in various hotels across the country. This means that there are over six thousand options to start a hotel manager off. In LinkedIn, in the last two weeks, there were over 13,000 hotel manager jobs in the US with 367 new places to work in as a hotel manager.
Looking at the excellent hospitality and the improved customer reach, it is all clear that the number of hotel managers required for employment will keep going up. This is because of the stiff competition among various ...