In our review of different careers,, we take a look at how to become a hotel manager, what a hotel manager does, and what skills and attributes you need to become a hotel manager.
What Does a Hotel Manager Do?
A hotel manager oversees every aspect of running a hotel. This can involve anything from managing marketing and publicity, overseeing the management of the budgets and ensuring everything runs as smoothly and perfectly as it can.
As a hotel manager, you would appoint other managers of various departments and delegate the workload involved in hotel management, you would then oversee each of these managers and ensure all tasks were being successfully completed. Your main duties would be to set annual budgets, and managers you have appointed would have to run their departments within those budgets, you would analyse financial information and statistics, sometimes deal with customer complaints, manage staffing levels, ensure that the hotel works within all relevant laws and legislation, create links with local businesses and attend meetings with your team of managers.
As a hotel manager, you will be required to work at all hours of the day, in the week and over weekends and bank holidays.
Is Becoming a Hotel Manager Right For Me?
The following skills and attributes are required for anyone wishing to become a hotel manager:
- Excellent communication skills
- Customer service skills
- The ability to effectively manage staff
- Excellent organisation skills
- Able to keep calm under stress
- Enthusiasm
- Business skills
How Much Can a Hotel Manager Earn?
As a trainee hotel manager, the starting salary will be around £20,000 a year. Once trained you can earn anywhere between £25,000 and £40,000 depending on the size of the hotel.
What Qualifications Do I Need To Become a Hotel Manager?
There are no qualifications to become a hotel manager and you can simply start at the bottom and work your way up. If you want to go straight into management without working your way up you can complete a foundation degree in a relevant subject, such as hotel management or hospitality management.
