Established in 1979, the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) is the only hospitality institution in Asia Pacific to be rated among the world's top 15 academic institutions in hospitality and tourism. The mission of SHTM is to be recognised globally as Asia's leader in providing high quality education, research and scholarship in hospitality and tourism. SHTM has an active Advisory Committee consisting of 25 industry professionals advising the school on curriculum and development matters. This helps ensure that the curricula meet the needs of the industry. SHTM was the recipient of the ISTTE Institutional Award in 2003 for its significant contributions to tourism education, an award based on the School's leadership role in enhancing education in Asia as well as innovative processes and practices in student admission interviews and industry partnership programmes.

A representative body of the hotel industry in Singapore, the Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre plays an important role in shaping the development and growth of the tourism and hospitality industry. With the strong support from the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA), the hospitality school contributes towards the industry with its excellent facilities, faculty, curriculum and focus on attitudes and its students. The centre has also achieved the high standards required under the Singapore Quality Award framework for business excellence and is admitted into the Singapore Quality Class for Private Education Organisations (SQC-PEO).