As development of hotel industry in China continue to speed up, the demand of domestic tourist enterprises for hotel management professional talents also continue to increase. Hence, hotel management specialty of higher vocational colleges gradually wins attention from state. When negotiating with such talents, it has a problem that is talent cannot match with demand of enterprises. The reason is that teaching planning of higher vocational colleges fails to meet current status and needs of

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... industry, resulting in that there is no effectiveness in hotel management personnel training and that could not meet needs of social development. Hence, the future development of students who are major in hotel management specialty will be affected. This paper conducts a detailed analysis and discussion on defects of hotel management education in higher vocational colleges and reform methods, aiming at that assist colleges to train high-quality and new hotel management talents who are in line with market requirements.