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Hospitality Management

Hospitality is all about the art of entertaining or receiving guests. Since the beginning of human race, hospitality existed in retaining human principles, ethics and values. Hospitality is a significant feature of our day to day life. It is not something physical or concrete, rather in true sense it is close to spiritual phenomenon. Hospitality relies on the fact in treating other people in the most appropriate manner for a particular situation. Hospitality in true sense means to treat people the way you want them to treat you. In addition, hospitality often depends on the situation like ethical, cultural and religious beliefs and type of living offering numerous approaches. Since past times, many societies taught that it was always right to offer hospitality to strangers who came to their door. According to Indian tradition guests are always welcomed warmly and strongly believe in  “अतिथि देवो भव:”,  which means “Treat guests like God and welcome them warmly at home.”

Education in hospitality is mushrooming as it has emerged as an industry which offers a lucrative career. The hospitality industry has broad category of fields within service industry that includes lodging, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry.

The career offered in hospitality industry is called "Hospitality Management" which is increasing more consideration worldwide that it has before. The careers in hospitality education are becoming quite popular. More and more youngsters are pursuing their careers in this field successfully. The elementary reason behind the growth of this industry is that it fosters tourism and consequently leading to job opportunities. Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in India. There are many benefits associated with it as tourists generate lots of economic activities. Since India is a fast developing country, it needs considerable drive for favorable economic activities. Henceforth, hospitality and tourism progress mutually leading to better economical factors for any nation.

People from different continents and countries express their hospitality in different ways. It all depends on the manners they were taught. Shaking hands is a common demonstration of hospitality in numerous countries. At the same time, in other countries hugs may be even more prominent. While working in hospitality business, the person must have a sense of respect and understanding, as well as ability to become accustomed to different cultures. Hospitality is very important, as it leads to better consolidation between people. Communication between people must be held in a respectful way, if you want them to understand each other. Hospitality mostly results in positive changes. Still, there are cases when it brought unexpected results. For example, as in the case with “Mc Donalds chain of restaurants” that became a reason of many small restaurant’s bankruptcy. Likewise there are infinite such examples which ultimately proves that irrespective of a small setup or a big chain of business, hospitality plays a vital role in the success and recognition.