Dean’s Distinguished Speakers Series

SHA enriches your knowledge of today’s fast-changing hospitality industry by sponsoring one of the best professional lecture series anywhere. Throughout the school year, you’ll have the rare opportunity to hear and engage with top-level experts, officers, and entrepreneurs across the industry spectrum—people who actually run some of the world’s most successful hospitality corporations.

Fall 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Speakers Series & Alumni Awards Ceremony

Press Release

Date: October 17, 2024 
Time: 11-12:30 PM, reception 12:30 –1:30 PM 

Location: BU School of Hospitality Administration, SHA Auditorium (Room 110)
928 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 

Registration

Join us for BU School of Hospitality Administration Alumni Awards Celebration.    

The 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to Anthony Valletta, President of bartaco SHA ’05, recognizing his exemplary leadership and impact in the industry.

2024 Young Alumni Awards honors alumni who have graduated within the last decade and are 35 years of age and younger whose notable achievements bring pride to the BU School of Hospitality community.  

The event will also feature a special installment of our Dean’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Anthony Valletta will engage in a fireside chat-style conversation with Dean Arun Upneja to discuss the latest trends in hospitality, lessons in leadership, and the future of the industry.

The awards program is a way to foster connections, to raise awareness of the accomplishments of SHA graduates, and to inspire the rising generation of hospitality professionals at SHA and in the wider hospitality community.  

This event is open to all. Advance registration is required to attend.

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