Personal tuxedo-style uniforms will be provided for each member of this elite Corps. Members of the Corps will earn academic credit as well as be paid as the work toward hours scheduled over two semesters. Be in the Griffin Corps Hospitality Marketing Association HMA provides students with an interest in sales and marketing the opportunity to develop those skills working with hotels, restaurants and tourist organizations throughout the midwest. HMA organizes six sales blitzes each year where members become part of the professional sales force of a company, making personal phone calls on their behalf. PTA is a support group for students interested in the tourism industry.
Guest speakers help students gain insight into the types of jobs available upon graduation.
Also, field trips are taken so that students may make job contact at tourism conferences held across the United States. HTM Society of Hosteurs HTM Society is an association of students who plan to enter the hospitality industry as professional managers and with a common interest in helping each other in understanding the profession of food service and lodging management. The mission of the HTM Graduate Student Association is to market the HTM Graduate School to the industry and to prospective graduate students. Our organization will also intend to present research, so industry and fellow researchers may benefit from our findings. A total of 50 graduate students from more than ten countries and regions compose the HTM Graduate Student body.