Previously known as the Ging Chung Business College, the Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College (THTC) was founded on June 15, 1989. In the same year, the five departments of the day school－including the Finance, International Trade, Tourism, Business Administration, and Accounting and Statistics departments—first recruited day-school students. In July 1995, THTC established a Night School Division, with enrollment open to students in the Department of Real Estate Management and the Department of Information Management. In 1997, the Division of Continuing and Extension Education was established.In March 2001, the college’s fifth Board of Trustees was set up, and Professor Song-Lin Chai took over as Board Chairman. On Oct. 25 of the same year, the name of the college was changed from Ging Chung Business College to Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College.