Department of
Hospitality, Hotel Management
and Tourism
6 Degree Options
Our unique programs focus on engaging students in integrated teaching, research, and outreach programs to create skillful leaders in the field. Graduates are prepared for careers in this leading and quickly evolving industry.
Expanding Internship Areas
This department prioritizes the human experience in novel and transformative spaces, connecting people to places, and enhancing understandings of humans and the places they visit. Our internships include locations in Texas and around the world.
300+ Enrolled Students
We embrace a modern experience within the life sciences and agriculture, exploring new places and experiences – bringing together expertise from across the College and spanning social science, management and life sciences.
New department name, same foundation.
Building upon our proud 57-year history as the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, we will continue to prioritize the study of how people connect with the places and spaces around them. We are ideally placed to expand our scientifically-based approach to creating enhanced hospitality experiences.
We have a strong foundation to expand our educational mission into hospitality, with experiential learning at the heart of our approach.
Brian King, Ph.D.
Department Head
New Name, Same Foundations
Building upon our proud 57-year history as the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, we will continue to prioritize the study of how people connect with the places and spaces around them. We are ideally placed to expand our scientifically-based approach to creating enhanced hospitality experiences.
We have a strong foundation to expand our educational mission into hospitality, with experiential learning at the heart of our approach.
Brian King, Ph.D.
Department Head
Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism Welcome Video
Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism News
Doctoral student preserves the past with tomorrow’s technology
Imagine a world where you can stand amidst ancient ruins and watch history unfold around you — where the crumbling walls of a long-forgotten brewery reconstruct themselves before your eyes, or where the footprints of dinosaurs transform into life-size creatures roaming the landscape. Thanks to the pioneering work of Arpit Shah, a doctoral student in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism, this vision is becoming a reality.
Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism celebrates first anniversary
The new Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences made significant progress to meet the needs of students and the hospitality and tourism industry in Texas and beyond in its first year.In 2023, the department was renamed and reformulated from the former Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, which had established a nearly 60-year legacy of internationally recognized excellence in resource management, tourism and leisure sciences.
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