WHY CHOOSE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
There are m any career path options . Graduates with a hospitality and tourism management degree are prepared to pursue a business leadership position in various sector-specific career tracks, such as:
- Hotel investment and management
- Restaurant entrepreneurship and management
- Event, meetings and convention management
- Spas and resort development and management
- Tourism and travel development and operations
- Beverage management and merchandising
- Sustainable tourism management, including eco-and nature tourism
- Healthcare hospitality management
Great career prospects locally and globally
- Globally, one new job is added every 2.5 seconds to the hospitality industry (brandongaille.com).
- Globally, management positions in the hospitality industry are expected to grow up to 35% (brandongaille.com).
- In the Rio Grande Valley alone, 34,000 people are employed in the hospitality & leisure/tourism industry, the 4th largest industry in the region and the 10th largest in the world.
High salaries in a prestigious profession
- Locally, the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics Survey estimates that the average salary of food services managers in the Rio Grande Valley is $54,239 and lodging managers is
$60,000 to $75,000.
Amazing opportunities to study internationally in numerous countries and venues.