Hospitality Management Major
The Hospitality Management major will provide students with a wide range of critical-thinking and problem-solving skills related to becoming an effective manager within the hospitality industry. The program will also give students strong general business and leadership skills, and skills in specific business fields including accounting, management, marketing, finance and economics. The major provides a continuous experiential learning component which bridges classroom learning and hands-on summer work experiences.
In the picture to the right, York College Hospitality majors meet privately with Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre, California's largest independent hotel company and America's second largest boutique hotelier.
Careers in Hospitality Management
The Hospitality Management major prepares students for one of the largest and most diverse career fields in the U.S. (as well as for jobs in global tourism).
Career paths include:
- Hotel/Resort Management
- Tourism (Convention, Tourism and Event Management)
- Food and Beverage Management
- Golf & Club Management
- Institutional Food Services Management
- Cruise Line Management
- Airline Management
- Theme Park Management
Why Major in Hospitality Management?
The Bureau of Labor Statics estimates that by 2014, the hospitality and tourism industry in the United States will employ:
- approximately 15.1 million people
- 2.5 million people in managerial, marketing and other professional positions within the industry
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