Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management

An instructional program that prepares individuals to manage operations and facilities that provide food and/or lodging services to the traveling public. Includes instruction in hospitality industry principles; supplies purchasing, storage, and control; hotel and restaurant facilities design and planning; hospitality industry law; personnel management and labor relations; financial management; facilities management; marketing and sale promotion strategies; convention and event management; front desk operations; and applications to specific types of hotel, motel, and/or restaurant operations. Note: this program was re-instated after being deleted from CIP 2000; previously, it was coded as 52.0902.

While Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management offers degrees up to the Associates degree, most students study towards a Associates degree. Students major in Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management all over the country, though the major at the Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years level has the most graduates in Wisconsin. The average annual income for an undergraduate degree in Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management is $50,500.