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Department of Hospitality, Food, and Beverage Management News

With a strong focus on strategic management and operations, the Department of Hospitality Management prepares students for leadership roles in the global hospitality and tourism industry. Students build customer service skills to ensure guest satisfaction and gain business knowledge to manage resources, budgets, and staff effectively. Common topics include human resources, hospitality law, facilities management, marketing, and revenue management.

Current Hospitality, Food, and Beverage Management News

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A brief campus visit during a chance trip to Las Vegas set the Hospitality Alumnus of the Year on a journey to the top of the hotel-casino org chart.

Hospitality, Food, and Beverage Management In The News

96.3 KKLZ

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is moving ahead with plans for a large-scale live entertainment venue on its Las Vegas property, even as construction continues on its signature guitar-shaped tower.

Mashed

When it comes to serving great tasting prime rib, the seasoning is perhaps the most important step aside from how long you cook the meat.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino seeks County approval for new live theater plans as construction on the guitar-shaped tower keeps strumming along.

Las Vegas Weekly

Changing ownership of casinos has been a significant part of the gaming landscape in Las Vegas from the very beginning, perhaps most notoriously with Bugsy Siegel at the Flamingo, the oldest resort on the Strip. Buyouts and mergers have shaped the Strip through generations.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Primm’s last operating casino shut down June 29, 2026, marking another major turning point for the tiny border town after months of uncertainty about whether it could keep its doors open at all.

NPR

The MGM Grand Buffet is closing after more than three decades in business.

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Recent Hospitality, Food, and Beverage Management Accomplishments

Won-Yong Oh (Management and Entrepreneurship) was recently recognized as a 2025 Best Reviewer by Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP), one of the flagship journals of the Academy of Management. AMP is a leading outlet that publishes accessible and impactful management research with broad relevance for academics, practitioners, and policymakers…