The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business is consistently ranked among the world’s top-10 hospitality-tourism-and-management programs. The department is regarded as a tier-one recruiting school for many of the top hospitality corporations in the United States, including Hilton, Marriott, Sodexo, and many others.
Students take a comprehensive set of core business courses. The program includes 400 hours of internship and professional experience. Students work on-campus for the Virginia Tech Dining Services, the Inn at Virginia Tech, or the Virginia-Tech-owned, historic Hotel Roanoke.
The staff includes former presidents and vice-presidents of major hospitality corporations, former hotel and resort general managers, and world-renowned scholars.