The Director of Food & Beverage leads all dining, bar, banquet, and related service operations at Shangri-La Hambantota. The role typically requires extensive luxury-hospitality experience, strong knowledge of food and beverage standards, budgeting, menu development, cost control, and team leadership. A degree or diploma in hospitality management is usually preferred, along with excellent English communication skills and experience in a senior hotel or resort position. The successful candidate is expected to deliver exceptional guest experiences, achieve revenue and profitability targets, maintain health and safety standards, coach department heads, and work closely with culinary, sales, and hotel leadership teams. Commercial awareness, cultural sensitivity, creativity, and the ability to operate effectively in a large resort environment are important.
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is a leading luxury hospitality group founded in Hong Kong, with hotels, resorts, and residences across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and other international markets. The brand is known for warm Asian hospitality, personalized service, elegant accommodation, and high-quality dining and wellness experiences. Shangri-La Hambantota is a large integrated resort on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, offering guest rooms, villas, restaurants, recreational facilities, golf, and extensive event spaces. The resort serves leisure travelers, families, wedding groups, and corporate guests. Working for Shangri-La generally involves high service standards, international operating procedures, structured training, and opportunities to work with multicultural teams. Senior food and beverage leaders are expected to balance luxury guest service with strong commercial performance and operational discipline.
Sri Lanka offers hospitality opportunities in luxury resorts, city hotels, restaurants, tourism companies, wellness retreats, and travel services. Experienced professionals may find roles in food and beverage, culinary operations, rooms, sales, engineering, finance, and guest relations, especially in Colombo, Hambantota, Galle, Bentota, Kandy, and the Maldives-connected southern tourism market. The culture is welcoming and family-oriented, with Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, and colonial influences. Daily life can be relaxed and affordable, although traffic, tropical heat, seasonal rain, and occasional power or internet interruptions require adjustment. English is widely used in hotels, while learning basic Sinhala or Tamil is helpful. Foreign nationals normally need an employment or residence visa sponsored by the employer and should confirm requirements with Sri Lankan immigration before travelling. Relocation packages vary, so clarify accommodation, transport, medical cover, taxes, flights, and work authorization before accepting an offer.
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