Why are hotels called hospitality?

Hospitality means extending a welcome to travelers or offering a home away from home, and the word is derived from the Latin word “hospes” meaning visitor or stranger.



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What is Hospitality and Tourism? Hospitality is a broad industry that includes several fields dealing with delivering services to customers such as accommodation, food, or transport. Tourism is part of Hospitality, offering services for people travelling for either pleasure or business.

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Hospitality is a field that focuses on providing accommodations to visitors at hospitality-related industries, such as hotels, motels, restaurants, cruise ships, country clubs, casinos, and convention centers, while tourism is focused on providing quality attractions and events in order to entice tourists to come.

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The Four Sectors of the Hospitality Industry
  • Food and Beverage. Most commonly known as F and B, the food and beverage industry is the largest sector of the hospitality industry, estimated to bring in around 50% of all meals eaten in the US today. ...
  • Travel and Tourism. ...
  • Lodging. ...
  • Recreation and Entertainment.


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High Paying Tourism Jobs
  • Chef Concierge. Salary range: $37,500-$159,500 per year. ...
  • Hotel Controller. Salary range: $54,000-$100,000 per year. ...
  • Curator. Salary range: $41,500-$96,500 per year. ...
  • Museum Registrar. Salary range: $38,000-$90,000 per year. ...
  • Clubhouse Manager. ...
  • Hotel General Manager. ...
  • Lodging Manager. ...
  • Hospitality Director.


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The tourism industry supports a traveler's need for transportation, food, lodging, amusement, and entertainment. It involves tour operators, rental cars, hotels, bars, gasoline stations, theme parks, and attractions. While sometimes both terms are used interchangeably, they are not quite synonymous.

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