WHO: Mayor Michael A. Nutter
Tanya Hall, Executive Director of the Multicultural Affairs Congress (MAC)
Sue Geyer, Associate Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
Ahmeenah Young, President & CEO of the PA Convention Center Authority

WHAT: Mayor Michael A. Nutter addresses 300 high school and adult transitional students within designated hospitality programs throughout the city at MAC's 19th Annual Hospitality Education Day. His appearance reinforces his administration's call for a high school graduation rate of 80 percent by 2015 and supports MAC's hospitality initiatives that highlight the City's third largest industry by providing job and educational opportunities to students.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Program – 8:00am- 2:00pm
Mayor Nutter Remarks – 9:30am-9:50am

WHERE: Pennsylvania Convention Center, New Expansion Space, Room 121 ABC 
(Please use Broad Street entrance)

DETAILS: This free and invitation-only empowerment and opportunity-driven education day, offers encouragement and mentoring to students in designated hospitality programs. Students receive valuable information about exciting opportunities in the industry, insider tips, educational and training options, and initial screenings for internships, scholarships and summer employment. Planned sessions include an interactive Hospitality Showcase and a motivational session with Philly's rising star, DJ Diamond Kuts, the official DJ of rapper Nicki Minaj.

MAC, a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, hosts its 19th Annual Hospitality Education Day with The Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association and Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority.

The Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress (MAC), a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, was formed in 1987 as the first multicultural division of a Convention & Visitors Bureau in the nation. MAC maximizes opportunities for the region by promoting Philadelphia as an ethnically diverse visitor destination, encouraging multicultural business and social responsibility that contributes to and benefits from the varying multicultural communities that enhance our region's hospitality and tourism industry. For more information, log onto www.philadelphiamac.org. 
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