The Director of Food & Beverage is responsible for leading all dining, bar, banquet, and room-service operations at Shangri-La Hambantota. The role typically requires substantial luxury-hotel experience, strong knowledge of food and beverage service, budgeting, menu planning, cost control, hygiene standards, and team leadership. Candidates should have excellent communication and commercial skills, a guest-focused attitude, and the ability to develop revenue while maintaining high service quality. Experience managing multicultural teams and large-scale resort operations is highly desirable. The successful candidate is expected to work strategically with senior management, coach department leaders, maintain brand standards, and deliver memorable guest experiences in a demanding, resort-based environment.
Shangri-La Group is a leading luxury hospitality company founded in Asia and known for its hotels, resorts, and distinctive tradition of warm, attentive service. Its properties operate across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and other international destinations. Shangri-La Hambantota is a large beachside resort on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, offering accommodation, restaurants, leisure facilities, meeting spaces, and recreational experiences. The resort serves international leisure travellers, families, groups, and business guests. Shangri-La places strong emphasis on genuine hospitality, service consistency, employee development, sustainability, and respect for local communities. Working for the group generally involves international brand standards, multicultural teamwork, structured training, and opportunities to build a career within a global hotel network.
Sri Lanka offers opportunities in hotels, resorts, restaurants, tourism, wellness, travel services, technology, education, and international business. Hospitality professionals can find work in Colombo, the southern beach resorts, Kandy, the Cultural Triangle, and the east coast, although senior roles often require proven international experience. Life combines tropical weather, affordable local food, scenic beaches, wildlife, tea country, and a relaxed social culture. Sri Lankans are generally welcoming, while Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian traditions influence daily life. English is widely used in tourism, with Sinhala and Tamil as the main local languages. Foreign nationals normally need an employer-sponsored work or residence authorization; a tourist visa does not permit employment. Candidates should confirm visa, taxation, accommodation, healthcare, and family-relocation arrangements with the employer before moving. Hambantota is quieter and more rural than Colombo, so transport and access to major services may be more limited.
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