| | 8 JUNE 2025HIGHERReviewWith over 793 private colleges and 171 government colleges, hotel management is one of the oldest and well established higher education streams in India. Even with that being the case, according to a study by National Skill Development Corporation of India, the total workforce requirement in the industry exceeds 18 lakh with more than 21 percent of them being entry level job positions. There has been a major shift in the mindset of students towards a career in hotel management and Vikram Singh Chauhan, who is the Founder of Nile Hospitality, a leading hotel management company in South Asia, talks more about this changing behavior of students - "Faced with issues like longer work hours, ever-evolving guest expectations and demands, and lack of market parity in pay, they are wary about muscling in this space. Instead, industries where soft interpersonal skills are in demand, like IT, retail, real estate, logistics and the gig economy, attract them". Other than this, the difference between perception and reality of working in the hospitality industry and the increasing cost of hotel management education are making the students consider other career options.With that said, educators across the globe are working around the clock to increase the employability of hotel management graduates and attract more students towards this stream. And in this article, we will analyze these changing trends and its impact on hotel management education. Increasing adoption of technology While businesses started to incorporate technology at a rapid pace, hotel management institutes have lagged behind and this has resulted in a prevalent industry-academia gap. Graduates have not been exposed to the latest technology trends reshaping the industry which resulted in dearth of proper expertise to cope up with its technology demands. In order to solve this issue and equip the students with the needed technical skills, educators are accelerating the pace of technology adoption in the hotel management curriculum. The Swiss Hotel Management School is a great example of a hotel management institute constantly keeping abreast with the latest technology trends and changes in the hospitality domain. Starting from the use of iPads to PEDAGOGICAL OVERHAUL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOCAL POINT
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