In today’s competitive environment, stress is an inseparable part of each industry. Stress is a reaction to an outward situation or new changes which deviates individuals from their prevalent path. The appropriate amount of stress is an essence to motivate and inspire individuals, however, the high percentage of stress can lead to physical and psychological problems. Hospitality industry as one of the fast-growing industries with high amount of recruitment is exposed to occupational stress due to turnover, workload, physical and mental high demand, etc. According to above, this article aims to throw light on the occupational stress among hotel employees and coping strategies to prevent organizational and individual costs. Therefore, the effect of occupational stress on organizations as well as individuals through the environmental and internal sources of stress are scrutinized. Coping-stress mechanisms are studied from two different angles (i.e. Psychological and managerial), which is divided into two important categories in part of managerial. This study is based on a library work and the data are extracted from secondary sources. It was also found that the overtime policies and practices and restriction in resources allocated are the important stressors among employees.