Women in the Hospitality Business

Wonderfull....In this part of world we all are doing every thing but appreciating or accepting is just not there.....People just can not live with wht they are doing openly...if a daughter is working in a hotel the mother will be ashamed of talking about it all the time...but if she is a teacher,,,,,where ever she goes she will be pround to just talk about her daughter.....the problem is that our old generation is not ready to accept any change....they do not think...they dont understand new jobs, new fields..
They will lissen to it,,,but to talk about it or to have a discussion is imposible...u end up having a fight.....

but the same people when go out are even ready to work as a housemaid....how easy is that.....may its juts too much of pride they get in their country which they think they will loose by doing such jobs.....

but i just loved your article...great job go ahead and make the best of your life.

I did my hotel management from Pusa and worked in the hospitality industry in India for a year before moving to the states to continue my education. I would suggest a couple of things based on my experience; its not just women versus men, there is a sense of disdain for the industry and to some extent the industry itself is to blame for the state of affirs. Remuneration levels are generally low as are educational requirements unless you are in the ancillary fields like revenue mgmt, ecommerce, information systems etc. where the technical requirements and the neture of the job itself determines a certain minimum educational level and a corresponding salary.

#6 cruise ships..from kaptan to wine kaptans are indians or pakis and sri-lankans pretending to be indians...so sure.

but in racist society like india, they dont get high honors.

Only insecure morons feel that some jobs are beneath them. Goa being a place where tourism is a big part of its income, it is only natural that hospitality industry is the major employer there. In the US, Gujratis (Patels) own and run over 80% of Motels, and are now moving into owning more luxurious hotels. I recently came across an article that suggested that over 25% of 05 graduating class of Cornel Hotel Management was of Indian origin. Indians are going to be big (or bigger) in Hotel industry in a few years.

Sheela,
Good article. Our people are gradually learning that there is great honor in playing host to strangers. People are feared for their bellicosity, but they are respected for their hospitality.

hospitality in home, with relatives and then in business.
oh my god it will be boring.

sheela, IMO working in hospitality bussiness is not a big +ve for men either..i wold imagine poeple want a software guy, doctor or an MNC CA as a son-in-law..just check the shadi.com ``expectations``..noone lists ``Drs,Software, or Hopitality Guys``

BJK

LOL...Let`s hope someone will take your suggestion and run with it (and peek behind all those mysterious, shimmering curtains).


Sheela Jaywant

You got it right to the dot.

That realization was a bitter pill to swallow. But I have made my peace with it. Now when I meet a lady (men in the hospitality business still make no sense to me and never will) who is able to do, and does, all the things you described, I am filled with nothing but awe and admiration. Best among them are rare individuals who perform some very difficult jobs.

You took a perfectly good topic - a potential gold mine - and turned it into worthless dust.

Sheela, when I read the title all kinds of potential suggested itself.

Just imagine - women in the hospitality business! Images of geishas floating by! Just imagine all the juicy stuff you ladies probably witnessed. All the tid-bits. The passes! The hanky-pankies! The gossips. The movie stars. The goings-on behind closed doors! The missing make-up looks! The papparazis!

Boy oh boy!

Instead, what do we have - a short lecture on who knows what! Darn! Darn!!

DARN!!!!