E-mail this pageHotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management at SUNY Plattsburgh
Prepare for a Career in a Leading Industry
Our program is designed to prepare you for a 21st century career in a field that will soon be the largest employer in the world. A program requirement of 800 hours of fieldwork greatly enhances the students' understanding of the industry.
The Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management program combines liberal arts with professional studies, giving students tools for making sound professional decisions. The Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management program at Plattsburgh State University combines theory with hands-on experience in food service, lodging, tourism, international hospitality, marketing leadership, management and accounting.
The program's strong business management emphasis makes it easy for students to earn a business minor while completing their Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management degree requirements.
The hotel, restaurant, and tourism management program allows you to:
- Understand fundamental theory through our core curriculum courses;
- Gain hands-on experience through fieldwork at places such as Walt Disney, Tamaya Hyatt Resort, Sagamore, Lake Placid Lodge, Spirit Cruises, Pelican Bay;
- Prepare for a career in all sectors of the tourism industry including food and beverage management, lodging operations, hospitality marketing, tourism, and international hospitality.
Our Courses and Career Opportunities
Specialized courses in this program help students select a particular field for a career specialization. Our students have had work experience at Walt Disney World, the Waldorf Astoria, Radisson Hotels and Spirit Cruises as well as at a myriad of other restaurants, lodging, and tourism businesses including:
- Convention and Meetings Management
- Food-Service Management
- Lodging-Operations Management
- Resort Development and Management
- Tourism Planning
We prepare students for careers in food service, lodging, resorts, convention planning, travel and tours, cruise lines, theme parks, event management, and much more.
Program of Study
News
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Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management in Plattsburgh MagazineThis summer the Hotel, Restaruant & Tourism Management was featured in Plattsburgh Magazine. Read about the program, the Samuel D's facility, how the program has grown over the years and what current students think about HRTM. You can also find out what several of our alumni are doing now and how the HRTM program helped them get where they are.
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Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
If you would like more information about hotel , restaurant, and tourism management at Plattsburgh State, please contact
David Hensarling, Chair
Office: Sibley Hall 403-H
Phone: (518) 564-3182
E-mail: david.hensarling@plattsburgh.edu
101 Broad Street
Sibley Hall
Plattsburgh, NY 12901