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Are there any members beside myself who is associated with the field. How did you get started? What do you currently do? What are your future plans?

*raises hand*

currently a GSR at a Marriott property.....when I graduate next yr I'm going to do the Management training program offered by Marriott, then manage a property for a few yrs. Then I'll be getting into business for myself.

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That's my plan, but I'm with a Hospitality Management company instead of a hotel. I don't think I could go work at a hotel after this company spoil me with holidays and weekends off lol.

I like it because it's still giving me the opportunity to learn and help me get the skills and knowledge needed to start up on my own when I'm ready and qualified.

I am currently a Corporate Meeting Planner. I work for a private training and consulting firm. I organize 10-15 Conferences, Seminars, workshops, and meetings a year.. I am currently getting my MBA w/ concentration in Hospitality Management... I do eventually want to own my own Event Planning business... But first I want a Management position at a major hotel. So that is what I am working towards for now... But I do currently love my job, I travel every 3 weeks... Although I have no life, no man, no nothing.. LOL... LOL...

I wanna go into the human resources track so I would have weekends

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LOL @ the last sentence. Gyul doh study dat, i'm sure you're young so take time to get your experience, so when you do meet yuh man u have ur own thing going for you.

But the corporate meeting planning sounds like fun. The job I currently have, it's with a Hospitality Mangement company and I actually prefer this segment of the industry over the Hotels, Resorts etc. Although you may learn a lot more in the hotel field planning and overseeing more events, in the corporate environment it's more hands on and you get a better understanding of how things work behind the scene. In the hotel too many people are involved. I'm currently an Assistant Controller and soon I hope to switch to Catering within the same company. I can't wait. When I first started with this company I told them that eventually I would like to work in all the departments so I can gain as much knowledge and experience as I can.

Yup that's definitely a good one, or even accounting. Do you want to stay in the hotel field or you're open for segments within the industry?

There are so many segments within the hotel but I do want to also try out cruise, destination management, event planning and instititution F&B

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this was a good thread, i did not know the hospitality field was so wide open. keep the info going. but i can tell yuh daiz not where my head at atal. lol gimme medicine anyday.

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medicine huh??
well there will always be demand there

it's not for me though

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Destination management, event planning and institution F&B/catering is great for folks who have creative minds. There are many opportunities to show off your creative skills and it doesn't go un-noticed. Networking in this industry pays off a lot.

My company does a lot of catering events for a bunch of different people. They did one of the Sopranos premier at the Museum of Natural History, then a celebrity's birthday party there as well. They also do events at Lincoln Center etc.

One of my reasons for choosing Hospitality is, you can never get bored in this industry. There is always something new and you can always move on to another segment if you feel stagnant in one position.

Good for you gyul. I don't mix too well with blood and sick people lol...wuss yet for death! I commend the folks who are nurses and doctors. Medicine is not for me. I'm more for using my friendly and outgoing personality to make money.

that be me also..finished school in May with a degree in hospitality management interned with a Hyatt. currently contemplating if I really made the correct choice in the hotel stuff ...
business has its ugly side..and a mean do u really need a degree to work in the industry ....you can very well work ur way up. plus pay aint that great for them long hrs and weekends ..well in the state im in or the company I chose to work with.

My 2 cents

are you still at the Hyatt? and what do you do there?

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nah... but should be going back ...when i interned, I interned in housekeeping then PBX/room service. When i go back ..ill be in housekeeping working as a supervisor

I love great service does dat counts



*runs outta thread before dem start pelting*

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