Careers with MN Companies: Carlson Companies

Carlson Companies is a Minnesota corporation of hotels and a travel agency.

                                         Radisson Hotel, Vancouver, Canada

Some facts:

• There are 1400 hotels world-wide owned by Carlson Companies.

                              Conference room, Radisson Hotel, Shimla, India

                               Radisson Blu,  Frankfurt, Germany

• They go by these names: Radisson, Radisson Blu, Park Plaza, Park Inn, and Country Inn & Suites
• Carlson-Wagonlit Travel is their travel agency; they arrange travel plans for people all over the world, booking them into Carlson-owned hotels.

Here is a link to Carlson-Wagonlit: (pronounced Carlson-Vah Gon Leet)http://www.carlsonwagonlit.com/content/cwt/global/en/home.html

• The travel agency has a presence in 150 countries world-wide
• 110,000 people work for Carlson Companies
• The University of Minnesota has Carlson School of Management on its campus. You can earn a Masters in Business Administration, Tax, or Accounting, among others. http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Local_Brand&utm_term=%2BCarlson%20%2BSchool&utm_content=General

Here is a link to their site's hiring section:


https://carlson.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MANAGEDHOTELS/jobs
They are in the process of organizing a location in Manila, the Phillipines.

• Working at any hotel can involve these careers:
• Reservations
• Maintenance
• Housekeeping
• Chef
• Human Resources
• Security
• Management
• Accounting

 

Working for the travel agency can involve these careers:

• Travel counselor
• Manager
• Human Resources
• Analysts
• Pricing airfare
• Accounting