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From Inns to Institutions: A Century of Hotel Management Education and Its Academicization
Author: Hans Zimmer ORCID iD: 0009-0006-3510-7045 Affiliation: Swiss International University (SIU) Received 22 June 2025; Revised 27 August 2025; Accepted 30 September 2025; Available online 27 October 2025; Version of Record 27 October 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566741 Volume 2, December 2025, (10018) Abstract Over the past hundred years, hotel management has moved from an apprenticeship-based craft to a research-informed academic field spanning bachelor’s, mast
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The Historical Evolution of Hospitality: From Sacred Obligation to Global Service Industry
Author: Laurnce Garcia Affiliation: Swiss Academy in London ORCID iD: 0009-0006-3197-8214 Received 1 March 2024; Revised 15 April 2024; Accepted 1 May 2024; Available online 1 June 2024; Version of Record 1 June 2024. Volume 1, December 2024, (10006) https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566871 Abstract Hospitality is often understood as a contemporary service industry, but its history reveals a wider institutional role: it manages the reception of strangers, the governance of mobility
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