Kathmandu- Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) in Nepal offers a wide scope of career opportunities with in the hospitality industry. The job scope ranges from hotels, resorts, restaurants, catering, clubs, pubs, food and beverages related businesses, banks, international cruises, marketing, airlines, hospitality technologies and software, embassies to any travel and tourism related organizations.
Nepal has several tourist destinations, including Pokhara, Chitwan, Lumbini, Nagarkot etc. Which attract a large number of domestic and international tourists. BHM graduates can find employment in resorts in these areas, managing various operations, including guest services, food and beverage, and recreational activities.
BHM graduates can work in event management companies, organizing and managing various events such as weddings, conferences, exhibitions, and corporate events. They can work as event planners, coordinators, or managers, ensuring the smooth execution of events and providing excellent hospitality services to clients and guests. With the increasing popularity of cruise tourism in the region, BHM graduates can explore opportunities to work on cruise ships.
They can work in various departments such as guest services, food and beverage, housekeeping, and entertainment, providing exceptional hospitality services to passengers. BHM graduates can work in hotels, resorts, restaurants, cafes, and food outlets in various capacities, including: Restaurant and Outlet Positions like Restaurant Manager, Assistant Restaurant Manager, Food and Beverage Supervisor, Chef, Sous Chef, Kitchen Supervisor and Hotel Positions like Front Office Manager, Housekeeping Supervisor/Manager, Food and Beverage Manager, Chef/Executive Chef, Restaurant Manager, Banquet Manager, Revenue Manager and alike. They can work as tour guides, travel consultants, destination managers, and tourism marketing executives.
BHM graduates can also pursue a career in teaching and training in the field of hotel management. They can work as faculty members in hotel management institutes, imparting knowledge and skills to aspiring hospitality professionals. They can also conduct training programs and workshops for industry professionals to upgrade their skills and knowledge. They can excel in their career as they become able to set standards for quality assurance of the service offered, develop positive attitude towards the trade with greater initiatives, apply culinary skills and management skills and thus can handle supervisory positions in the hotels and catering industries.
Overall, the scope of Bachelor in Hotel Management in Nepal is promising, considering the country's growing tourism industry and the increasing demand for trained hospitality professionals. BHM graduates have a wide range of career opportunities available to them in various sectors of the hospitality industry, both in Nepal and internationally.
Those students who make plan for the abroad employment and further study, this course is more suitable as the graduates travel to foreign countries with skills in their hands and get jobs in hospitality industry. Those who want to develop hospitality enterprises also can minimize their risks and develop themselves as entrepreneurs.
BHM at Pokhara University has a new curriculum. This curriculum is well developed and detailed with 120 credits as total. It includes one-year internship and perfectly blended to theory and practical. It has projects and practicum. Quest International College at Gwarko, Lalitpur has operated BHM with its ties to Five Star Hotels and Fine Dine Restaurants where students attend regularly as paid casual work beside their theories and practical classes at the college. The college conducts regularly planned theme events, competitions, hotel software, communication skills, leadership skills, market survey and research, co-curricular and soft skills enhancing programs in its state-of-the-art facilities of training labs through esteemed chefs and experts working as full time in the college.
Joint Article written by Principal Udaya Raj Paudel Quest International College & Kolin Kiran Shrestha, Director- BHM, Quest International College
