ABSTRACT
According to definition, modern hospitality management could be defined as classified business management based on six multidimensional core industries like restaurants, hotels, travel, attractions, conventions, and leisure with their constituent and relevant interdependent relationships. In this chapter, we review the growth of international hospitality management and the newly emerged managerial challenges related to the research of international hospitality management. We also provide a brief review of history and summarize the current findings from empirical research related to research methodology and managerial problems. Nevertheless, this chapter serves as a brief introduction to the background, history, and challenges currently facing international hospitality management. This chapter will help guide readers to the relevant background and research topics about to come in the later chapters of this book. With an increased understanding of the multinational business behavior, future hospitality managers will find the knowledge to embrace in an increasing difficult challenge and find scientific solutions in complex political, diversified social-cultural, and legal systems.
