The Feiertag Collection

A Bridge for Academic Research to Industry Impact

It was a dream of our friend Howard Feiertag to find a way to bridge the divide of academic research and the impact it could/does have on the Hospitality and Tourism industry. We started to build such a bridge through a collection in the Virginia Tech Library Database in 2019.

Due to copyright and licensing restrictions we are no longer able to continue building that bridge, so we have built that bridge here.

This newsletter is now our platform to communicate academic research to industry colleagues in order to inform and assist with issues you may be having in the workplace.

It is our goal to feature one of our outstanding faculty researchers, explain the research they are working on and summarize the industry impact such research will have to assist in making the HTM industry better.

We will also introduce you to a PhD candidate, and MSBA student and an Undergrad student in our program so that you can see their areas of focus and keep an eye out for these rising hospitality and tourism stars. We have also now added a page of “Howard’s Wisdom”, which will feature an old article that Howard wrote and a quick recap of how this wisdom is still relevant today. Finally, we will have a “Legal Brief” page to keep up to date on any legal issues impacting our industry.

We will be featuring with 3 newsletters each year (Spring, Summer, Fall). These will be emailed to you (if you are not on our email list please subscribe!) and will be housed on our website for future reference. It is our goal to continue Howard’s dream by featuring one of our featured faculty or students in an interview to go more in depth on our podcast.

We hope you enjoy our wealth of knowledge and information in the The Feiertag Collection…