Head: Professor Rostom Beridze

Department of Hospitality Management is a major educational, academic and scientific structural unit consisting of the academic personnel and assisting staff from the tourism industry, as well as by the invited specialists.

Educational Priorities:

Professional Educational Programs:

• Hotel proceedings  - 10 months (IV level, 1 national exam)
• Hotel proceedings - 10 months (III stage of secondary education)
• Restaurant proceedings - 4 months (III stage of secondary education)

The educational program (Bachelor) - Tourism - 4 years.

The educational program (Minor) - Tourism - 2 years. 

The educational program (Master) – Tourism Management - 2 years.

Research priorities:

• To determine role of operating strategies in the hotel business development;
• To administer changes management in a tourism company;
• To develop integrated marketing communications as tools of advancement tourism product;
• To establish basic framework of methodology for formation and implementation of innovative tourism products;  
• To set regional tourism industry development strategy in the context of globalization;
• To form management mechanism of the of a tourism sector organization with the use of outsourcing;
• To form integrated system of management for sustainable development of tourism;

Publications:

1. Charles R. Goeldner, J. R. Brent Ritchie Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies, 12th edition, 554 pages. Translated into Georgian, Batumi Shota Rustaveli Publishing, 2013.
2. Paata Chaganava. Tourism policy. Universal Publishing Tbilisi. 2012. -330 p.
3. Paata Chaganava. Risk management. Publishing, Universal Publishing, Tbilisi. 2013. -340 p.
4. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2010, June 5-6, Batumi-Trabzon (collection).
5. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2011, June 4-5, Batumi.
6. International scientific conference, Sustainable Tourism: Economics and Business 2012, June 2-3, Batumi (collection).
7. International academic conference, Innovation in Tourism: Economics and Business 2013, June 8-9, Batumi-Trabzon (collection).
8. International scientific conference ,,Tourism: Economics and Business "2014, July 5-6, Batumi-Khikhani Valley (collection).
9. International scientific conference, Tourism: Economics and Business 2017, June 10-11, Batumi.

The academic staff of the Department is composed of 1 professor and 3 associate professors and 3 assistant professors.  The task force consists of the visiting professors, adjunct professors, professional practitioners and international experts.