Hospitality Training and Management & the Professional Development Institute of Tourism maintain an active role within the Tourism & Hospitality Industry as well as within the business community by holding membership and committee positions in various industry and professional Associations

Current Membership:
American Hotel & Lodging Association                AHLA
Association of Tourism Professionals                  ATP
BC Yukon Hotels Association                             BCYHA
BC Restaurant & Food Services Association        BCFSRA
BC Lodging & Campground Association              BCMCRA
National Career Colleges Association                  NCA
Oceanside Tourism Association                          OTA
Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce
Private Educators of Tourism and Hospitality       PETH
Rotary Club of Parksville
Tourism Association of Vancouver Island             TAVI
Tourism Educators Consortium                            TEC

ADVISORY BOARD

PDIT has established an Advisory Board consisting of local tourism and hospitality leaders, educators, provincial employment counsellors and business professionals to serve as advisors in program development and to keep pace with the industry needs, and labour and employment trends

Cyndy Ireland Bresden, Executive Director
The Career Centre, Parksville, BC

Peter Dutton, CHA, Area Director
Coast Hotels & Resorts, Victoria, BC
http://www.coasthotels.com/home/sites/victoria/

Bashir El-Khalafawi, CHA
Professional Development Institute of Tourism
French Creek, BC

Richard Farmer, CA, Senior Consultant
Taxwatch Inc, Qualicum Beach, BC

Murray Hamilton
Horne Lake Recreation Association, Parksville, BC

Lou Roelofsen, General Manager
Best Western Abercorn Inn, Vancouver, BC
http://www.abercorn-inn.com

Doug Slowski, Manager Business Banking
Costal Communises Credit Union, Nanaimo, BC

Hospitality Training and Management
1572 Admiral Tryon Blvd
Parksville, British Columbia,  CANADA, V9P-1Y2 
 Phone 250-752-2022 ... Fax 250-752-9490
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Last Updated April 10, 2008