From Hospitality to Yachting: How Your Hotel and Restaurant Experience Transfers

Your hotel, restaurant, or bar experience is highly valued in yachting. Here's how to make the transition.

Why Hospitality Experience is Valued

Superyachts are floating luxury hotels. Your experience in service, housekeeping, food and beverage, and guest relations transfers directly. Many chief stews and yacht chefs come from 5-star hotels.

Transferable Skills

• Guest service and anticipating needs
• Housekeeping to high standards
• Food and beverage service
• Working under pressure
• Attention to detail

What You'll Need to Add

• STCW certification
• ENG1 medical
• Ideally: food hygiene certificate

Positioning Yourself

Highlight your hospitality experience prominently on your CV. Emphasise luxury/5-star experience. Show you understand service excellence and discretion.

Starting Position

With strong hospitality experience, you could start as a stewardess rather than junior stewardess. Exceptional candidates with management experience may even start as 2nd stew.