Reconstructing Teaching Hotel Practices Through an Integrated Teaching Industry System (TIS-Hospitality Model) to Strengthen Hospitality Graduate Employa-bility
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Hospitality vocational institutions increasingly face challenges in producing graduates who are not only technically competent but also adaptive and work-ready for complex hotel operations. Although teaching hotels are widely used as practical learning environments, their implementation often remains operationally active without fully synchronized educational architecture. This study aims to identify systemic deficiencies in the current teaching hotel practice and to develop an integrated Teaching Industry System (TIS-Hospitality Model) to enhance graduate employability. Using a qualitative Design-Based Research approach, data were collected through interviews, participatory observations, and document analysis involving 27 stakeholders at De Balen Soultan Hotel, Politeknik Pariwisata Lombok. The findings reveal five major issues: business-learning disconnection, student dual-role ambiguity, fragmented experiential learning, inconsistent supervision, and the absence of integrated competency monitoring. In response, this study proposes a synchronized learning-business framework that strengthens measurable hospitality graduate work readiness.
Authors: Gugung Gumilar, Siti Lathifah, Andre Hernowo
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7202342179