Preparing students for the realities of earning a living is the main responsibility of the education system. However, a significant mismatch in skills youth possess and the skills workplace need is highly reported in tourism and hospitality industry. Therefore, this paper examines the Egyptian higher tourism and hospitality education and training system and its structure in relation to vocational skills in order to identify whether there is a need for restructuring and development. The paper draws from different approaches to provide an analytical framework of vocational skills and training systems, therefore, both quantitative and qualitative methods are employed. First, the current situation is outlined through analyzing the curriculums’ data derived from the standards regulations set by the Egyptian faculties of tourism and hotels. A checklist also was conducted in order to capture the strength and weaknesses relating to the curriculums and training system. Then, an evaluation questionnaire is directed to the students affiliated in ten faculties in order to measure their perceptions and views. It was revealed in the study that hospitality and tourism programs in relation to vocational skills and training in Egypt is facing a lot of issues and challenges such as marginalized attention and scattering of resources, etc. Finally, the implications are also discussed.