HTM 100 WK 4 Assignment 1 – Careers in Lodging and Food and Beverage Industries
Access the American Hotel and Lodging Association Website, located at http://www.ahla.com/, and the
National Restaurant Association Website, located at http://www.restaurant.org. Go to the Careers section
of each Website and review the various types of management opportunities.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry
(lodging and food and beverage).
2. Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within
the two (2) industries.
3. Analyze and describe the growth in overall employment within these two (2) industries and how
this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten (10) years.
4. Recommend at least three (3) human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit
and retain management talent for their respective industry.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as
academic resources.
