Training of Future Specialists in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry in Higher Educational Establishments in the Conditions of Distance Learning

In the present article a structural-system analysis of studying the experience of preparation of future specialists in the hotel and restaurant industry in the conditions of distance learning is carried out. Features of training of future specialists in the hotel and restaurant industry in domestic institutions of higher education are characterized. It is, established that the purpose of their training is to provide the hotel industry with highly qualified staffl, competitive, requested in domestic and foreign labor markets, on the basis of real public demand for services, at developing the ability to conduct quality service and customer service industry. It is determined, that professional training of future specialists in the hotel and restaurant industry is a process carried, out in higher education institutions of various forms of ownership and aimed at obtaining qualifications by students in accordance with educational and professional programs of "bachelor" and "master" levels, which will ensure competitiveness and professional mobility in the hospitality industry. We analysed normative documents of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the requirements for the organization of the educational process in terms of distance learning, which we identify with the individualized process, associated with gaining knowledge, skills, abilities and methods of educational and cognitive human activity through indirect interaction of participants of the educational process in a special environment, created by modern psychological and pedagogical, information and communication technologies. Principles, forms, types of educational classes, methods and technologies of teaching and learning during the organization of the educational process in the conditions of distance learning are determined. Recommendations for creation of requirements for training of future specialists in the hotel and restaurant industry in terms of distance learning were created. It is necessary to provide an educational institution with appropriate technical equipment, staff to create, maintain site and network security, enable free access to workplaces, digital competence of teachers, systematic updating of educational and methodological materials, formation and development of information culture of all participant