Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Virginia Tech is one of six departments within the Pamplin College of Business, an AACSB accredited and nationally ranked business school in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Hospitality taught as a genuine business discipline
Unlike hospitality programmes housed within standalone schools, Virginia Tech's HTM major sits directly inside a top fifty ranked business college, giving students core grounding in finance, accounting, marketing and strategy alongside hospitality specific expertise. Faculty include elected Fellows of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and editors of major hospitality and tourism scholarly journals, connecting the classroom directly to the leading edge of the field's research.
A genuinely flexible path through the discipline
Students choose between the Hospitality and Tourism Management major and Event and Experience Management, with options spanning analytics, services management, entrepreneurship and sustainability and ethics. An accelerated Master's pathway lets students earn an MSBA within a year of finishing their undergraduate degree, while a dedicated National Capital Region campus places graduate study inside one of the country's hubs for hospitality business.
Studying at Virginia Tech's HTM department offers several distinct strengths:
- Housed within the AACSB accredited, top fifty ranked Pamplin College of Business
- Faculty holding senior editorial and fellowship roles in global hospitality research
- An accelerated pathway from undergraduate degree to MSBA within one year
- Options spanning analytics, entrepreneurship, services and sustainability
- Graduate study located in the National Capital Region, a genuine hospitality business hub
A launchpad into hospitality and tourism leadership
Graduates move into hotel, event, tourism and hospitality finance leadership roles across the United States and internationally, carrying with them a genuinely business grounded hospitality education. For candidates seeking a hospitality degree built on real commercial rigour, Virginia Tech offers a distinguished path.
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Where is CourtesyMasters headquartered?
CourtesyMasters is headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and works internationally from hubs in Madrid, Florence, Rome, London, Monaco and Cannes. See our locations for the full overview.
When was CourtesyMasters founded?
CourtesyMasters was founded in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1999. From Rotterdam to the world: over more than twenty-five years we have grown into an international hospitality search partner built on trust and discretion, working today from our headquarters in The Hague. Read more in our story.