Managerial competences in hotel management in Kosovo

Management competencies are a key factor for creating effective and attractive hotel offer for hotels that will be competitive in the international tourism market. Managers, as holders of the entire process of planning, organizing, motivating and controlling of hotel activities have been placed in front of the challenge to productively use their knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences in formulating effective development strategies that will enable realization of the objectives of the hotel. Proceeding from this, the goal of the paper is through theoretical and empirical research is to consider the management skills as a factor for the development of the hotel running in Kosovo. In addition, by applying the techniques of surveying and depth interview of managers and surveys of employees and hotel guests will see the positives, but also the shortcomings of the hotel offer in terms of managerial competence. Based on the findings, recommendations will be given for improving management competencies and through them the hotel offer in Kosovo