In academics, hotel management also known as hospitality management. Hospitality management is referring to hosting the guests. Though, hospitality management is a broad term because hosting the guests or render the services to guests could be in many fields, i.e. hotels, restaurants, cruise liners, air planes, clubs, tourism industry, event management industry and now in hospitals also; but generally in academics, hospitality management refers to hotel management. Hospitality management or hotel management is managing hotel and/or managing event at hotel.
Hotel management or hospitality management is a part of service industry. In this industry, the industry professionals has to cater services to the guests and hence, they have to communicate with the guests directly. Hotel management is therefore a service industry in which personality development is the most important part of professional portfolio of an individual