ShikshaTopQuestions-Hospitality & Travel

You can work in booking and confirm reservations for passengers on scheduling flights, helping the customers in chalking out their travel schedule and so on. Profession one has to deal with people who are from any part of the world and desiring to get to any other part of the world. So one has to be ready to serve people from all over the globe. There may be people from Kazakhstan who want an air ticket to Melbourne. And such people will come by across in hundreds and those who are doing the air ticketing have to search and arrange air tickets for all these passengers. Services have to be provided to domestic airline travelers as well as International airline travelers. There are a number of airlines the world over. Those into airline ticketing have to be well conversed with whether there is a flight accommodation for a passenger from his place of departure to the place of arrival. They have to look up international flight timing charts for this. Also, if one passenger intends to travel up-to one country, halt there for two days and then go to another country, they have to look up flights which co-ordinate the timings of the passenger.
Main job roles in this area are Air Ticketing Executive, and Air Ticketing Voice Support.

It is relatively easy to find paid part-time work opportunities in the travel and tourism industry, since it is so large and there are so many types of visitor establishments and attractions all over the country. The range of different working patterns available should make it easy to combine part-time work with your current study. Voluntary work may also be a good option, especially if it means gaining experience in an area where job opportunities are scarce. But once you had a work experience it is easy for you to grow in this field. Few of the career options are working in travel agencies, Customer Ground Handling (customer service) at international or domestic airports, tour operator, event manager, ticketing officer, adventure tourism expert, transport officer, holiday consultant, logistics, cruises, airlines, hotels, and tourism departments in government and private sectors.

TM Institute of Hotel Management is a known institute in the hospitality scenario. The ITM Group of Institution has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years. The hospitality arm of ITM has two campuses in Navi Mumbai and Bangalore. ITM-IHM moved to join hands with The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI), Greater Noida. ITM offers 22 scholarships to the students and placement scenario is great big brands like Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Taj Lands End, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Intercontinental - The Lalit, J.W. Marriott, Le Royal Meredian visit the campus for placements.
Established in 1994 Gujarat Institute of Hotel Management spreads in 16000 sq.full time area away from the crowded area of the city in pollution free location has been the pioneer in the Hospitality Education in the state who realizes the importance of Hospitality Industry, and hence started the formal skill development programs in the field of Hospitality having excellent placement records till date. It caters to the needs of the aspirants who want to carve their future in the hospitality industry.
It has also good infrastructure and academic facilities for students. Big Brands like Le Meridian, Taj, Hyatt, J.W.Marriot visit the campus for recruitment.

Department of Hotel Management, Christ University was set up in 1991. The official website informs that: The Department of Hotel Management has 11 full-time faculties, with relevant industry and teaching experience, the department has also put forth a Diploma course in wine studies which is the first of the kind in the country. Candidates are eligible to apply for admission in hotel management programmes on offer at Christ University if they have cleared the Karnataka PUC examination or its equivalent (ISC / CBSE / Others) (10+2) exam in any discipline.
Srinivas College of Hotel Management, Mangalore is a decent college. It is good infrastructure and academics facilities. The fee is also lower as compared to Christ.
Below is the link comparing both the colleges on placements, infrastructure and fee.
Link: https://www.shiksha.com/resources/college-comparison-70184-183822.

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Bangalore Management Academy, located in Bangalore was established in year 2005. It offers post graduate courses in management with different domains. One of them is Tourism. It apparently had tie up with some universities abroad, which gave it an international character. There is a red herring also in that some sources say that this academy has closed down for want of students. But, of course this needs to be checked.
On the other hand, Trade Wings, Mumbai was incorporated in year 1949. It was a premier establishment to offer services in travel. It opened its Institute of Management in year 1989 for imparting training to its inductees as well as to other students. It pioneer is in training thousands of youngsters in the field of Travel and Tourism besides logistics management and hospitality sector. It has presence in more than 50 locations in India and trains thousands of students every year.To conclude, my vote goes to Trade Wings Academy of Management, simply because they have more than 20 different courses to choose from and, also it is presence in more than 50 locations across India.

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International Institute of Business Management is located in Pimpri-Chinchawad area near Pune and is in existence since yesterday 2000. It's majority courses are affiliated to Pune University, while a few are recognized by Sikkim Manipal University. It offer courses at graduation, post-graduation and certificate level, but unfortunately no course is offered in the area of Travel & Tourism.
On the other hand, TMI academy has its presence in three locations of Mumbai, Delhi and Pune. It offers different courses in the field of Travel and Tourism as per the charter of IATA. This attracts many students to it, since the institute offer courses that are recognized abroad also.
To conclude, I would say that TMI Academy should be the choice of all aspiring students making career in Travel and Tourism.

Travel and tourism is a multi-million dollar industry in India, and it has grown leaps and bounds in the last two decades. The Indian aviation industry is alone set to double in the next ten years. It would be a rewarding decision to do courses based on travels and tourism and to reap the benefits of the booming industry.
Unlike other courses, the travel and tourism courses are designed to be completed in a short period of time. IATA currently offers a vast number of courses that can be undertaken for an easy access into the career of a travel agent. IATAs extensive network of training partners makes it easy to join the travel industry.
IATAs Advanced Diploma in Travel Sales and Operations (DTSO) will empower you with the knowledge you will need to become a travel industry professional. They have a specially designed two year Diploma that can get you trained in three different courses: Foundation in Travel and Tourism, Travel and Tourism Consultant, Managing the Travel Business.
All this can be done alongside pursuing a graduation degree with ease, and there is job security as well as the industry is vast and the demand for more agents will just keep on increasing in a growing economy like India.

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Nalanda School of Management is located in Gomati Nagar of Lucknow. It was established as an open university that offer courses in management to working people who want to gain knowledge, but do not have time for regular studies. It's courses were designed by combining team of BHU IIT & IIM Lucknow. It offers many courses through distance education mode, but could not find any course related to Travel & Tourism on its website.
Thomas Cook is an old and trusted name in the field of Travel & Tourism. Initially, they started this centre of learning to train new inductees in their organization. However, perhaps seeing its potential as a business venture, Thomas Cook has developed their center of learning into a full-fledged institute, where everything about travel and Tourism is taught. In view of the foregoing, I would recommend Thomas Cook Centre of Learning for admission to anybody who wants to make career in Travel and Tourism.

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Dr. YSR National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management was formed in year 2004 in Gachibaoli area of Hyderabad jointly by the central and state government. It's an autonomous institute, which offers plethora of courses. Admission is done through an all India test. Some of the courses are as per IGNOU syllabus and, hence students get degree from there. Some are affiliated with skill development council of Telangana. Kuoni Academy of travel and tourism was established in year 2003 in Mumbai. It has really wide variety of courses in almost all fields of travel & tourism. These range from three months to twelve months. This institution was awarded 'Top performing IATA authorized Centre' of year 2016. It also boasts of 100% placements.To conclude, I would say that if one is insistent on obtaining degree from a recognized university in this field, then Dr YSR National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management is the place. But, on the other hand if one is interested in IATA accepted training programmes and that too of short durations in variety of subjects, then Kuoni Academy is the place.