{"id":375,"date":"2015-10-08T10:24:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business\/?p=375"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:48:27","slug":"hospitality-and-tourism-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/hospitality-and-tourism-career\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC grad finds success in Hospitality and Tourism career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viola Toussaint, a graduate of St. Petersburg College&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/hospitality\/#tab=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business\u2019 Hospitality and Tourism Management program<\/a>, credits SPC with helping her find success in her hospitality and tourism career. Watch Viola Toussaint\u2019s success story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Start Your Success Story: Viola Toussaint\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9JHOk2MtCyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Pursing her passion for hospitality<\/h3>\n<p>Toussaint always had a passion for hospitality and found that SPC could help her\u00a0 find success locally in a hospitality and tourism career. Being located in one of Florida\u2019s prime tourist locations, graduates of the Hospitality and Tourism Management program will find many opportunities for internships and jobs in this dynamic industry.<\/p>\n<p>In Toussaint\u2019s case, it was the flexibility of the program that worked in her favor to complete her degree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s flexible and it works with your work schedule; most of us do have a full time job and other responsibilities, children and family\u201d said Toussaint.<\/p>\n<h3>SPC program equips graduates for workplace success<\/h3>\n<p>Furthermore, Toussaint considers that the strength of the program is how it teaches the basic and most necessary information that you will need in the workplace. She explained that \u201ca lot of the topics touch on exactly what I\u2019m working with now\u2026what to do and not to do and how to handle situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/hospitality\/#tab=1\">SPC\u2019s Hospitality and Tourism Management Program<\/a> is under the College of Business and offers certificates as well as the A.S. degree which transfers to the Bachelor\u2019s degree in Sustainability Management. Certificates for this program include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/FBS-CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food and Beverage Management Specialist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/FBM-CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food and Beverage Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/RDM-CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooms Division Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/RDO-CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooms Division Operation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/RDS-CT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooms Division Specialist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viola Toussaint, a graduate of St. Petersburg College&#8217;s Business\u2019 Hospitality and Tourism Management program, credits SPC with helping her find success in her hospitality and tourism career. Watch Viola Toussaint\u2019s success story. Pursing her passion for hospitality Toussaint always had a passion for hospitality and found that SPC could help her\u00a0 find success locally in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/hospitality-and-tourism-career\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SPC grad finds success in Hospitality and Tourism career<\/span> <span 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