According to the department coordinator, K.V. Simon, "Growth in hospitality activities during the last few years has been mind-boggling. This growth has been boosted by a surge of employment-seekers and rise in purchasing power of the middle-class."

"I believe we will need over a million hospitality professionals in the next 10 years. At present, we are getting about 20,000 trained manpower per annum. Taking into consideration the growth in the numbers of hotels, motels, restaurants, luxury cruise liners, resorts and homes, the scope for trained professionals will grow manifold. Over 60% of the world professionals are being provided by India," Simon added.

He said, "For every senior manager in a hospitality set-up, the ratio of staff is 1:20, which means, every senior manager needs 20 members in the staff for his department alone. With this, trained staff for supporting services is also required."