Northern Hospitality
The warm and welcoming hospitality staff at Burlington’ s Hotel Vermont
flow management, revenue forecasting, and cost control specific to hospitality businesses. Practical accounting skills, such as interpreting financial statements, managing inventory costs, understanding taxation relevant to hospitality, and ensuring regulatory compliance, are emphasized to ensure students can effectively manage and sustain financially healthy operations.
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To further tailor professional development, the certificate offers specialized electives in areas such as front office management, food and beverage operations, facilities management, event planning, and human resources. Students learning front office management enhance their skills in guest service excellence, reservation management, effective check-in and check-out processes, and strategic room allocation for revenue optimization, alongside effective customer relationship management.
In food and beverage operations, the curriculum emphasizes current trends, menu planning, sustainable procurement, cost management, food safety, and regulatory compliance, paralleling