Inaugural Class of the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program

The beginning of the 2018-19 academic year marks the start of our new undergraduate major inHospitality and Tourism Management. Over the past two years, this program has been developed with the help of experienced academics in the field and a panel of close to 50 industry advisors. This panel represents both smaller and local brands, as well as multinational brands from many sectors within the hospitality industry, ranging from lodging to restaurants to cruise lines and more. The photo shows Stefan Cosentino, our new program director, with the first group of hospitality students in our introductory course on August 31, 2018. If you work in the hospitality industry and want to get involved, Stefan would like to talk to you. Maybe you have internship opportunities or aspire to bring your knowledge to the classroom as a guest speaker? Please contact Stefan Cosentino.

This new major will be featured in videos produced by the Ventura County Lodging Association, designed to spotlight exciting careers in hospitality. At the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Camarillo, Gerhard Apfelthaler(Dean, School of Management),Christian Moreno (Undergraduate Student, Hospitality and Tourism Management),Brian Tucker (Executive Director, Ventura County Lodging Association), and Stefan Cosentino (Program Director, Hospitality and Tourism Management) were interviewed for the video.

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