LMP/START News |
| NOVEMBER 2008 |
| Sixth Annual LMP Competition |
The Sixth Annual LMP Competition will take place January 25-27, 2009 at Disney’s Grand Floridian.
This exciting, two-day competition will allow competitors to demonstrate their hospitality knowledge by competing in a question-and-answer knowledge bowl, complete room inspections, night audit tasks, analyze two case studies (one in Food and Beverage and the other in Sales and Marketing) as well as demonstrate their knowledge, skills and abilities in planning an event, including the invitation, BEO (Banquet Event Order), menu and floor plan.
To assist the LMP schools competing in the Lodging Challenge, the FRLAEF will cover the cost of your hotel and meals. Click below for rules and regulations.
If your school would like to participate please contact Laura Rumer at laura@frla.org, 321-689-7192 or Amy Parker at aparker@frla.org, 866-288-8820, Ext. 250. Please respond no later than Decemer 7, 2008. A detailed agenda will follow once registration is complete.
Official Guidelines & Rules
Hotel Operations
Hospitality Project
Knowledge Bowl |
Return Survey Get Free Curriculum |
Enclosed in the October issue of NewsBites was the Fall LMP/START Survey.
The Fall Survey helps The Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Educational Foundation (FRLAEF) collect demographic and worksite information from each Florida LMP/START school. The FRLAEF uses this information to help assess needs for the program.
Return your survey to receive FREE LMP/Start curriculum for your classroom.
Please fax your Fall LMP/START Survey to us at 850-224-2871 by November 28, 2008.
Fall LMP/START Survey
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| Pineapple Awards Winners |
The 2008 Pineapple Award recipients were announced at Florida’s Salute to Excellence Awards Luncheon on Saturday, September 6, 2008.
LMP Teacher of the Year
Rochelle Stanfill, Jefferson High School, Tampa
Rochelle has been using the Lodging Management Program curriculum in the International Academy of Resort Operations at Jefferson High School in Tampa for several years. She participates in the Lodging Industry Internship along with the Florida LMP Competition. Ms. Stanfill works to place her students in lodging jobs and administer the LMP exams. Her students’ success in the industry is a testament to the great job she has done.
LMP Industry Participant of the Year
Jack Healan, Amelia Island Plantation Resorts
For seven years the International Academy of Resort Operations at Jefferson High School has partnered with Amelia Island Plantation. Each year a group of academy students spend three days and two nights at this four diamond resort. To date, more than 50 students have participated in this program. During their stay, students shadow employees in all areas of the hotel operations, while some are even designated “quality inspectors” and have to put their academic studies and on the job training to the test. Rochelle Stanfill, Director of the Academy at Jefferson High School said, “This partnership has set another benchmark for business and education which we hope other businesses will try to achieve.”
Rochelle Stanfill and Jack Healan at
awards ceremony.
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| LMP Students Receive Scholarships at Luncheon |
Zeljana Tintor, senior at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando, was awarded a $2,500 LMP Hospitality Scholarship at Florida’s Salute to Excellence Awards Luncheon. The Awards Luncheon took place in Orlando during the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show.
At nine years old Zeljana emigrated from Serbia to the United States. As she entered high school she got involved in everything she could. Now a senior, just a few of her extra curricular activities include being Vice President of student government, captain of the varsity basketball team and editor in the yearbook club. Zeljana has already earned her START, LMP 1 and LMP 2 Certificates with honors. She was a member of the Oak Ridge High School LMP competition which won the state and national competitions this past year. In her spare time she works at the Rosen Centre Hotel as a certified reservations agent. Zeljana is planning to attend the University of Central Florida’s Rosen School of Hospitality after which she looks forward to a career in the hospitality industry.
Anthony Rosario-Gonzalez, a senior from Jefferson High School in Tampa, received a $2,000 Hospitality Scholarship at the Luncheon.
Anthony plans to attend either University of Central Florida’s Rosen School of Hospitality or Johnson & Wales University to study Hospitality.
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| AH&LA News |
AH&LA MEMBERSHIP
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) gives free membership to teachers and students that use START and LMP. This membership provides all of the e-newsletters that AH&LA sends out. In addition, the teachers get a subscription to Lodging Magazine (students do not). Please contact Bill Richards at brichards@ahla.com so you can start receiving all of the updated information from AH&LA.
Lodging Management Program (LMP)
Effective immediately, the first edition of LMP, Year One is no longer available. The 2nd Edition of LMP, Year One is the only version that can be ordered. The two versions are not compatible, therefore, any schools that currently use the first edition will have to purchase 2nd edition materials when they replenish their inventory.
Both the 1st and 2nd editions of LMP, Year Two will still be sold. The 2008-2009 school year is the last year that the first edition of LMP, Year Two will be sold. Please be prepared to purchase the 2nd edition of Year Two for the 2009-2010 school year.
The LMP Year One and Year Two video packages are now being sold in both VHS and DVD format.
START (Skills, Tasks, and Results Training)
The 2nd Edition of START is now available. The 1st edition of START will be available for a few years.
The new START DVD package is now available. This package contains 23 titles instead of 25. Only the second edition of the START DVD package will be sold. If you are using the older edition of START, you will have to purchase the original VHS package of START videos which AH&LA will continue to offer (to clarify, the 1st edition START video package is only available in VHS format). |
| EI Summer Institute Scholarships |
The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (EI) offers their five-day EI Summer Institute to high school hospitality instructors to learn more about the lodging industry and energize the classroom presentation of the LMP curriculum.
Institute participants will learn about today's lodging industry from faculty at leading hospitality management schools. In addition to lectures, demonstrations, discussions, small group activities and videos, participants will have the opportunity to tour lodging properties and job shadow industry professionals. There will also be time to network with peers and share teaching tips and best practices for introducing the world of lodging management to students. The registration fee for the EI Summer Institute is $625.
FRLAEF will sponsor participation for at least nine Florida LMP/START instructors to attend an EI Summer Institute. The FRLAEF will supply a stipend of $1000 to each of the EI Summer Institute Scholarship recipients. This stipend must be used to cover costs associated with attending the event.
Applications will be available soon.
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