SEOUL, KOREA – The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) has recently announced this year’s winners of its awards for leaders in hospitality training and education.
Jade Okshim Hwang and Joon Hwan Park (EI’s Hospitality Education Partner (HEP) master licensee in South Korea) have been selected to receive the Educational Institute’s Lamp of Knowledge Award for Outstanding International Educator. These awards are given to individuals who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to advancing the quality of professionalism and education in the hospitality industry. They were honored at the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Summer Summit during the AH&LA Stars of the Industry Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, June 13.
Jade Hwang, the dean of H.R. academy, briefly stated his feeling about having received the award, "At this venerable and prestigious American Hotel & Lodging Association summit, I am honored to have been awarded as the first Korean to be recognized for professionally training international standards to hotel staff for 12 years after American Hotel & Lodging Association training institute has been established in Korea. She also mentioned, “With the hotel industry ever so expanding, I will continue to do my best to foster talented people with expertise in the future.”
American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
Founded in 1910, AH&LA is the American national association that represents more than 140,000 guestrooms at 13,000 hotel members globally.
Representing all sectors and stakeholders of lodging industry, AH&LA provides national advocacy on US government, public relations, education, research and information, and other services to ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry.
Key functions of AH&LA are as follow.
- Represents hotel industry on US government
- Provides the assistance on hotel trainings, marketing, management, and risk management
- Provides the assistance to build cohesive relationships among hotel members
- Provides the support on quality control assurance management
- Provides up-to-date resources on conventions and casinos industry
- Conducts research studies contributing development of hospitality industry
AH&LA also operates American Hotel & Lodging Education Institute and American Foundation to ensure a strong and viable future of the lodging industry.
AHLA Korea
AHLA Korea is an exclusive contractor of AH&LA that provides training programs for Korean hospitality industry. With a sole purpose to provide trainings on global hospitality standards for Korean professionals in the industry, AHLA Korea has been offering academic education and trainings for hotels, foodservice, tourism establishments and students at more than 30 contracted universities.
International hotel certificates, hotel management and foodservice management diplomas that were only available in the United States are available to acquire in Korea only through AHLA Korea.
AHLA Korea has been committed to provide exceptional hospitality programs from line level employees, Department Heads, Directors to General Manager by utilizing internationally recognized AHLEI’s education materials such as books, DVDs, seminars guidelines and operation manuals.
