Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management News

2026

• LAU Launches the SYMZ CAPITAL Venture Lab Ignition Program – Powered by AKSOB (Apr 21, 2026)
• A Moment to Pause: Reclaiming Mental Wellbeing in Times of Uncertainty (Apr 15, 2026)
• HTM Students Advance Social Engagement Through Industry Collaboration (Mar 24, 2026)
• LAU Signs MOU with Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture to Expand Strategic Collaboration (Feb 25, 2026)
• LAU’s AKSOB Students Get a Taste of Industry Excellence with Nespresso (Feb 19, 2026)
• LAU Business School Joins Regional Sustainability Alliance (Feb 13, 2026)
• LAU and PHD Media MOU Enhances Internship Opportunities for AKSOB Students (Feb 13, 2026)
• LAU and OMSAR Formalize Strategic Partnership (Jan 16, 2026)
• Beyond SDGs: Why Sustainable Tourism Is About Values, Not Just the Environment (Jan 14, 2026)

2025

• From Graduates to Strategic Partners (Dec 22, 2025)
• AKSOB Relaunches the Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management (Dec 19, 2025)
• LAU and the MIF Convene Stakeholders on Development Priorities in Byblos (Dec 18, 2025)
• AKSOB Joins the United Nations PRME Initiative (Dec 10, 2025)
• AKSOB Showcases Innovation at the 1st Lebanese Industry Expo 2025 (Nov 06, 2025)
• AKSOB Welcomes Alumnus Walid Assaad for a Talk on Career and Leadership (Nov 03, 2025)
• Hospitality and Tourism Students Brew Skills with Café Najjar (Oct 24, 2025)
• Hospitality Students Host a Food Festival on Campus (Oct 23, 2025)
• An Insider’s Guide to Premium Meat at AKSOB (Oct 17, 2025)
• AKSOB Leads Lebanon in Research Excellence: Eighty-Five Percent of Top Business Scholars Call It Home (Oct 14, 2025)
• Minister Fadi Makki Presents Vision for Reinventing Government 2030 at LAU (Sep 19, 2025)
• AKSOB’s New Dean, Dr. Dima R. Jamali, Will Drive a Bold Vision for Innovation and Global Impact (Sep 01, 2025)
• LAU Students Discover the Wine Legacy of Lebanon (May 05, 2025)
• In Memoriam: His Excellency Adnan Kassar (May 05, 2025)
• LAU Students Combine Passion and Precision to Win First Place at HORECA 2025 (May 02, 2025)
• Bridging Theory and Practice at LAU (Mar 10, 2025)

2024

• Cooking Up a Storm for a Good Cause (Nov 29, 2024)
• Dr. Said Ladki Appointed President of Rafik Hariri University (Jul 31, 2024)

2023

• Mastering the Fine Art of Event Management (Jun 15, 2023)

2021

• AKSOB’s Hospitality and Tourism Management Department First in the Region to Gain ACPHA Accreditation (Mar 17, 2021)

2019

• Honoring Lebanon’s Hospitality Industry Leaders (Jul 10, 2019)
• LAU Conducting Research at ESSEC Business School (May 29, 2019)
• Hospitality Students Take Home Top Prizes at Cuisine Competition (Mar 14, 2019)

2018

• AKSOB at Local University Fairs (Oct 15, 2018)
• Hospitality and Event Management Take Center Stage (Oct 15, 2018)
• Talk by Regional Director of Southern Europe & MENA for Sommet Education (Sep 21, 2018)
• “The future of hospitality is in Asia” (May 03, 2018)

2017

• A talk by Mrs. Dagmar Symes, the General Manager of Phoenicia Beirut and Le Vendôme InterContinental Hotels (Nov 21, 2017)
• Marriott Corporation Conference (Apr 18, 2017)
• Going Back in Time (Mar 31, 2017)
• Five Star Food and Beverage (Mar 15, 2017)

2016

• LAU, three-time winner in the “Concours des Écoles Hôtelières” (Jun 30, 2016)

2015

• Dr. Guy Assaker Chosen for Fellowship Program (Nov 02, 2015)
• Rewarded for Their Talents (Aug 07, 2015)
• LAU Brings America to Beirut (Jun 02, 2015)
• Our Students Are Winners in the “Concours des Écoles Hôtelières 2015” (May 08, 2015)

2013

• Taste of Italy (May 24, 2013)
• LAU Students win Live Junior Chef Competition (Apr 29, 2013)
• Be Their Guest! (Feb 18, 2013)
• A Mouthful of Heaven (Jan 09, 2013)

2012

• Cooking With the Stars (Dec 19, 2012)