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Hospitality Management At Florida International University

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INTRODUCTION

According to Professor Marcel R. Escoffier, an Associate Professor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Florida International University, Hospitality Management is the largest business activity in the world. There are nearly 1 million food service operations in the United States, and nearly three hundred thousand hotels. It is estimated that there are over 1 million hotels and more than 7 million food service businesses. How this business operates, and its impact on the local economy varies from country to country, but its importance is undeniable (Escoffier). Information provided by Buffalo State College located in Buffalo, New York, also reference the hospitality industry is one of the largest in the …show more content…

Many colleges that offer Hospitality Management may also include the option to enroll within a specific concentration, so that you may gain a “specialty”. Therefore it’s important to have a sense of what area of hospitality you are interested in, so that you enroll yourself into an appropriate program, including programs where graduates have been able to secure employment in your interested field and location. For example, if you have the desire to work as a ski lodge manager, you may want to make sure you enroll into a school that provides the focus of the hotel industry and potential internship opportunities within ski country vs. the beaches in Florida.

In effort to continue a higher learning education within the field of Hospitality, which may increase my career options as I enter the workforce, I have reviewed three colleges within the New York State area that provides a Bachelor’s degree within Hospitality Management. The purpose of this evaluation and comparison is to provide the most feasible and economic option available for me to pursue a Bachelor Degree within Hospitality in a timely fashion and at minimal cost. Therefore my criteria for this comparison includes the following:

• Type of Concentration that is offered
• Tuition Cost
• Acceptance of Transferred Credits
• Testing/Entrance Requirement (i.e. GPA, GRE, Math Requirement)
• Career Track Opportunities & Accreditations

The three schools that have been reviewed are

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