Hospitality Interview Paper

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Last week I went to Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee for a visit, I had a chance to shortly interview a staff named Julie Davis. As a student majoring in hospitality management, it was such a great opportunity for me to gain some insight into the tourism and hospitality industry. I started the conversation with general questions, for example, describe her typical day at work, which reasons to work in hospitality, or what influenced her career choice. As a resort and convention center, Opryland provides inclusive and diversified accommodations as well as a wide range of services and facilities. Thus, there are so many different areas such as rooms, food and beverages, events, bar, golf, and fitness and different people in different areas certainly have different typical days. …show more content…

There are several reasons for her to choose hospitality as her career path. Specifically, she loves meeting people, she loves an international environment, she loves travelling, and she loves the fact that every day is different, every day presents a challenge. In addition, I also asked her some questions about negative aspects of hospitality and her career advice. As she said, hospitality career would demand an awful lot of time, long hours, and traveling leading to her no-routine life. She finds this unpredictability quite frustrating but she also enjoys it as well. This career has given her loads of opportunities to network with people, meet amazing people, and go to amazing places. It has also given her an air of independence, which allows her to do things on her own. From her own perspective, the importance to make success in the hospitality career is working hard, having fun, and focusing on the things that she can influence and she can

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