What began as a student project six years ago has now become one of South Florida's premier craft beer festivals. North Miami BrewFest is a one-day beer festival featuring some of the best craft breweries and their one-of-a-kind beers. Its mission is to help continue to influence brewing science education and innovation for the craft beer industry, brewpubs, and homebrew organizations. The event includes several educational seminars delivered by faculty and top industry experts who share unparalleled expertise and passion for beer brewing and the science behind it. Brewfest began as a student project, led by hospitality management students at the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University. Proceeds from the North Miami Brewfest support the FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management and its Brewing Science program. To learn more or buy tickets, please visit northmiamibrewfest.com  

Left to right: Professor Chip Cassidy, Wayne Chaplin, Mel Dick, Lee Brian Schrager and Harvey Chaplin stand in front of the wall dedicated to the Chaplins Chaplin family was honored for the decades of support they’ve offered FIU with the dedication of a wall in their name at the Chaplin School. What happens when you put hospitality management students in a room with their benefactors? A candid, insightful conversation covering everything from advice on building a successful career from the ground up to how new innovations are changing the wine and spirits industry. Harvey and Wayne Chaplin, for whom the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management is named, sat down with 14 students on Oct. 27 to offer advice to the young professionals hoping to enter the industry in the next few years. Harvey Chaplin and his son Wayne are the co-founder and CEO, respectively, of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (SGWS), the largest wine and spirits distributor in the nation. SGWS hosts the annual Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which has raised more than $26 million in support of FIU since its inception. “What do you expect from us as young people entering the industry?” one student... Read full story.

Original article appeared in Spanish. View page translated to English. Carolin Lusby: “Argentina tiene un gran potencial en turismo sustentable” En el marco de su programa de intercambios estudiantiles, durante el mes de agosto la Fundación UADE organizó dos seminarios de la Universidad Internacional de Florida (FIU, por sus siglas en inglés) vinculados con el turismo sustentable. El primero de los seminarios, destinado a los alumnos de la Facultad de Comunicación, fue dictado por la especialista Carolin Lusby, con quien conversamos sobre la temática. ¿Qué grado de sustentabilidad observa hoy en el turismo convencional?, preguntamos a Lusby. El turismo convencional masivo está comenzado a imponerse lentamente. O, más bien, muy lentamente. Con las recientes protestas en Barcelona, Venecia y otras ciudades en Europa, el público está mostrando una preocupación creciente sobre las reservas del turismo -desenfrenadas y regularmente sin planificación- que invaden a los locales. Varias formas alternativas fueron desarrolladas para tratar estos temas y desarrollar el turismo de una manera más sustentable. Sin embargo, si la sustentabilidad realmente va a tener éxito y la industria turística va a ser la herramienta para lo positivo, entonces la industria del turismo masivo necesita abrazar la sustentabilidad. Vemos algún reverdecimiento en hoteles y propiedades individuales. Vemos algunas aerolíneas y operadores de turismo repensando el asunto. Asimismo, existen organizaciones que están comenzando a medir la sustentabilidad y los impactos a nivel destino no sólo de individuos. Todos estos son buenos pasos. Adicionalmente, debe resaltarse que la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT) ha creado observatorios de turismo para comenzar a medir y crear base de datos. La mayoría de las compañías ahora se enfocan en medidas sustentables porque ahorran en costos operativos, pero otros pilares de la sustentabilidad [...]

Andrew “Kappy” Kaplan sits down in-person with the world’s culinary elite to explore their journey into the industry, their career ups and downs, and the social impact they have made in their community. He puts together inspiring stories and anecdotes of what it means to be in today’s bustling hospitality industry with 15 million employees and growing… Take a listen to Beyond the Plate. More about Andrew: Andrew “Kappy” Kaplan currently serves as the Director of Special Projects for the Rachael Ray brand. He is the Co-Founder and Director of Rachael Ray’s cooking and kids charity, Yum-o! He is also the Founder and CEO of Culinary Advisors LLC, a strategic culinary advisory service. Kappy is a partner of Aisle Ate by Flavour Gallery, a food-inspired apparel line. Prior to working with Ray, Kappy served as a project manager for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, overseeing the headline events including Kidz Kitchen and Burger Bash, while also producing the celebrity chef cooking demonstrations. Kappy also provided freelance support in production for additional Food and Wine events, such as the Annual Food and Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado and the Chicago Entertaining Showcase. Kappy is a professionally trained chef earning a culinary degree from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA); a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management from Florida International University (FIU); and has deepened his background in nonprofit management as an attendee of the Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute. In his spare time, Kappy serves on the Leadership Council for Share Our Strength, as well as the Culinary Chair for the Academy for Global Citizenship’s Chefs’ Playground event. He is a member of Chicago Public Schools School Food Advisory Group and also spends his time as a founding [...]