Richard Jones
Graduate Student of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Virginia Polytechnic Insitute and State University - Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Patricia Branscome, VCO, CUPO
Director, Information Technology Procurement & Licensing Solutions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Contract Negotiator & University IT Audit Lead
The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management is one of six departments in the Pamplin College of Business. Our program is accredited by AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). In all of our programs, we provide students with a first class business education taught by an internationally recognized faculty who are actively engaged in professional practice and research. The Department is consistently ranked in the top five of HTM programs worldwide. The Department is a tier one recruiting school for many of the major hospitality corporations in the USA, including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Sodexo, Compass, Darden and many others. Using endowment funds provided by these and other companies, the Department each year awards nearly $50,000 in scholarships to HTM students.
