title: A study of hospitality and tourism information technology education and industrial applications
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the subject relevance of information technology (IT) in hospitality and tourism management programs with skills deployed in the workplace. This study aimed at investigating graduates' transition from education to employment, and to determine how well they appear to be equipped to meet the needs of the hospitality and tourism industry. One hundred and seventeen graduates responded to a mail survey. These graduates rated the importance of IT skills in the workplace, the level of IT teaching in hotel and tourism management programs, and the self-competence level in IT. This study concluded that a gap exists between the IT skills required at work and those acquired at university
keyphrases: education hospitality and tourism management programs graduates employment tourism industry mail survey IT skills IT teaching university hospitality industry