Research on the Practical Teaching Model of Hotel Simulation Investment and Operation with the Integration of Industry and Education in Tourism Majors of Higher Vocational Colleges

This study focuses on the training of talents in tourism majors at vocational colleges. Addressing the existing issues in the current education system, such as the disconnect between talent training mechanisms and the demands of frontline production and services, and the overemphasis on theoretical teaching, this paper delves deeply into the necessity and implementation pathways of industry-education integration. Innovatively, a hotel simulation investment operation practice teaching model is proposed. Through five key transformations, namely, integrating concentrated internships into full-process practice teaching, transitioning from a single service position to multi-faceted practices in simulated hotel operations, shifting from repetitive low-level skills to comprehensive training in simulated investment and operations, moving from the separation of industry and education to their integration and promoting industry through education, and transitioning from formalized internship assessments to assessments based on job operation standards, a comprehensive upgrade of the teaching model has been achieved. This model offers valuable insights for the integration of industry-education reforms in tourism management majors at higher vocational colleges.