School of Hospitality Management

Demand for qualified hospitality professionals will increase over the next decade, providing a wide range of career opportunities for graduates of Endicott’s School of Hospitality Management. The School of Hospitality Management prepares students for management and leadership roles in the vast hospitality sector, which includes hotels and resorts, restaurants and food service enterprises, private clubs, cruise lines, casinos, senior living communities, real estate property management companies, nonprofit food and housing organizations, and corporate and special events organizations.

The School of Hospitality Management offers a comprehensive degree in Hospitality Management with an option to specialize in one of three concentrations: Event Management, Hotel and Resort Management, and Food and Beverage Entrepreneurship. In addition to a range of transferable skills relevant in the service and hospitality sectors, students develop valuable decision making and critical thinking skills from required courses in the liberal arts. All faculty members teaching in the School of Hospitality Management have industry experience and the faculty serve as advisors to guide, mentor and support each student. La Chanterelle, the non-traditional classroom, provides a hands-on experiential learning opportunities in culinary arts management and service management. The school’s collaboration with the Wylie Inn and Conference Center provides additional experiential learning opportunities to develop operational expertise in a hotel and conference center workplace.

The School of Hospitality Management recognizes the global nature of hospitality and encourages students to study or intern abroad. Studying abroad provides life-shaping experiences for students studying hospitality management. Partner schools offering hospitality specific programming are located across the globe, providing critically acclaimed programming to Endicott students.

Student-led clubs offer experiential learning opportunities for students to be involved in meaningful co-curricular activities. Two relevant student organizations providing leadership and experiential learning opportunities for students in the School of Hospitality Management are the Events Management Organization (EMO) and the AH&LA club representing the American Hotel and Lodging Association. In addition, students who qualify may be inducted into Eta Sigma Delta (ESD), an international hospitality honor society governed by the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Educators (ICHRIE). The society recognizes junior and senior hospitality students for outstanding academic achievement, service, and professionalism.

The School of Hospitality Management is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA), which ensures that the school meets or exceeds standards of educational excellence. This accreditation is renewed every seven years, requiring the School to remain current as well as forward thinking. Best practices in hospitality education ensure that students studying hospitality management at Endicott College have the skills, knowledge, and abilities to succeed in the 21st century hospitality industry.

The hospitality industry is broad and deep, with many career paths for students eager to learn how to imagine, shape, and manage memorable experiences. A degree in hospitality management from Endicott College is the catapult from which to rise quickly up the management ladder across the hospitality business spectrum. Recent graduates are employed with Marriott International, Ocean Properties, Anthem Group, Serenity Restaurant Group, Cheesecake Factory, Four Seasons Hotels, Maine Course Hospitality Group, Encore Boston Resort and Casino, and many other hospitality, restaurant, and event companies in the U.S. and abroad. Essential to student career readiness are the three academically rigorous experiential learning internship experiences required of all Endicott students.

Recent internship sites for students studying in The School of Hospitality Management include:

The Catered Affair
Novotel, Sydney, Australia
Turner Hill Country Club
Portsmouth, NH Chamber of Commerce
The Peabody Essex Museum
MFS Investments Events Dept.
Aramark at Fenway Park
Beauport Hotel
Anthem Group
Mount Washington Hotel
Four Seasons Hotel Boston
Trigon Hotel, Cork, Ireland
Tauck Tours
Entertainment Cruises
Sodexo Services
Hawthorn Hotel
Disney College Program
Hotel Arts Ritz Carlton Barcelona
PSP Wine Imports
Great Wolf Lodge
Lodge at Spruce Peak
Consider It Done Special Events