Resume template · Updated October 2026
Hotel manager resume template
Short answer
Catalyst suits a hotel manager with a property to show: it opens on work experience with no summary, so the hotel, its rooms and your results in revenue, guest scores and team come first. The fictional sample is general manager of a 180-room select-service hotel who grew RevPAR ahead of the competitive set and ran a renovation, after five years as assistant GM at a beach resort; he holds the CHA.
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Why Catalyst suits a hotel manager resume
Catalyst drops the summary and starts on the current property under teal headings, which is how owners and management companies read a GM resume: rooms, brand, RevPAR index, GOP, guest scores. It is built for experienced people whose latest job carries the application, and the headline under the large left-aligned name names the property type.
Second choice: Henrietta. Henrietta keeps a summary and puts a hospitality degree right after the jobs; suited to a first GM application that needs framing.
What goes in each section, in Catalyst's order
Catalyst prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Work Experience. Open each property with rooms, service level, brand or independent status and team size. Then revenue (RevPAR index against the competitive set), profit (GOP or flow-through), guest scores and brand audits, and people (turnover, promotions). Renovations and openings get a bullet of their own.
- Skills. Technical holds revenue management, P&L, group sales, guest recovery and capital projects; Tools names the PMS, the revenue system and market reports. Keep soft skills to owner relations and leading department heads.
- Education. A hotel or hospitality management degree, or a business degree, on one line. Plenty of GMs rose through the front office or food and beverage, and their properties weigh more than the qualification.
- Certifications. Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and brand GM certifications, with years. Catalyst prints this near the end, so put CHA in the headline as well.
The sample resume as text
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Samuel Adeyemi
Hotel General Manager, Select-Service, CHA
Charleston, SC | samuel.adeyemi@example.com | (843) 555-0151 | linkedin.com/in/sample-samuel-adeyemi
Experience
General Manager, Harbor Light Inn and Suites, Charleston, SC (01/2021 to Present)
- Run a 180-room franchised select-service hotel with 48 staff, five department heads and $7.6M in annual room revenue.
- Raised the RevPAR index against the competitive set from 96 to 108 in two years with daily rate reviews and two new corporate accounts.
- Improved GOP margin from 38% to 43% by scheduling housekeeping to occupancy and renegotiating laundry and linen contracts.
- Led a $3.1M renovation of all guest rooms with no more than 20 rooms out of order at once; finished on schedule.
- Moved the hotel's guest satisfaction score from the bottom third to the top quarter of the brand's region.
Assistant General Manager, Seabreeze Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC (03/2016 to 12/2020)
- Ran the rooms division of a 260-room beach resort: front office, housekeeping and reservations, 90 staff in peak season.
- Cut housekeeping turnover from 70% to 45% with fixed schedules and a path to supervisor.
- Managed group and wedding blocks of up to 120 rooms with the sales team.
Education
BS, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Ashley River University (05/2014)
Certifications
- Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (2024)
Skills
Revenue management, P&L and GOP, Group sales, Brand standards and audits, Capital projects, Guest recovery, Opera Cloud PMS, Revenue management system, STR market reports, Excel, Owner relations, Leading department heads
How to make the sample yours
Report RevPAR against the comp set
RevPAR index or market share tells owners more than raw RevPAR, which rises and falls with the market. Give the index before and after.
Show profit as well as revenue
GOP margin, flow-through, labour cost per occupied room. Owners pay a GM to turn revenue into profit.
Use the brand's guest measures
Guest satisfaction scores, review rank in the market, quality audit results. Call them by the names your brand uses.
Describe the property type
Select-service, full-service, resort, boutique, conference; franchised, managed or owner-operated. Management companies match GMs to hotels like the ones they have run.
List openings and renovations
Property improvement plans, room renovations, conversions, openings. Give the budget, rooms out of order and whether it finished on schedule.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- hotel management
- general manager
- RevPAR
- RevPAR index
- ADR
- occupancy
- GOP
- P&L
- revenue management
- guest satisfaction
- brand standards
- property improvement plan
- group sales
- team leadership
- CHA
Mistakes to avoid
- Raw RevPAR growth with no market or competitive set beside it.
- Listing every department you oversee instead of what each delivered.
- Leaving out the property type and size, which owners compare with their own hotel.
- Exact profit figures the owner treats as confidential; margins and indexes make the point.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
Is the CHA worth listing on a hotel manager resume?
Yes. The American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute describes its Certified Hotel Administrator program as aimed at hotel general managers and senior-level executives, so it signals your level directly. Put it in the headline as well as under certifications.
What numbers should a hotel general manager resume include?
RevPAR index or market share against the competitive set, GOP or flow-through, guest satisfaction and quality audit scores, and team measures such as turnover. Add ADR and occupancy if the posting leans on revenue.
How do I go from assistant GM or rooms division manager to GM?
Show whole-hotel work: budgets you built, departments you ran, weeks as acting GM, owner meetings you attended. A rooms division resume that covers only the front office reads as a department head.
Should I name the hotel brand on my resume?
Yes for branded hotels you managed, since brand standards and systems carry over. Keep owner names and detailed financials private where your agreements require it.
How long should a hotel manager resume be?
Two pages for a GM with several properties. Older department roles can shrink to one line each.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Catalyst PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 4 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI): AHLEI (Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA): a revised program for hotel general managers and senior-level executives; AHLEI administers nearly 30 certification designations)
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