USCB holds first Hospitality Training seminar as part of the USCB Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training September 28, 2011 Hilton Head Island, SC- The University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training will launch programming at 2:00pm on September 28th, at the Harbour Town Conference Center in Sea Pines, offering its first seminar to Hilton Head Island hospitality employees. This opening seminar is the first in a series of 20 scheduled between now and June 30th, 2012. The seminars are free of charge and are underwritten by the town of Hilton Head Island’s financial support of the training component of the Center. The goal of this program is to certify the hospitality workforce as knowledgeable experts of Hilton Head Island in terms of island-specific knowledge, history, and extraordinary customer service. These and future seminars will be open to current and potential hospitality industry employees on Hilton Head Island. Individuals wishing to become Certified Island Ambassadors will need to complete the 3 required seminars before earning a lapel pin, designating them as Certified Island Ambassadors. As noted in the program mission statement, the program will “ensure hospitality employees recognize their key role as exceptional service providers. Graduates of the program will positively impact the ‘Island’ experience for residents and visitors alike.” The USCB Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training is a collaboration made possible through funding from the Town of Hilton Head. According to Stephen G. Riley, Town Manager, “The potential to grow this partnership into something bigger that brings more education and cultural opportunities to the Island is perhaps the greatest benefit of this collaboration.”
For more information about the Certified Island Ambassador program, please email hmctraining@uscb.edu.
ABOUT USCB Located in the heart of the Carolina Sea Islands, the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) is a senior institution of the University of South Carolina system serving the southeast coast of Georgia and South Carolina. USCB has been the fastest growing baccalaureate institution in the USC system since becoming a four year university in 2002.The university has two campuses which serve a diverse student body of more than 1750 students. The Historic Beaufort campus, located on Beaufort’s downtown waterfront, houses an innovative baccalaureate studio arts program in close proximity to Beaufort’s many art galleries. The Hilton Head Gateway campus in Bluffton, S.C., offers cutting-edge Computational Science and Nursing laboratories and is the home to Sand Shark athletics. USCB offers students an exceptional place to learn and live in an environment focused on growth, preservation and opportunity. For more information about the University of South Carolina Beaufort, please visit www.uscb.edu online or call the university’s Office of Public Information at 843-2088030.