to 2000 year, some people from China came to Cornell to study this major-- then returned to Shanghai with immediate yearly salary 1 million of RMB-- that was a huge number by that time.
Cornell hotel management major-- is not rent and management of motel--it is a comprehesive training: including vision, design, lab force management, economics/account managment, information technology, etc.--- it is not the reception at the front desk.
p.s.
once I was invited to have a diner at Cornell hotel management (3rd or 4th floor), one dish with 4 big shrimps tasted so delicious-- I never forgot it!