Hospitality Administration

Event planning careers are for people with strong organizational and inter-personal skills, and that also enjoy the art of creating a functional and pleasant environment for customers attending an event. The hospitality administration’s concentration in event management provides training in budget management, organizational skills, management skills, communication skills, and how to coordinate the activities of many diverse groups of people and suppliers.

Sample careers in this field: Baker, chef, convention center management, cook, event planner, food preparation, food service manager, lodging manager, meeting planner, restaurant manager

Curriculum
View the curriculum for this program and all others currently available at Ivy Tech.

Locations
The hospitality administration program is offered at the following campuses. Please click on the campus of interest below for contact and campus specific program information:

Bloomington

Program Summary (pdf)

Bloomington Concentrations:
> Culinary Arts
> Events Management

Off Campus Lab Directions
> Hoosier Hills Career Center
> Bloomington Cooking School

Contact:
Jim Heinzen
Hospitality Administration Program Chair & Assistant Professor
Phone: (812) 330-6145
Fax: (812) 330-6212
jheinzen@ivytech.edu

Central Indiana

Contact:
Jeff Bricker, Chair
(317) 921-4516
jbricker@ivytech.edu

Hospitality Administration

OutlooK: The Central Indiana Hospitality industry is growing quickly as the Indianapolis Convention Center expansion brings larger conventions to Indianapolis. In the next five years, Indianapolis will add 25% more full-service hotels to accommodate the greater number of visitors projected in Indianapolis. The result of this growth will be an increase of Hospitality jobs at the rate of 18% between 2006 and 2016 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hospitality job growth is anticipated for cooks, chefs, bakers, pastry chefs, food service managers, restaurant managers, front desk agents, front office managers, hotel managers, meeting & event planners.

Salaries: Salary Range is $32,000-$45,000

Transfer Agreements:

Event Management Specialty transfers to IUPUI towards an IU BS degree in Tourism, Convention & Event Management.

Culinary Arts Specialty transfers to Ball State University towards a BS degree in Hospitality Management

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East Central (Muncie)

Contact:

Deb Gourley
Program Chair
1-800-589-8324, ext. 1462
dgourley@ivytech.edu

Evansville

Hospitality Administration Program Summary

For more information, please contact Watez Phelps, Program Chair, at (812) 492-0543.

Fort Wayne

Contact:
Jeff Bunting, Program Chair
260-481-2240
jbunting1@ivytech.edu

Northwest (Gary, East Chicago, Michigan City)

South Bend

For more information call Brent Spring at 574-289-7001, ext. 5440 or bspring@ivytech.edu.