Event manager to hospitality entertainment manager
An event manager already meets 23% of what the hospitality entertainment manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.9/ 100
1 How much of what a hospitality entertainment manager is expected to do is already part of an event manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the hospitality entertainment manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A hospitality entertainment manager role treats 2 of its required skills as things an event manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- coordinate events
- plan events
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hospitality entertainment manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an event manager background worth leading with.
- already held plan events management skills
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality working with computers
- already held support community-based tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ecotourism natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held educate on sustainable tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences working with computers
All 14 carried skills, including the 2 the hospitality entertainment manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 30 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn implement sales strategies required
- still to learn promote the use of sustainable transport required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn develop entertainment programmes required
- still to learn handle customer complaints required
- still to learn implement marketing strategies required
- still to learn negotiate price required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn train employees required
- optional, not held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held maintain customer service optional
- still to learn provide tourism related information required
- still to learn comply with food safety and hygiene required
- still to learn manage health and safety standards required
- optional, not held ensure safety in hospitality establishment optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- still to learn plan multi-agenda event required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held supervise entertainment activities for guests optional
- optional, not held create annual marketing budget optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn evaluate entertainment programme required
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- optional, not held manage inspections of equipment optional
- optional, not held obtain sponsorship optional
- still to learn recreation activities required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hospitality entertainment manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 evaluate entertainment programme practise this
- 02 plan multi-agenda event practise this
- 03 implement sales strategies practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held plan events skill
- already held augmented reality knowledge
- already held ecotourism knowledge
- already held educate on sustainable tourism skill
- already held engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- already held support community-based tourism skill
- already held support local tourism skill
- already held use e-tourism platforms skill
- already held virtual reality knowledge
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure safety in hospitality establishment optional
- optional, not held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services optional
- optional, not held supervise entertainment activities for guests optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held create annual marketing budget optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held maintain customer service optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- optional, not held manage inspections of equipment optional
- optional, not held obtain sponsorship optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
26 held skills the hospitality entertainment manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange event needs skill
- not needed by the target role confer with event staff skill
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
- not needed by the target role determine event objectives skill
- not needed by the target role develop event topics skill
- not needed by the target role direct event administrative details skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate events skill
- not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect event facilities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role maintain event records skill
- not needed by the target role monitor event activities skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate contracts with event providers skill
- not needed by the target role obtain event permits skill
- not needed by the target role organise event participants' registration skill
- not needed by the target role plan presence at professional events skill
- not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
- not needed by the target role review event bills skill
- not needed by the target role select event providers skill
- not needed by the target role solicit event publicity skill
- not needed by the target role supervise event staff skill
- not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
- not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
- not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn recreation activities required
Other moves recorded from event manager
- event assistant 44% covered · substantial
- promoter 39% covered · substantial
- tourist animator 30% covered · substantial
- wedding planner 25% covered · substantial
- specialised outdoor animator 24% covered · substantial
- tour operator representative 23% covered · career change
- outdoor animator 23% covered · career change
- outdoor activities coordinator 22% covered · career change
Common questions about this move
Can an event manager become a hospitality entertainment manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An event manager already covers 23% of what a hospitality entertainment manager is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 2 of which the hospitality entertainment manager role treats as required.
What skills does an event manager need to become a hospitality entertainment manager?
16 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is evaluate entertainment programme.
How hard is the move from event manager to hospitality entertainment manager?
Its learning distance is 76.9 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.