Community and Therapeutic Recreation

Careers in Hotel and Restaurant Management

The Hospitality and Tourism Management major prepares students for an exciting, challenging and satisfying career in one of the largest, most important industries in the new global economy. The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the oldest industries in the world--serving people traveling away from home for any variety of reasons. The Hospitality and Tourism Management program will prepare you to handle multiple facets of hotel and food operations, management of human resources & accounting, and planning and marketing tourism destinations, services, meetings and events. The degree requirements balance core program classes with over 600 hours of industry work experience and internships along with industry projects. The program has two concentrations to choose from, Hotel and Restaurant Management or Travel and Tourism Management.

Career Ideas

Conventions Manager
Events Manager
Facilities Manager
Food & Beverage Manager
Front Office Manager
General Manager
Human Resources Director
Marketing Director
Purchase Director
Recreation Manager
Sales Director

Work Settings and Industries

Airlines
Catering Services
Country Clubs
Cruise Lines
Entertainment Complexes
Health Spas
Resorts
Theme Park
Tourism

 

 

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Advising Info for Fall 2012 - To schedule an advising appointment for Fall 2012, please contact Jennifer Clark, Director of Advising and Mentoring in the Office of Student Services, at jennifer_clark@uncg.edu or (336) 334-5736


The Dept of CTR faculty and alumni received multiple awards at the 2012 NCRPA-TR Annual Conference. Award winners were: Dr. Leandra Bedini-TR Instructor of the Year; Kathryn Giampa-TR Scholarship Award; Dr. Stuart J. Schleien & Ginger Walton, (Project Co-Directors) and Lindsey Brake (Project Coordinator)-Best New TR Program for the Photovoice initiative; and Kimberly Epley (MS ’05)-Individual TR Service Award. CONGRATULATIONS AWARDEES! 


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