Past Events

Every winter semester the School invites a successful and prominent industry executive to our Guelph campus to speak and meet with students. Darcy VanWyck (HAFA 2000 graduate), Director of RMCC Europe at Hilton Hotels International Division, United Kingdom is our Executive-in-Residence Wednesday, March 11th and Thursday, March 12th. Darcy will be visiting and presenting in several HTM 2nd to 4th year classes during these two days. An appreciation dinner to honour Darcy will be held on Thursday, March 12th at 6:00 p.m. in PJ's Restaurant.

HFTMSA is organizing their very last Smart Serve session for the semester this year on March 10 th from 7PM to 9:30PM in MacKinnon 231 (MCKN) for $35 only. This discounted price is only available to students at the University of Guelph. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to get certified before the summer if you are planning to get a job in the hospitality industry. What is Smart Serve?

GETTING & KEEPING THE BEST Discussions around retention in the Canadian Restaurant Industry UGSRP's 4th Annual Symposium on Issues in the Canadian Restaurant Industry Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 7:00 p.m. Albert A. Thornbrough Building - Room 1307, University of Guelph Speaker: Mo Jessa, President, Earls Restaurants Ltd. Jan van der Hoop, President, Fit First Technologies Sean Lyons, Professor, Department of Management, College of Business & Economics. Details at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/retention

Competition information can be found at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/restaurant-innovation-competition

Competition information can be found at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/restaurant-innovation-competition

Six great awards/scholarships available to HFTM students. Application forms are due on January 31st. Please see this link for all award details/application form: www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/awards-scholarships

Frankie Tomatto's Restaurant Innovation Competition Details /hftm/restaurant-innovation-competition

The Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management Student Association presents: TALK TOURISM Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 4 p.m. MacKinnon 116 Everyone welcome! http://www.hftmsa.ca/#!upcomingevents/c1sxh

Welcome Alumni & Students Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 PJ's Restaurant in the Atrium Macdonald Stewart Hall See separate timing schedule for alumni and students: https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/annual-hafahftm-career-networking-night This event continues to be an annual success thanks to the enthusiastic participation from our alumni and students. Our fantastic alumni are excited to come back to the School to meet and share their career experiences with our students.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS TAKING AN HTM COURSE Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Peter Clark Hall University Centre Information for Employers - https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/job-expo Information for Students - https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/job-expo-student-information Employers Attending - https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm/employer-attendance