The principles for Responsible Management Education and curriculum innovation in hospitality and tourism education: Children as a missing dimension

The study provides compelling evidence of why a children dimension should be included in hospitality and tourism curriculum. The evidence are articulated around a reviewed and revisited approach of the Principle of Responsible Management Education, namely: Children: An Industry and Society Perspective (Principle 1: Value, Partnership and Dialogue); Children: Expertise and Research (Principle 2: Research and Method; and Children Tourist: A Conceptual Category (Principle 3: Purpose and Practice). Having said that, the suggested development of hospitality and tourism education curriculum is coming with challenges such as the emergence of hidden curriculum and opportunities such as augmented profile of students. Future research could look at investigated how a children dimension could be included in curriculum.