What is the difference between Copywriting and Content Writing?

All content writings are not commercial, but copywriting is always commercial. What you did for the hotel industry was actually a copywriting ( though you don't feel to call so). Both are, unequivocally, professional. However, copywriting must produce the desired results. A content writer may be successful just by saying what he wants to say, whereas copywriter's success depends on how he says what he wants to say. Magazines and Newspapers do carry a lot of contents too. Copywriters are hired, but content writers can write without being hired by others. I think I have made my points clear here.

@vickyblogs Another consideration, salary? I always thought copywriters that work for a corporation or even experienced freelancers, made decent salaries. I just started writing content and, of course, don't make minimum wage at this stage.

@sherryericha That depends on for whom you're working and how effectively you write. I did copywriting work for an online content marketing company as well as for another website designing company through online. They paid a specific amount per article. Mostly, companies try to hire people for lesser amount -- it may be, 5 to 10 dollars per article. But, as a copywriter becomes an expert he may get even get 100 dollars per article. Tourism, medical, IT, and blogging keep demanding quality articles for higher price. A copywriter who makes whitepapers for a company demands a huge amount. Either as a freelancer or an employee, an efficient copywriter can make a good money definitely.