Howard Feiertag

Howard Feiertag , a well-known hospitality industry veteran, is a member of the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. The department was recently renamed the Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management in his honor. Before joining Virginia Tech, where he has been teaching for about 30 years, he had built up an extensive background in hospitality, including work in convention bureau management, hotel operations, food and beverage,...See more

Howard Feiertag , a well-known hospitality industry veteran, is a member of the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. The department was recently renamed the Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management in his honor. Before joining Virginia Tech, where he has been teaching for about 30 years, he had built up an extensive background in hospitality, including work in convention bureau management, hotel operations, food and beverage, sales and marketing, catering, hotel operations, meetings and convention management, as well as tour and travel. He was the group and meetings editor for Travel Trade Publications as well as a regular monthly columnist for Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine and Hotel Management magazine for over 35 years. See less