St. Louis Area Hotel Association

Scholarships

SLAHA Scholarship Program

Introduction

SLAHA is committed to the education of the hospitality industries current and future employees. By providing mentoring opportunities and scholarships at area universities, SLAHA continues to help improve the skills and training for future employees of the hospitality industry. The Association awards scholarships to students (including, but not limited to, current hotel employees, allied members and tourism partners) interested in pursuing careers in the hospitality industry.

SLAHA has partnered with area schools to provide scholarships to students studying within the hospitality field. Currently, the association is providing up to ten $2,500.00 scholarships.

Requirements:

• Enrolled as a freshman or sophomore at a two year institution
• Enrolled as a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior at a four-year institution
• Have a minimum of a 2.25 overall grade point average
• Applies to undergraduate students only
• Be a United States citizen or permanent U.S. resident
• Must be enrolled full time (minimum 9 hours) for the next academic year (both semesters)
  for which the scholarship is given in order to receive the full amount of the scholarship.

Applications will be accepted until 5:00pm on April 30, 2019

Scholarships are awarded June 17, 2019

Application

• 2019 Scholarship Flyer
• 2019 Scholarship Application

Careers in the Hospitality Industry

Current job openings in the hospitality industry can be found at www.hcareers.com.