The Hospitality & Tourism Management Leadership Academy provides a platform for high school students to learn core business foundations and experience all of the amazing opportunities behind the business of hospitality. Our in-person pre-college programs give you a preview of the UMass student experience, including college-level academics and being part of a learning community of high school students from all across the U.S. and the world.
Hospitality and tourism management (HTM) is the largest industry in the world, employing 10% of the global workforce and accounting for 10% of the global GDP. We invite you to experience the most dynamic industry, which encompasses an eye-opening array of careers, hosted by one of the premier Hospitality & Tourism undergraduate programs in the top-ranked Isenberg School of Management, at UMass Amherst.
In this program, you will learn from award-winning teachers and industry leaders, and participate in a wide variety of experiential learning opportunities. Our goal is to have you learn in and outside of the classroom.
The HTM Leadership Academy challenges students to apply a multi-faceted management approach to strategic leadership in HTM, offering diverse and highly interactive methods of learning. During this two-week program, students immerse themselves in key segments and critical issues relevant to the highly competitive Hospitality & Tourism industry, such as:
- Hotel and Resort Management
- Global Perspectives, Culture, and Trends in Food and Beverage Management
- Sustainable Tourism
- Event and Entertainment Management
- Customer Experience and Customer Relationship Management
- Employee and Customer Wellness
- Information Technology and Social Media in HTM
- Leadership Management
- Hospitality Business Innovation
Students will be exposed to and examine the vast areas and topics of the HTM industry, which they will learn encompasses much greater avenues and opportunities than simply hotels and restaurants. Since the industry of hospitality and tourism is an applied business field, many of the courses will have an experiential element combined with the conceptual material taught by faculty members and industry professionals to truly immerse themselves in their educational experience during their summer program.
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