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The hospitality industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. It offers some exciting careers and a lot of job satisfaction. But it isn't easy working in a hotel - the peak holiday season is hard work, with employees often working long hours and sometimes seven days a week.
Team work
Every member of staff, from the housekeeper to the hotel manager, is responsible for the hotel. In smaller hotels and motels one manager is usually responsible for rooms, the food and beverage service, registration and generał management.There is a wide variety of jobs in larger hotels, including administration jobs such as accountant and marketing executive.
Benefits
Hotel employees get paid sick leave and holidays, as well as other benefits like free food and, occasionally, free holidays! Many hotels also offer free or cheap live-in accommodation and have resident managers and concierges.
People
The hospitality industry is different from other
industries. Hospitality is people dealing with people, from the porter to the hotel manager. If you don't like people, this isn't the career for you.
vocabulary
4 Match the jobs with the duties.
Use a dictionary to help you.
carries guests' bags to their rooms cleans guestrooms serves guests in the restaurant manages all the hotel staff serves guests at the bar finds business for the hotel gives information and helps guests does the hotel’s finances
5 Which word does not have the /h/ sound? Practise saying the words.
hotel hospitality holiday hours housekeeper happy help
speaking 6 Work in pairs. What do you like about the hospitality industry? Write down five things and then compare your ideas with your partner's.
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