Course Description:
 

When you work in lodging or food service, you're part of the hospitality profession.  You are also part of the largest, fastest-growing industry in the world--travel and tourism, where opportunities abound.  The Tourism & Lodging Management program has everything you will need to get started on a hospitality career.  Upon graduation, students are ready to begin their hospitality career or continue their education at a college or university.
 

In this program, students participate in classroom activities that teach valuable lodging skills and knowledge.  Students will also participate in internships supervised by the instructor and a worksite mentor.  Major instructional units in the curriculum include:  an overview of lodging management, the front office, housekeeping, leadership and management, marketing and sales, and food and beverage service. 

The objectives of this program correspond to competency lists used in the American Hotel & Motel Association's Educational Institute's post-secondary curriculum and form the basis for articulation agreements with colleges and universities.
 

A national certificate from the Hospitality Business Alliance (HBA) will be issued to recognize student achievement both in the classroom and in the workplace.  Future employers and college admissions officers will recognize the HBA credential as evidence of a graduate's preparation for hospitality success.  This credential can put you on the road to management in one of America's largest industries.
 

Employment Opportunities: 

• Bell Person

• Marketing Clerk

• Front Desk Agent

• Housekeeper

"Plus Education" Employment Opportunities: 

• Executive Housekeeper

• Front Office Manager

• Sales Manager

• Purchasing Director

• General Manager

• Pittsburgh Technical Institute--Wilma Boyd School

• The Hospitality Business Alliance, through its PASSPORT program has postsecondary agreements with these schools:
  
  Art Institute of Atlanta, Art Institute of Denver, The Illinois Institute of Art, The Art Institutes International, Bethune-Cookman College, California State Polytechnic University, Cornell University, Culinary Institute of America, Florida International University, Johnson & Wales University, Kendall College, New England Culinary Institute, Oklahoma State University, Penn State University, Purdue University, University of Massachusetts, University of Delaware, State University of New York/Plattsburgh, University of Houston, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Wisconsin-Stout, and Washington State University. 

National Skill Standards:  American Hotel & Motel Association