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Today's competitive business sense employees are seen as an important factor in business success. The importance given to human resources in the hotels, which is evaluated within the scope of the service sectors is gradually increasing. One of the important issues that can be assessed in this scope is the perceptions and behavior of the hotel employees toward career. The purpose of this study is to reveal career strategies of employees of 4 and 5 star hotels, operate in Istanbul, and whether or not sectoral career prospects are influenced by these strategies. It is also aimed to present employees' career prospects and strategies are in relation with positive relational management. In this quantitative research, a survey was conducted with a total of 387 employees working in 4 and 5 star hotels operating in various regions of Istanbul which have Tourism Certificate. Results show that employees' career prospects affect their career strategies and these two variables are related with positive relational management. In addition to this, it is determined that demographical variables are related with career strategies. As a result of the survey conducted, it was found that employees had an effect on career strategies of career prospects and these two variables were related to positive relational management. It was also found that the demographic variables of employees are related to career strategies. Further similar researches could be conducted in the hotels which serve different target group reveal the career prospects and strategies of hotel employees in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]