Terry Hunter receives award from national hotel and lodging association
The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AH&LEI) recently honored a Colorado Mountain College resort management professor as a leader in hospitality training and education.
Terry Hunter, CMC professor and director of the resort management program, is the 2013 recipient of the Anthony Marshall Award, which recognizes an individual who has made significant long-term contributions to the hospitality industry in educating future leaders.
“I am honored and appreciative to receive this award and will do my best to uphold the expectations of the people and organizations involved in selecting me,” said Hunter, who has taught at Colorado Mountain College for 25 years.
The AH&LEI is a nonprofit educational foundation of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the hospitality and lodging industries. Hunter was honored in June during the American Hotel & Lodging Association Summer Summit in Denver, during its Stars of the Industry Awards Luncheon.
CMC has been an academic partner with the AH&LEI for more than 30 years, and Hunter said the partnership is a great benefit for the college’s resort management students. The resort management program is based at the college’s Steamboat Springs campus but serves its entire service area through in-person and distance learning courses.
“The relationship continues to serve our students, organization and communities by providing training materials, academic support and credentialing at the highest level in the hospitality industry,” he said.
Hunter said the award was a team effort and credits the program’s adjunct instructors – Deidre Saunders, Cho Tin Tun, Kyleigh Lawler and Barbara Robinson – for making the college’s resort management program stand out.
“We work as a team at CMC and I view this as ‘our award’ as much as mine,” he said. “I appreciate the faculty, staff and administration, top to bottom, for their commitment and professionalism. I could not be happier with the performance of our department.”