Learn the skills you need for a career as a Hotel/Restaurant Manager - at home, at your own pace with Penn Foster. There are certain skills you need to begin a career in Hotel/Restaurant Management. The Penn Foster Hotel/Restaurant Management Program helps you learn them quickly and conveniently. You'll learn:

Marketing and Sales

Hospitality Accounting, Cost Controls, and Legal Aspects and Insurance

Menu Planning, Food Preparation, and Restaurant and Banquet Service

Food Service Sanitation, Purchasing and Storage

And you'll learn it all at home - no classroom needed!

You'll get valuable information about food service set-ups, dining service, banquet and buffet catering, sales, advertising, and public relations. It's like having your own personal Hotel/Restaurant Management school. Start a rewarding career in a growing field. Why take a Hotel/Restaurant Management training program? With the right credentials, you can:

Work for an established hotel or restaurant.

Work for a chain of hotels or restaurants and have the opportunity to travel.

Enjoy the fringe benefits that come with such an exciting job.

Penn Foster's courses are very competitively priced. And with the choice of upfront payment option or low monthly installments, you can afford the course you want. Many courses are also Austudy/Abstudy approved which means that if you qualify, you can apply for financial assistance from the government. Plus, your course may be tax deductible.

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Ashworth College

Hotel & Restaurant Management

Practical distance learning, home study makes learning fun and flexible. During the course of Ashworth Career School's correspondence hotel and restaurant management training program, you'll learn about the hotel industry of today and tomorrow. Study trends and marketing strategies, accommodation classifications and rating systems, referral systems, conference centers and more. Get information on the hotel industry structure and the roles of management and staff in the areas of food and beverage services, reservations, front desk duties and special services.

You'll learn about modern reservations systems including how to enter, store and change reservations, denying and canceling reservations, working with travel agencies, handling group bookings and conventions, and handling overflow.

You'll also receive instruction on the financial side of the hotel and restaurant industry including revenue cycles, billing procedures and receivables. Learn how room rates are determined, rack rates, specials and discounts, single and double occupancy and up-selling. Get instruction on handling refunds and foreign currencies, and how to minimize losses due to fraud.

A career in hotel or restaurant management can give you a rewarding future in the growing hospitality industry. You can find exciting employment not only in hotels and restaurants, but also at resorts, on cruise ships and more. Explore the career possibilities that exist with franchise outlets and hotel and restaurant chains. With Ashworth's convenient and fun home study program, a world of opportunity awaits you.

You will even receive a special report containing tips for finding careers in the restaurant and hotel business. There are no educational prerequisites or experience requirements to enroll in the Ashworth course. Convenient, practical home study training from Ashworth makes learning the hotel & restaurant management easy and fun! Request Free Information Package for more information.[ more info ]