Sunday 19 May 2013

" Cruise Lines " one of the best career opportunity for Hospitality Students



 " Cruise Lines " one of the best career opportunity for Hospitality Students  

Hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing industry segments in the world, which offers plenty of opportunities worldwide for true and passionate professionals. The course Hospitality Studies provides wide verticals for their students. They have ample of options ready for them. Now I m going to discuss about cruise liner jobs which is one of those verticals.

     Who would have imagined 20 years ago that visiting different countries will become so easy and hospitality industry will flourish these way. Now hospitality industry is one of the versatile industries which came into lime light due to globalization. Cultures have mingled with the breaking down of economic & political barriers, spurred by the revolution brought about by the cyberspace. The world is indeed one big market with multi-cultural workforces & movements. Which leads into large growth in tourism & that helps every country to develop them as big tourist destination. India is one of them due to its versatility. Same way there are many countries who are show casing their culture, tradition, cuisine & heritage properties in International market which helps them to attract tourist from different countries on large scale. To transport these tourists from their country to desired tourist destination country   we need air transport or marine transport.


      What is marine transport, it is nothing but helping people to travel from one place to desired destination with the help of passenger ships. Few years back passenger ships used have only room & food facility. But now it is a complete extraordinary mixture of food, beverage, entertainment, shopping, & so many other social `facilities that help tourist to enjoy his/her stay during sailing. Due to so many facilities we need skilled people to provide different skilled & professional services to their passenger.
        These cruise liners move from one direction to another, which helps crew to visit various countries that to free of coast plus they get paid on higher scale & addition to that they don’t need to shed any amount on food & accommodation. So it’s like this way, company is paying you for work which you are doing & you are getting additional perk from guest for your awesome services which you are providing to them & that is the part of your duty. The most important & beneficial part of working on cruise liner is that we are getting chance to roam around the world that to free of cost. 




Eligibility to secure a job on the cruise line:
  •          You should be a degree holder in Hotel management.
  •          You should have relevant experience according to the position you apply.
  •          You should be fit physically as well mentally.







How to apply:
            It’s very simple you can go to those cruise line offices & drop your resume personally or you can mail them on their office address. And you can email them your resume on their E-mail id along with all the necessary data & required documents. Such as passport photo copy, CDC photo copy, appointment letters & experience letters.






 Departments, salary, & contract:
      ·  Departments: Accommodation, Food & Beverage Service, Food 
       Production, & store.
      ·  Salary & Contract: The basic salary start from 40000 to 60000  INR and it grows according to post & promotion plus you get extra perk which is not mention in the contract that is completely depend upon your service & skill. Contract used to be for 9 months on board & 3 months off board. But now most of the companies using 6 months on board & 2 month off  board contract.






The benefits of working on a cruise line as against working on land:

·         We don’t need to spend money on food & 
       accommodation. 
·         We don’t need to spend money on transportation.
·         We don’t need to pay any tax.
·         We do get 20% discount as a crew in some places.
·         We get to see most beautiful, attractive, & adorable places that to free of coast or some time we need to spend few dollars.







     
                                         


   











           









































































2 comments:

  1. I agree that cruise lines is one of the best career opportunity for hospitality students. I have a friend who is a hospitality student before and now is currently working at NSMS

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