Building Tomorrow, Today (Long Version) from Dog Park on Vimeo.

The Academy provides training for new hires or workers looking for promotions through improved job skills and work experience. The Hospitality Training Academy is designed to improve Los Angeles’ tourism and hospitality industry by increasing the skill level of its workforce. 

The Academy, which officially kicks off in Spring 2010, provides courses specifically tailored to increase workers’ skills in a variety of areas, including customer service, computers and vocational English as a second language.

Hospitality Boot Camp
The Academy also features a new-hire program that recruits and trains job seekers for employment in LA’s growing hospitality sector. The Boot Camp seeks to strengthen diversity in the industry and ensure that strong, union jobs are available to everyone in our community, regardless of race or ethnicity.

Check out photos from the Hospitality Boot Camp graduation.

Labor-Management Partnership
The Hospitality Training Academy developed out of a Labor-Management Partnership between leading Los Angeles hotels and members UNITE HERE Local 11. Through the Partnership, management and workers have equal input in developing the best strategies for improving the industry.

Academy Funding
In 2009, the City of Los Angeles awarded the Hospitality Training Academy a grant for $650,000 to make the Academy a reality.

The City of LA has identified the tourism industry as a high-growth sector. In fact, in 2009, tourism surpassed international trade as the number-one job generator in LA County. The Mayor’s office demonstrated its commitment to keep this high-demand industry thriving through its grant award to the Labor-Management Partnership in hospitality. Improved guest service means occupancy rates go up and hotels generate repeat business.