Hospitality (Management) Studies” includes articles related to the study of andthe study for hospitality. The study of hospitality refers to studies about the essence and ethics of hospitality from a social sciences perspective, while the study for hospitality refers to a more disciplinary approach according to the quintessential managerial areas of Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Marketing & Sales, and Technology. “Hospitality Management Education” is devoted to articles about curriculum content and delivery methods for training and educating hospitality managers. Considering the size and scope of the hospitality industry, and the number of staff and students involved, studies on efficient, effective, and innovative ways of developing hospitality competencies are considered indispensable. “Student Research Projects” allows excellent student work to be published. Student work can relate to excellent BA dissertations or MA theses.

Hospitality is identified as the act of giving genuine care and kindness to a stranger, friend or whoever is in need. Hospitality involves friendly treatment of guests or tourists and is a very important sector in the tourism industry. Hospitality industry covers travel, accommodation, foodservice, conferences, and leisure and recreation. There are so many research studies that have been conducted relating to the hospitality industry. Researchers develop their surveys in order fill the gap of knowledge and find new ways to serve better in hospitality industry and those researches are really intensify for the people who work in the hospitality industry. In research studies, we can identified several main research areas in hospitality industry such as Hospitality and Hotel Management, Tourism Management, Tourism Economics and Financial Management, Convention and Events Management and Hotel and Tourism Technology Management. Hospitality and Hotel Management refers professional management techniques used in the hospitality sector and it consist of research areas such as Hospitality and Customer Satisfaction, Tourism and Hospitality Marketing, Hospitality Management, Marketing and Service Quality Management, Foodservice Consumer Choice and Services Strategies, Strategic Management in the Hospitality Industry, Hospitality Marketing and Service Experience and Human Resource Management. Tourism Management concerns with the planning and management of travel and tourism and consist of research areas such as Cultural Tourism, Tourism Education, Tourism Labor and Employment, Tourism Planning and Development, Transportation and Travel and Tourist Behavior and Psychology. Tourism Economics and Financial Management comprise planning, organizing, directing and controlling finance for travel and tourism. It includes research areas such as Tourism Demand Forecasting, Tourism Impact Assessment, Competition Issues in Tourism and Financial Management for the Hotel and Tourism Industry. Convention and Events Management consists of research areas such as Convention Industry Management, Service Strategies and Education, Convention Destinations, Convention Tourism and Convention and Exhibition Management. As well as, Hotel and Tourism Technology Management includes Hotel and Tourism Technology Management, Information Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, and Information Technology for Tourism.