123 | Hospitality Internships from the Students’ Perspective

Last month, I featured Ron Whitfield and Dr. Kate Price-Howard, and we took a deep dive into How to Create an Awesome Internship Program. Click here to listen to that episode.

This is part two in the hospitality internship series.

Today’s guests are ResortQuest Interns Jordon Bonner, Nick Delaney, Allison Johnstone and Yaminah Cummings, and their Internship Advocates Ron Whitfield and Dr. Kate Price-Howard.

In This Episode, the Interns Reveal:

• How they learned about the internships, what attracted them to this opportunity, and whether the information provided was different from their expectations.
• What they learned during their internship experience, from job-specific training to hospitality mentoring, and they share what they liked most, and what was most challenging for them.
• Whether housing was an important factor, how it worked, how much they paid, and what they thought of the whole roommate situation.
• Their future plans, and one of the interns reveals their opportunity to transition to a full-time ResortQuest employee.

Resources & Links

Previous Episodes

• LL092 | Value-Added Amenities with Kate Price-Howard
• LL096 | Manager as Coach with Ron Whitfield
• LL119 | How to Create an Awesome Internship Program with Ron and Kate

Mentioned in this Episode

• ResortQuest by Wyndham
• ResortQuest Destin

Jordon Bonner

• jbonner132969@gmail.com
• Jordon on Facebook

Yaminah Cummings

• yaminahcummings@gmail.com
• Yaminah on LinkedIn

Nick Delaney

• tuf42239@temple.edu
• Nick on LinkedIn

Allison Johnstone

• ajohnstone@mail.niagara.edu
• Allison on LinkedIn

Ron Whitfield

• ron.whitfield@wynvr.com
• Ron on LinkedIn
• Phone: 850-428-2360

Dr. Kate Price-Howard

• pricek@troy.edu
• Kate on LinkedIn