Spanish Abstract: Durante la ultima decada, los academicos han mostrado un evidente interes en el estudio de la responsabilidad social empresarial (RSE), sin embargo, en la literatura cientifica son escasos los trabajos sectoriales en el tema, mas aun en el sector turistico y, en especifico, en el hotelero. Con el objetivo de identificar el estado actual de la investigacion de la RSE en el sector hotelero, en el presente trabajo se hace un rastreo sobre los articulos mas importantes de revision bibliografica en materia de RSE desde el ambito general del management, seguido de un amplio analisis y revision de la literatura cientifica de RSE producida en la industria hotelera durante los ultimos diez anos. Se concluye que sigue siendo escasa la investigacion de la RSE en el sector hotelero, y que sus trabajos han estado dirigidos al analisis de practicas de RSE, accountability, marketing y la relacion con los resultados financieros.English Abstract: During the last decade, academics have shown a clear interest in the study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), however, in the scientific literature the sectorial studies and researches on the subject are scarce and even more, in the tourism sector and specifically, in the hotel sector. In order to identify the current state of research on csr in the hotel sector, in this paper a trace on the most important articles on literature review on CSR from the general scope of Management was done and it was carry out a comprehensive analysis and review of the scientific literature on CSR in the hotel industry produced for the past 10 years. It is concluded that research on CSR in the hotel sector is still scarce and its studies has been directed to the analysis of CSR practices, accountability, marketing and the relationship with financial performance.