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Hospitality Industry -
an Introduction
The hospitality industry is growing at a faster rate than ever envisaged and today it has no boundaries. 

So high is the confidence in this industry that the only restriction is ambition. Over 250 million people around the world are estimated to be employed in this sector alone and the statistics indicate that one job is created in every two and a half seconds by the hospitality industry. Being a trade that encompasses industries like aviation, shipping, entertainment, catering, multiplexes, shopping malls, call centers and of course hotels and restaurants, the opportunities are pouring in with exciting career, assured job, handsome pay packets and above all international recognition and job satisfaction.

Why Hotel Management ?
For a professional this is a very lucrative segment capable of offering a long growth oriented career. The hotel sector itself requires a large amount of well trained manpower with excellent skill in housekeeping, food & beverage service and production, marketing, accounting, security, engineering, fire fighting, public relations and so on. A hospitality professional can find job opportunity in customer relations, sales and marketing and event management. They can look forward to career opportunities to start with:-

  Management Trainee in Hotel and allied industry
  Hospitality Executive
  Kitchen Management Trainee
  House Keeping Management Trainee
  Hospital and institutional catering supervisor
  Faculty in Hotel Management Institutes
  Cabin Crew in Airlines
  Catering Officer in Shipping and Cruise lines

In this fast changing world, the hospitality industry has become the ideal place for those having an inborn talent to mingle with people, work with them and serve them. The young entrants have to come up with an open mind to explore the challenging world of hospitality business. They shall need to be multi skilled, talented and proactive not only to stay afloat but also to stay in demand in the challenging times that lie ahead.
Munnar Catering College
It was after realizing the immense scope for employment from own experience in Hospitality, Aviation and Shipping industries, the promoters initiated the establishment of Munnar Catering College. The aspiring youngsters are moulded by professionals best in the industry, for a successful career, giving an in-depth knowledge in the subject and train them to acquire the quality and confidence to understand and solve problems in day-to day operations.


Munnar Catering College offers systematic job oriented training with placement assistance to all those who fulfill the requirements. 

The college is located in the picturesque Thachankary hills of Munnar, spread over an extensive area of about 100 acres of aesthetically landscaped land. The prestigious hill station luxury hotel - Fort Munnar, located close by at 6,500 ft. above sea level functioning under the same management of the college offers practical training for the students in all departments under the guidance of highly experienced professionals. The rich blend of international curriculum and exciting extra curricular activities at the College make it an ideal residential educational institution. The College is provided with an exact replica of 5 star hotel rooms.

The atmosphere in the campus coupled with the cool climate makes it an excellent place for yoga, meditation and martial arts. There is ample area for outdoor games and the indoor stadium with an area of 10,000 sq.ft. offers excellent facility for basket ball, volley ball, shuttle cock etc. The high tech gymnasium with specialized equipments for each and every muscles of human body, jumbo size sauna and steam bath, state of the art swimming pool of international size with Jacuzzi and unique amphi theatre include the facilities provided in the residential campus.

The curriculum at Munnar Catering College is designed to give the students a chance to express themselves and to help them understand social and moral values by promoting co-education and by learning even outside the campus through picnics and entertainments. No learning is complete in the classroom and it is natural outside the campus, in beaches, backwaters, hills and valleys.
Munnar - an ideal location
Munnar, the most genteel of Kerala hill stations carries the foot prints of early British settlers who discovered and tamed the hostile terrain till then untrodden by man. It is not difficult to understand why the British has chosen this unspoilt clean, green hill station, calm and quiet with cool climate far away from the bustle of the city as their summer capital. Rolling tea plantations, misty mountains, crystalline springs, low flying clouds and silky grasslands make Munnar an ideal location for a professional residential educational institution.

The Management - with a vision
Munnar Catering College is established by Thachankary Foundation, a trust registered in the state of Kerala with a vision of giving a new dimension for the hospitality education, which noone has ever experienced. The Management is determined in maintaining an excellent academic ambience, discipline and environment in the campus ideal for an educational institution of excellence.

Promoters
Munnar Catering College is promoted by the multi facetted Royal Group of Companies, Cochin having diversified business activities in various fields including Education, Aviation, Shipping, Advertising, Plantation, Consultancy, Hotel, Resorts, Travel and Tourism. The group is known for its impeccable services, excellent performance and diversification and is now enjoying an enviable position. The reputation of the Company is built on reliability and efficiency achieved by rendering excellent services over a decade.


Royal Group & Hospitality Industry
Hotel Division
The entry of Royal Group into the hospitality industry was by opening an ethnic village resort namely Royal Village in close harmony with the nature in the suburbs of Cochin. The century old traditional Farm House which stands as a testimony of ancient Kerala lifestyle attracting domestic and international tourists alike symbolizes the desire of the group to preserve and protect the culture and heritage of our country.

The flagship hotel of the group, Fort Munnar conceived under the concept of eco friendly holidaying stands tall with its exquisite colonial architecture blending with the picturesque surroundings of
Munnar is best known for its personalized and intimate services offered. This luxury hotel with its exceptional five star facilities may be perhaps the only one of its kind in the state with state of the art Discotheque, star gaze gallery and many more making once stay highly enjoyable. All the above properties and their upcoming new proprieties in prime tourist locations in the state are together known as Royal Group of Hotels - for the rich and famous - which is well known in the fields of hotel, travel and tourism all over India and abroad.

Aviation Division

By appointing as their GSA for the state of Kerala many private airlines in the country have put jewels on the crown of Royal Group. The Group has been doing for many years the passenger and cargo handling, sale of ticket, training and recruiting staff, marketing and all promotional activities for these airlines, in the state. In addition they are the exclusive handling and marketing agents of the holiday packages for various airlines.

Shipping Division
When the international airfare has gone up sky high it was Royal Group, which took initiative to start the first passenger ship service between India and the Gulf countries. It was highly helpful for the expatriate community and the tourists alike. 

The one and only private container freight station functioning in the Cochin harbour area namely Asian Terminal belongs to the group.
Education
For Royal Group the field of education is not new. By the end of eighties before the policy of liberalization and globalization was heard, at a time when new products and technology with foreign tie ups were all poised to enter the Indian market and when there was acute shortage of trained manpower, Royal Group was quick to take initiative in establishing job oriented courses in the state. Thus was born School of Engineering. By conducting Kerala Government Engineering courses in different streams at Trivandrum over a decade, the education division of Royal Group has marked their presence in the field of Technical Education.

Munnar Catering College, with its different divisions is functioning in a multi level operating system imparting courses in Hotel Management at various levels. The college has got approval from the All India 

Council for Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi and the Government of Kerala for conducting 3 year Diploma course in Hotel Management and Catering Technology at Munnar. In association with the largest educational chain in the world - the Educational Institute of American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) USA the college offers specialized courses in Front Office Management, Housekeeping Management, Principles of Food Production, Food & Beverage Service and International Hotel Management in addition to Professional Cookery at their branches at Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum also.

As a recognition of the facilities and the reputation , the renowned Punjab Technical University has approved Munnar Catering College as their outside study centre in conducting different Hotel Management courses at Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate Degree level at their Cochin and Trivandrum branches.

The educational division of the Royal Group also conducts courses in Pharmaceutical Sciences with approval from the Government of Kerala, the Pharmacy Council of India and AICTE and Para Medical Courses in association with The Punjab Technical University under Distance Education Programme. The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences established in the capital city of the state is now offering Diploma in Pharmacy for eligible candidate selected as per specified norms fixed for the purpose, whereas the Institute of Para Medical Sciences, Trivandrum offers courses for Diploma in Hospital Management, Diploma, P.G Diploma, B.Sc & M.Sc. degrees in Medical Laboratory Technology.

By conducting Kerala Government Engineering courses in different streams at Trivandrum over a decade, the education division of Royal Group has marked their presence in the field of Technical Education also.
On the job training
For developing competence in the operation of all departments of a hotel an unmatched opportunity is wide open for the students of Munnar Catering College to get trained at own hotel and resort which many other institutions cannot offer. Students of Munnar Catering College are offered on the job training in all the departments of own hotels under guidance and supervision of experienced and talented professionals exclusively appointed for the purpose. In addition to this, to get a better understanding and first hand information of what is happening around in the hospitality industry the students are also sent for practical training during their course of study to other reputed hotels too, as part of their curriculum in Hotel Management.
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