HTMP Competition Winners!
The 14th Annual HTMP Competition took place Sunday, March 5, and Monday, March 6, 2017 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in 
Orlando. A total of 10 Florida HTMP Schools took part in the two-day competition. During the competition, students presented two case studies to judges, completed a Night Audit, worked on a Hospitality Project and participated in a Knowledge Bowl.
Congratulations to the 2017 HTMP Competition winners!
OVERALL
1st Place – Forest Hill High School
Instructor: Diana Sardina
2nd Place – Oak Ridge High School
Instructor: Vanessa Zameza
3rd Place – Miami Beach Senior High School
Instructor: Patricia Gregory
HOTEL OPERATIONS COMPETITION
1st Place – Oak Ridge High School
Instructor: Vanessa Zameza
Students: Nikosi Ellison, Jacklyn Nepalis, Laira Ceneus
2nd Place – Forest Hill High School
Instructor: Diana Sardina
Students: Carolina Diaz, Jamie Cooney, Yanet Trista, Adriana Hernandez
3rd Place – Winter Park High School
Instructor: Meg Pietkiewicz
Students: Carly Auerbach, Shanara Ramirez, Kelly Kearney, Caroline Farr
HOSPITALITY PROJECT COMPETITION
1st Place – Forest Hill High School
Instructor: Diana Sardina
Students: Carolina Diaz, Jamie Cooney, Yanet Trista, Adriana Hernandez
2nd Place – South Broward High School
Instructor: Vicky Edgcomb
Students: Theodore Walker, Brandon Propescu, Linda Mujica, Sydney Vassell
3rd Place – Miami Beach Senior High School
Instructor: Patricia Gregory
Students: Christopher Real, Ralph Motola, Annahy Salas, Florencia Olivera
KNOWLEDGE BOWL COMPETITION
1st Place – Forest Hill High School
Instructor: Diana Sardina
Students: Carolina Diaz, Jamie Cooney, Yanet Trista, Adriana Hernandez
2nd Place – Miami Sunset High School
Instructor: Milagros Perez
Students: Tameria Benjamin, Luis Gonzalez, Yamig Torres, Genesis Torrez
3rd Place – Oak Ridge High School
Instructor: Vanessa Zameza
Students: Nikosi Ellison, Jacklyn Nepalis, Laira Ceneus
FRLAEF Scholarship Award Winners
The FRLAEF received over 100 Scholarship applicants! Scholarships were presented at the Salute to Excellence Awards dinner on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. Each FRLAEF Scholarship recipient receives a $2,000 scholarship. Congratulations to the following HTMP students who earned a scholarship:
Jessica Arenson, Forest Hill High School
Santiago Manzi, Miami Springs High School
Kimberlee Roman, Orange Technical College, Mid Florida
Hospitality Excellence Awards
Hospitality Excellence Awards were presented to HTMP students on Saturday, March 4, 2017 during the Salute to Excellence 
Awards. This award is designed to give recognition to the top student in each Florida HTMP high school. HTMP teachers nominated students to receive this prestigious honor.
JESSICA ARENSON, FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL
CHRISTOPHER REAL, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
TAMERIA BENJAMIN, MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LINDA MUJICA, SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL
LIANGELISSE, IRIZARRY, WINTER HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL
AHLEF Scholarship Application Now Open
For more than 60 years the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AHLEF) has disbursed scholarships on behalf of the lodging industry. This year, AHLEF has budgeted more than $850,000 for scholarships through eight scholarship programs.
AHLEF offers five self-nominated scholarships, available to incoming freshman through graduate-level hospitality management majors. Scholarship awards range from $500 to $6,000, depending upon the program.
Details regarding each program can be found at AHLEF’s website, www.ahlef.org/Scholarships/Academic_Scholarships/.
The deadline date to apply for any scholarship is May 1, 2017.
HTMP Marketing Piece Available
The FRLAEF has developed a marketing piece for HTMP that is designed to explain the program to parents and potential 
classroom mentors or sponsors.
These pieces are perfect for an Open House for your program or showcasing your program in the community. If you are interested in some, please let us know. If possible, please give us two weeks lead time.
The piece is pictured at right. Click on image to open full size.
CHI Scholarships Available
The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) revised its Certified Hospitality Instructor (CHI) designation to
bring the study materials in line with the high school curriculum, as well as to make preparing for the certification exam more convenient and flexible for teachers.
Professional certifications have become a requirement for many secondary school teachers and workforce instructors. The Certified Hospitality Instructor (CHI) provides teachers in secondary school hospitality classes and workforce development programs with a solid foundation of hospitality knowledge and skills, so they can more effectively convey the information to students and better prepare them for careers in hospitality. Prospective CHI candidates may teach one of EI’s hospitality programs, including the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program (HTMP), Skills, Tasks, And Result Training (START), or any other secondary-level hospitality curriculum.
EI has revised the CHI learning format from a series of three on-site summer institutes to a two-level self-study program that includes print resources and online study modules presented by Michael “Doc” Terry, CHE, a hospitality instructor at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. Each level consists of 13 modules with an online exam that must be passed with a score of 70 percent or higher. The learning modules relate to the content presented in EI’s new, two-year high school curriculum, the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program (HTMP). Candidates must also complete a 120-hour hospitality internship to earn the certification. Certification candidates have six months to complete the program requirements. No travel is required under the new learning format.
The cost for the new certification program is $750.00, which includes both books, the online courses, and the exams.
For those teachers who have taken one or two of the old CHI levels:
• Taken CHI Level 1 only – must still complete new Level 2, exempt from Level 1.
• Taken CHI Levels 1 and 2, but not 3 – must still complete new Level 2, exempt from Level 1.
• Taken CHI Levels 2 and/or 3, but not 1 – must still complete new Level 1, exempt from Level 2.
The FRLAEF will cover the training costs for each of the CHI Scholarship recipients.
More information can also be found here.