Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) was established in 1972 by Government of Nepal as Hotel Management and Tourism Training Centre (HMTTC) with support of UNDP and ILO, with the prime objective of producing skilled workforce for the then nascent tourism and hospitality industry of Nepal. After introducing Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) program for the first time in Nepal in 1999, erstwhile HMTTC was renamed as NATHM. The academy then launched Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) program in 2003 and then realizing the demand of higher-level manpower in growing tourism and hospitality industry, the academy launched Master of Hospitality Management in 2011.