Transform Your Workforce Through Registered Apprenticeship!
Registered apprenticeship is a training program that combines on the job learning with classroom education for in demand occupations. For employers, it provides an opportunity to develop highly skilled workers and significantly strengthen labor retention by using a proven method to develop both current employees and prospective employees. For employees, it is an opportunity to advance their careers, receive hands on learning, and earn both college credit and industry certification at no charge via scholarship funding from the AHLA Foundation.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, the nation’s first hospitality apprenticeship is a win-win for both employees and employers. In partnership with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the Hospitality Sector Registered Apprenticeship suite of programs is offered for both the lodging and restaurant industries.
Apprenticeship is adaptable regardless of employer type and size – hotel brands, management companies, and independent properties alike have all found success with the program.
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The AHLA Foundation currently has two apprenticeship tracks:
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Lodging Manager: Growing the bench strength of company supervisors & managers.
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Hotel Cook: Developing entry level culinary talent. Click here to learn more about the cook program.
Key Highlights to Date:
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Apprentice Retention Rate: Over 1,200 apprentices enrolled to date nationwide
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Participating Corporate Lodging Employers: 68
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Geographic Reach: 48 states & Puerto Rico at 500+ individual hotel properties
Are you an employer interested in learning more about the Foundation's apprenticeship programs?
Please contact: Carrie Alexander, Program Manager
CAlexander@ahla.com
Are you currently working in the hotel industry or wish to apply?
Find out if your company currently offers apprenticeship by checking out our current list of employers below.
If your company is not listed, tell your manager about why apprenticeship might be right for you and ask them to contact us.
Transform Your Workforce Through Registered Apprenticeship!
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School Credit Partners
Apprentices have the opportunity to earn credit towards a college degree as a benefit of their participation and completion of the program. This allows apprentices the chance to advance their education and obtain a college degree faster, similar to how a high school student with prior AP classes can be granted credit against college coursework.
Please see below for a list of our current school partners who offer degree credit to AHLAF apprentices:
Valencia College (Florida)
- Credit Hours Granted: 15
- Degree: Associate of Science in Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Program: Lodging Manager
- To learn more: contact Carrie Alexander at CAlexander@ahla.com
Ferris State University (Michigan)
- Credit Hours Granted: 12
- Degree: Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management
- Program: Lodging Manager
- To learn more: contact Carrie Alexander at CAlexander@ahla.com
Participating Companies Include:
- AC Hotels
- Aimbridge Hospitality
- Atrium Hospitality
- Azul Hospitality Group
- Barnsley Resort
- Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
- Best Western Hotels & Resorts
- B.F. Saul Company Hospitality Group
- Brandt Hospitality
- Chartwell Hospitality
- Chartres Lodging Group
- Concord Hospitality
- Crescent Hotels
- Crestline Hotels
- Davidson Hospitality Group
- Delaware North
- Delta Lodging Group
- Ellis Hospitality
- Hawthorn Suites
- Highgate Hotels
- Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- Hotel Equities, LLC
- Huntington Hotel Group
- Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- Columbus Hospitality
- Greenwood Hospitality
- HHM Hospitality
- Holiday Inn Club Vacations
- Hospitality Solutions
- LADS Hospitality
- Liv Hospitality
- La Quinta Inns & Suites
- Las Olas Co. dba Riverside Hotel
- Mid-Continent Hospitality
- Meyer Jabara Hotels
- Montage International
- Namou Hotel Group
- NewCrestImage
- North Central Group Hotels
- North Point Hospitality
- Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
- Omni Hotels & Resorts
- OTO Development
- Pacifica Hotels
- Paragon Hotel Company
- Plamondon Hospitality Partners
- Peachtree Hotel Group
- Post Oak Lodge
- Quorom Hotels & Resorts
- Radisson Hotel Phoenix Airport
- Raines
- Real Hospitality Group
- Remington Hotels
- Renaissance by Marriott
- Sonesta
- Spire Hospitality
- Stonebridge Companies
- Suburban Inns
- Terranea Resort
- The Hotel Group
- Turnberry Associates
- Vesta Hospitality
- Westroc Hospitality
- New Castle Hotels and Resorts
- White Lodging
- Wyndham Hotel Group
Why the Hospitality Industry?
