The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration

The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration

Study Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration in New Orleans! CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES! THE FRENCH QUARTER, MARDI GRAS, JAZZ AND HERITAGE FESTIVALS, MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS! THERE S NO PLACE LIKE NEW ORLEANS! MOST MAJOR HOTEL CHAINS ARE REPRESENTED HERE AND THE METRO AREA OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN RESTAURANTS, FOOD-SERVICE COMPANIES, PRIVATE CLUBS, TOUR COMPANIES, AND CONVENTION SERVICE COMPANIES. RIVERBOAT AND LAND-BASED CASINOS, ALONG WITH THE UNIQUENESS AND CHARM OF THE FRENCH QUARTER, OUR WORLD-CLASS CUISINE, AND JAZZ MUSIC MAKE NEW ORLEANS PERHAPS THE GREATEST LIVING LABORATORY FOR HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT IN THE COUNTRY. NEW ORLEANS IS SURROUNDED BY ONE OF THE MOST ECOLOGICALLY PROLIFIC REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY. OUR VIRGIN SWAMPS, ABUNDANCE OF WETLANDS ARE PERFECT FOR ECOTOURISM.

Lester E. Kabacoff Lester E. Kabacoff first arrived in New Orleans as a young army officer in the 1940s and immediately saw the potential of the Crescent City, with its mighty Mississippi River, to become a leading tourism destination. He masterminded such projects as the construction of the Royal Sonesta and the Dauphine Orleans Hotels, the New Orleans Hilton and the Riverwalk Shopping Center. The Hilton Hotel opened in 1977 and, together with the Riverwalk Shopping Center, is credited with the renaissance of the waterfront area. These facilities became complimentary to other major infrastructure facilities such as the Superdome and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. As a result of these initiatives, New Orleans saw a revitalized tourism and convention industry. Kabacoff joined with other business leaders to encourage the University of New Orleans to establish a hotel-restaurant program in 1975. The program attracted interest in New Orleans, across the southern Gulf States and internationally. Lester Kabacoff s dedication to the hotel and tourism industry s development was unwavering. It is, therefore, appropriate that the University of New Orleans named a school in his honor, the Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration. He was closely involved with the School s program evolution providing guidance and support. This has enabled the school to develop its program and establish within the College of Business a Hospitality Research Center. I put things together, he said in his typically understated way. Lester Kabacoff brought the people of this city together and helped to bring the world here to see what a great city New Orleans is with its unique history, culture, hospitality and fantastic food. The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration is proud to carry his name.

Louisiana DIRECTIONS TO THE UNO LAKEFRONT CAMPUS FROM I-10 From the east or west: Exit I-10 at Elysian Fields Avenue. Take Elysian Fields North to the UNO Campus. Turn left onto Alumni Drive, and a Visitor s Parking Lot is on the right. New Orleans The University of New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain Lakefront Leon C. Simon Franklin Ave. Elysian Fields N Louis Armstrong International Airport Airline Drive French Quarter W S E FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LESTER E. KABACOFF SCHOOL OF HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, CONTACT: Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 70148 Phone 504.280.6385 Fax 504.280.3189 email hrt@uno.edu web site http://business.uno.edu/hrt/ Office of Admissions University of New Orleans Lakefront Campus New Orleans, LA 70148 Phone 504.280.6595 Toll Free 1.800.256.5.UNO (5866) Fax 504.280.5522 email admissions@uno.edu web site http://admissions.uno.edu/ International Admissions 504.280.5494 UNO Information Toll Free 1.800.514.4275 CS 140/910

The University of New Orleans TGraphic Design by The University of New Orleans Office of Creative Services Photos Louisiana Office of Tourism Imagebase and New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau Since its founding in 1958, the University of New Orleans has become one of the region s premier public metropolitan universities. The university is located on beautiful Lake Pontchartrain, in one of the finest residential neighborhoods in New Orleans and only minutes from the Central Business District and the world-famous French Quarter. The University of New Orleans offers students a quality education with 44 undergraduate, 36 master s and 11 doctoral programs to choose from. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION The College of Business Administration at UNO is committed to providing high quality graduate and undergraduate business education, intellectual contributions, and related services that are valued by and improve the local, regional, and global communities of our stakeholders. The College offers the following four-year programs of study: accounting; business administration (computer science option); economics; finance; hotel, restaurant and tourism administration; management; and marketing.