Hospitality Management Studies

Hospitality Management is the study of the hospitality industry. A degree in the subject may be awarded either by a university college dedicated to the studies of hospitality management or a business school with a relevant department. Degrees in hospitality management may also be referred to as hotel management, hotel and tourism management, or hotel administration. Degrees conferred in this academic field include BA, Bachelor of Business Administration, BS, MS, MBA, and PhD. Hospitality management covers hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, amusement parks, destination marketing organizations, convention centers, and country clubs.

Curriculum

In the United States, hospitality and tourism management curricula follow similar core subject applications to that of a business degree, but with a focus on hospitality management. Core subject areas include accounting, administration, finance, information systems, marketing, human resource management, public relations, strategy, quantitative methods, and sectoral studies in the various areas of hospitality business.

Top 10 International Hospitality Management Schools in the World

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), in a broad industry survey of senior managers from luxury hotels in 2013, conducted a market survey of hospitality employers regarding their opinions of the top ten hospitality management schools. The result appeared as follows:

1. École hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland
2. Glion Institute of Higher Education, Glion & Bulle - Switzerland
3. Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Bluche - Switzerland
4. Cornell University, USA
5. Hotelschool The Hague, Netherlands
6. Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Marbella - Spain
7. Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
8. Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Leura - Australia
9. Hotel School Vatel, France
10. Cesar Ritz Colleges, Le Bouveret, Brig - Switzerland

USA and China Ranking of the Top 10 Programs

The Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research completed an analysis of the top ten hospitality and tourism programs in the world. The results appeared as follows:

1. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
2. Cornell University, USA
3. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
4. Pennsylvania State University, USA
5. University of Surrey, United Kingdom
6. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
7. Purdue University, USA
8. Oklahoma State University, USA
9. Michigan State University, USA
10. University of Central Florida, USA

References

See also

• GESTO Culinary and Hospitality Academy - Hotel management Courses
• Emerge Skills - Academy for Hotel Management
• American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute
• Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality
• Dr. Y.S.R. National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management
• Hospitality service
• Hotel manager
• MICE
• UEI Global, 12 campuses across India