Hospitality & Travel

Hi Muskan, Guru Nanak Institute of Hotel Management is certainly good. However, I would like to tell you that LPU has its own hotel for the hands on training of the students. LPU Hotel Management and Tourism Discipline is one of the best Hotel Management and Tourism colleges that prepares the students through industry endorsed curriculum and intensive service-oriented practicals with industry exposure in excellent infrastructure. The eligibility for the course is Pass with 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 (with English or equivalent, subject to qualifying LPU NEST. There are students from over 70+ countries in the campus. The discipline provides students with aviation labs, restaurant training labs, basic and advanced training kitchenette labs that expose the students to real-life situations and environment. LPU Hotel Management and Tourism Discipline is the gamut of research activities that make it a unique academic environment that stimulates creativity and critical thinking, and provides impetus to recruiting, supporting, and developing highly-skilled motivated researchers. It is worth noticing that to motivate students, LPU keeps on organizing different workshops & events and also invites top personalities from the industry. LPU students of the School of Hotel Management and Tourism have got 100% placement with prestigious global establishments this year. LPU students of the year 2015 passing out batch have been placed at allowances/salary up to Rs 22.5 Lacs per annum. Their employers are top hotel, resorts, palaces groups and airways including Ritz-Carlton (USA), Qatar Airways (Doha), Oberoi Group, Zuri, Grand Hyatt, Sarovar, Bercos and more. Many of them have already joined their duties in top countries and Indian Cities at coveted posts. The highest salary offered was 8.5 LPA and the average salary was 2.4 LPA.

Hotel management is a course in which you learn about all the operational as well as non operational departments of the hotel. Core subjects are:
Food production in this you'll learn about all cuisines an how to prepare them with perfection. Food and beverage service in this you'll be learning about the different beverages and different service styles. Housekeeping in this you'll learn about different SOP's and cleaning standards of the hotel. Front office in this you'll learn about the front office work and responsibilities. Apart from this there are many ancillary subjects in which you learn about different responsibilities of departments.

Dear Aman, I will recommend LPU for the MBA degree in Tourism and Hospitality based on your last qualification. I have also done MBA in Finance from LPU and my friend did MBA in Tourism and Hospitality and got placed in a reputed hotel. MBA degree at LPU is good as per the following parameters-
The Business School of LPU is accredited by ACBSP, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs from the USA ensuring quality education and industry-experienced faculty members, studying in LPU will get a degree accredited from a body of USA. Placement: More than 550+ companies visit LPU for placements. LPU has a very good placement and achieved awards for employability also. The main thing for placement that I liked there is that LPU provides placement classes to the students from the first year, which helps students prepare for placement until their final year of the programme. The highest package offered for the management programme is 21 LPA. MBA specialisation: Agribusiness Management, Human Resource, Marketing, International Business, Financial Markets, Digital Market, Hospital and Healthcare, Business Analytics, Banking and Financial Services, Operations, Artificial Intelligence, etc. Scholarships: LPU provides very good scholarships on the basis of Percentage in Qualifying Exam/ Qualification previous to Eligibility Qualification, LPU NEST CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT or NMAT Financial Aid, Need-Based, Financial Aid for Serving/ Retired Defence/ CAPF/ Para- Military Personnel and their dependents, Financial Aid to Persons with Certain Disabilities
Faculty: All faculty members are well qualified from IITs, NITs, Iims, and top-ranked universities all over the world. Infrastructure: All the facilities are available on the campus itself, a student does not need to go outside for anything. On the campus, Central Library, Hospital facility is available 24*7 for staff and students, Shopping mall, Indoor Sports Stadium with 3 Olympic size Swimming Pools, Public/Private Sector Banks, ATM, etc. Ranking:
1. Ranked 1st for Focus on Affordable and clean energy in India
2. Ranked 2nd for Decent Work and Economic Growth in India
3. Ranked 37th business management schools in India
4. LPU ranks amongst the Top 200 universities of the world as per the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021. I hope this helps
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Dear Rocky, Yes, you can take admission to the B.Sc. (Lateral) in Hotel Management in various universities. Being alumni of LPU I will share the eligibility of this programme at LPU with you. To get admission at LPU, you should have passed with 50% aggregate marks in Diploma (Hotel Management) [ (3 years after 10th ) or (2 years/ 1 year after 10+2)] or equivalent. Let me share a few points about the Hotel Management programme at LPU :
Curriculum: High academic standards are maintained by offering the curriculum framed in consultation with industry experts. Student exposure: Being a part of a resource-rich University, the students have an advantage of interdisciplinary exposure which is not possible in standalone colleges. University-Hotel: The School also trains its students in the campus hotel named UniHotel of 25 rooms hosting national and international guests where students practice along with the staff. Infrastructure: The School has five modern kitchens with two bakeries. All kitchens and bakeries are equipped to enable a student to perform scientifically and to attain their best of learning through the most modern gazettes. We have a few training restaurants to teach a student about the authentic serving style of food and beverage. We are equipped with one front office laboratory, two housekeeping laboratories, two computer laboratories with 60 computers, and a simulation laboratory for aviation. Placement: Good placements record with minimum 10% students selected as Management Trainee (Junior Executive level) till date and the placement is with brands like Cox & Kings, Carnival Cruise, JET Airways, Oberoi, Taj, Leela, etc. The highest package offered for this programme at LPU is INR 8 LPA. Internship: Industry internships in top national and international five-star hotel brands like The Leela Palace, ITC, Taj, Oberoi, The Grand, Marriott, etc. Intellectual Strength: Faculty members with a holistic blend of academic & industrial exposure. Immersive Mentor-ship Model: Experienced faculty members of the discipline nominated as mentors to eligible students. I hope this helps
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Dear Anu, Every university has different eligibility criteria for B.Sc. In hospitality and tourism. Being alumni of LPU, I would say that you should have only passed with 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 (with English or equivalent. There is no entrance exam for admission. You can directly get admission based on your marks in the 12th class. My friend also did B.Sc. In this from LPU. A few salient features of this programme are mentioned below:
Tourism Sector Oriented
The Course focuses on every single pillar of tourism and its associated parties
Hospitality Sector Oriented
The Course focuses on all Practical aspects of the Hospitality Industry and their applications
Aviation Sector Oriented
The Course Focuses on Aviation and Airline Industry and also makes students aware of aviation operations. I hope this helps
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Dear Karan Sehgal, As you have mentioned your interest in the travel field, then I recommend you B.Sc. In Airlines and Tourism from LPU Jalandhar. My cousin completed B.Sc. In Tourism and Airlines Management from LPU. Later on, he completed an MBA degree with a specialisation in Tourism & Hospitality. Let me share the details of these programmes at LPU with you. Major Highlights of B.Sc. Airlines and Tourism at LPU are :
Qatar Airways selected LPU International Student at Rs 15 Lacs. Selected student Sonam Deki is from Thimphu (Bhutan) and studied B.Sc. Airlines Tourism & Hospitality programme at LPU has one of the only simulation airplane labs in North India to train students. Live Projects: Hands-on experience by working on live project-based assignments to develop a sense of problem-solving, critical thinking in order to gain real-life understanding. Industry Immersion: Excellent combination of academic learning and practical industry-focused study. Professional Enhancement: In addition to core curricula, the course offers subjects like communication and soft skills to enhance personality and employability. LPU is one of the best universities in the country with world-class infrastructure, modern facilities, and highly qualified faculty from IHM and other reputed institutions. The university is having tie-ups with many foreign universities and reputed companies thus facilitating higher education abroad and good placements respectively for their students. Big companies like JET Airways, Indigo airlines, etc. Come for recruitment purposes. Not only this, students are provided opportunities for on-job training (OJT) wherein they also get stipends. The university provides scholarships and study/ education loan assistance to the students. Faculty: All faculty members are well qualified from top-ranked universities all over the world. Infrastructure: All the facilities are available on the campus itself, a student does not need to go outside for anything. On the campus, Central Library, Hospital facility is available 24*7 for staff and students, Shopping mall, Indoor Sports Stadium with 3 Olympic size Swimming Pools, Public/Private Sector Banks, ATM, etc. I hope this helps
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