NAPA VALLEY – Are you interested in training for the Napa Valley’s growing hospitality industry? If you are working in the industry, do you want to take a class to upgrade your job skills for career growth?

This spring Napa Valley College is offering “Principles of Hotel Management” as an evening class, at 6 p.m. Tuesdays. The class will provide a history and structure of the lodging industry.

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of managing and effectively supervising lodging and hotel operations. The class will be taught by Ian MacNeil, program coordinator.

The credit Hospitality and Tourism Management Program offers other spring classes including an introduction to hospitality management (Mondays); food, beverage and restaurant management (Mondays), and hospitality law (Wednesdays).

Spring classes start Jan. 20. Students are encouraged to register early.

Each of these courses will improve the student’s awareness of customer service and provide a firm foundation for career growth in hospitality management.

Instructor Ian MacNeil, who has some 20 years of wine-hospitality business experience, is program coordinator. In addition to those thinking about going into the hospitality field, the classes are very useful for individuals already working in the industry who are interested in career development, MacNeil says.

For more information on the program visit the program’s Web site at www.napavalley.edu/hospitality or contact Ian MacNeil at 707-256-4588.

See the college Web site at www.napavalley.edu for registration information.