Advantages of Hospitality Majors That Will Make You Jealous! 

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Everyone must have their considerations in choosing a college major– like their hobbies and interests. There are many choices of majors that can support your hobbies and future career plans. For example, if you like video editing, you can major in Cinematography. If you have a hobby of cooking or eating, you can also major in Catering, Culinary & Baking. Then, if you like travelling, well, here it is. You can major in hospitality!

In line with the new normal era, the hospitality industry is predicted to strengthen and bounce back after being hit by the pandemic 2-3 years ago. According to Bisnis.com, the hospitality business is projected to be increasingly prospective throughout 2022. The revenue from the hospitality sector jumped 138 percent from Rp18.49 billion to Rp44.04 billion in the first year of 2022. The occupancy rate in the last two months shows the skyrocketing hospitality business, reaching an average of almost 80 percent.

If you can’t wait to fulfill your traveling desires, this major may be for you. Take it easy. This time we will discuss a series of advantages of hospitality majors that are no less cool than other majors and guaranteed to make you jealous. Let’s jump right in!

1. Great Job Prospects

The first advantage hospitality majors possess is their great and very promising job prospects. Especially with the many tourist facilities and infrastructure such as hotels, hospitality graduates are now much sought after. It is estimated that hospitalism graduates are few. 

So, you can take advantage of this if you want a career in hospitality! Some jobs that hospitality graduates can take include hotel manager, receptionist, leader housekeeper, general manager, event manager and others.

Because of the scarcity of graduates from this hospitality department, hotel managers open job vacancies for high school graduates. There is nothing wrong if you are a graduate hospitality department trying to apply for the job because the salary offered is quite large.

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2. Suitable for People Who Love to Travel and Staycation

Hey, who here has a hobby for travelling and sightseeing? Well, majoring in hospitality is perfect for you. If you have been enjoying the services available in hotels or tourist attractions that you visit, then by studying in this department, you can find out various things related to hospitality services, ranging from operational management to financial matters and business development.

3. Indonesia is a Tourism Paradise

Indonesia is a miniature world. Everything is here. No wonder many foreign tourists come to Indonesia because it is a tourism paradise. What are you looking for? Nature tourism, culture, history, culinary, religion, what else? Everything is in Indonesia. In line with so many tourist spots, plenty of hotels are located near the city centre and close to tourist attractions. Then with the progress of the tourism music industry, it can be an opportunity for tourism sector businesses to develop hospitality services. In this way, hospitality graduates are also much sought after. 

4. Pretty High Salary

Speaking of salary, it’s no joke if hospitality graduates get a substantial salary. Hospitality graduates can have a salary above the minimum wage. Why? It is influenced by several factors, such as hotel manager policies, regional minimum wages, workload, positions and responsibilities, graduates, etc. But generally, the salary received is quite large for hospitality graduates, even for jobs requiring high school and vocational school graduates.

The salary received by hospitality graduates usually depends on the hotel management. The better the hotel where you work, the greater the salary received. 

For example, the salary of a room boy range between 2.5 million Rupiah to 5 million Rupiah. This salary is only an estimate. Can you imagine the salary of other positions? Surely it will be much higher. You can imagine how high the salary can get if you work in a higher position in an affluent hotel. 

5. Have Internship Opportunities Abroad

Some campuses now provide international classes for hospitality majors. Moreover, they have collaborated with business partners abroad related to the scope of tourism, hospitality, and MICE. So, this advantage can be one of the great privileges for hospitality students. With this international partnership, students can get internship opportunities abroad in accordance with the knowledge they have gained in college.

The international world also recognizes jobs related to hospitality. That’s why regulations, housing procedures, and how to serve guests and other cultures worldwide are always taught as additional insights for hospitality graduates. Usually, the competency that hospitality majors must have is to be able to speak English, as hotels serve not only domestic guests but also international guests.

6. Have the Skills to Build a Business in The MICE Industry

Unlike internationally, where the Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE) business is prevalent internationally, the MICE industry is just starting to expand in Indonesia. 

Indonesia’s MICE potential can be seen from the number of large international events that often appoint Indonesia as the host. Besides that, Indonesia has professional MICE human resources, quality infrastructure, and adequate MICE accommodation facilities and infrastructure. Thus, hospitality majors can take advantage of the skills learned in their major and apply them in the MICE industry and even compete in the MICE world. 

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In the hospitality department, you will also have various skills because, in this department, you will get various materials and knowledge that you can use even in your daily life. In addition, you will have expertise in hospitality, catering, patisserie, tourism, and laundry. 

What do you think? Are you more interested in studying Hospitality? Don’t assume hospitality majors can only work in hotels, fellow friends. You can have the opportunity to become an entrepreneur in the field of culinary, hospitality, and tourism.

You can learn more about the hospitality major at Multimedia Nusantara University through UMN‘s official website. There, you can choose the online registration procedure according to your criteria. Come on, register now and start your career with UMN!

By Reyvan Maulid | UMN News Service

English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora

Kuliah di Jakarta untuk jurusan program studi Informatika| Sistem Informasi | Teknik Komputer | Teknik Elektro | Teknik Fisika | Akuntansi | Manajemen| Komunikasi Strategis | Jurnalistik | Desain Komunikasi Visual | Film dan Animasi | Arsitektur | D3 Perhotelan , di Universitas Multimedia Nusantara. www.umn.ac.id