St. Petersburg, Florida’s Dali Museum hosted over 200 hospitality executives, concierge, hotel front desk staff, and tourism information officers on Wednesday, November 7 and encouraged them to tour the museum in order to gain first-hand knowledge of the internationally acclaimed destination on Florida’s west coast.
Richard Farrar, consultant, Alumni Board of Directors Chairman Emeritus and director of the Real Estate Development Institute at The School of Hospitality Business, Michigan State University (MSU), was invited to guest lecture at the hospitality event. Drawing on more than 37 years of experience working in various roles for the Marriott International, Inc., Farrar addressed the key responsibilities of professionals working in this industry.
Connecting with his attentive audience from the steps of the Dalí Museum helical staircase, Farrar discussed the responsibility to oneself as a professional. He stressed the importance of advancing knowledge and empowering yourself through professional development programs like the new 100% online Management Certificate in the Business of Hospitality.
“As the eyes and ears of their organizations, concierge and front desk staff need to find ways to sharpen their blades and keep themselves current,” says Farrar. “It is extremely important to be well-versed on everything going on around their city or town, but it is just as important to continue learning and developing as a professional to understand what is going on in the hotel as well as the industry.”
MSU’s 100% online hospitality management certificate, offered through The School within the Broad College of Business, is a respected credential that can help students formalize their experience and expand their skills and knowledge. It is comprised of three eight-week courses: Hospitality Business Operations, Hospitality Business Management and Hospitality Leadership. Students learn from campus-based faculty and world-renowned experts, but with the added convenience of video based e-learning and state-of-the-art technology powered by University Alliance. This stimulating learning environment, providing 24/7 access to the classroom, facilitates collaboration between students and faculty, while providing a convenient way for hospitality professionals to balance hectic work schedules and family commitments.
MSU’s hospitality management certificate programs are designed to provide the insight, knowledge and real-world strategies today’s hospitality professionals need to achieve success in this competitive field. Lectures are delivered 100% online through University Alliance’s cutting edge video-based e-learning platform. The online classroom features streaming video lectures, with convenient 24/7 access to classes. Participants also enjoy interactive tools designed to facilitate communication between instructors and students, such as live chat rooms, discussion boards and email.
To learn more and enroll, please phone 855-300-1310 or visit www.MichiganStateUniversityOnline.com.
About Michigan State University
Michigan State University has been working to advance the common good in uncommon ways for more than 150 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU focuses its vast resources on creating solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges, while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
About The School of Hospitality Business
The School of Hospitality Business, an industry-specific School within Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, was founded in 1927 and has, for 85 years, prepared emerging leaders in hospitality business management and operations. More recently, The School has added real estate and thinking like the owner to the curriculum. For more information about The School, please visit hospitalitybusiness.broad.msu.edu.
About University Alliance
The University Alliance (UA) facilitates the promotion and online delivery of associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as professional certificate programs from the nation’s leading traditional universities and institutions. Powered by UA’s technology and support services, its university partners have surpassed 450,000 online enrollments – making UA the largest facilitator of e-learning in the country.
About the New Dali
The new Dalí is a work of distinguished architecture, with an Avant-Garden, a 1934 Rolls Royce that rains and thunders, a Spanish-themed café, and the greatest museum store in the State. Salvador Dalí’s amazing works of art finally have a home designed specifically for this collection. The design has already attracted the world’s attention and is listed as one of the top buildings to see in your lifetime in AOL Travel News, and was voted the top museum design in the state in a competition conducted byThe Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida). The Dalí is home to the Morse Collection, carefully assembled over four decades and donated by A. Reynolds and Eleanor R. Morse.