The Sands Hospitality Advancement Scholarships with HACU
support hospitality students from Hispanic-serving institutions in
Las Vegas and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
LAS
VEGAS, Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas
Sands (NYSE: LVS) today announced it has partnered with the
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) to award
13 students at HACU-member schools with Sands Hospitality
Advancement Scholarships in support of their preparation for
careers in the travel, tourism and leisure industry.
Students receiving the $5,000 and
$2,500 scholarships attend
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (3
recipients); College of Southern
Nevada (2 recipients); University of
North Texas (5 recipients); and Dallas College (1 recipient).
"HACU is excited to partner with Las Vegas Sands in this
scholarship supporting students who are working towards a career in
the hospitality industry," said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores. "Our nation's
Hispanic-Serving Institutions have always been conduits for talent
to all industries and these scholarships provide financial
assistance to students who show promise and commitment to their
future success."
Sands established the Sands Hospitality Advancement Scholarships
with HACU, the only national association representing
Hispanic-serving Institutions (HSIs), as part of the company's
commitment to building a thriving hospitality industry
workforce.
"We want to help cultivate diverse and highly capable talent to
support the strength of our industry," Ron
Reese, senior vice president of global communications and
corporate affairs, who spearheads corporate responsibility
initiatives at Sands, said. "This program joins a number of
initiatives we have to help ensure the hospitality industry can
best capitalize on its continued growth with a solid pipeline of
future talent, while empowering people from different backgrounds
to enter the field."
Sands' broad array of hospitality education initiatives include
the Sands Hospitality Immersion Program with the Thurgood Marshall
College Fund, the Sands Hospitality Scholarship Program in
Singapore, underwriting for the
2024 University of North Texas Las
Vegas Study Tour, other scholarship funding and partnerships with
higher education institutions, on-property and industry-supported
training opportunities for students and hospitality professionals,
and mentorship and instruction from company leaders.
The company's focus on hospitality education is a core component
of its 2021-2025 ambition to invest $200
million in workforce development. At the end of 2023, Sands
had contributed $181 million toward
achieving this target.
Funding for the Sands Hospitality Advancement Scholarships comes
through the Sands Cares global community engagement program. To
learn more about Sands Cares and Sands' focus on developing the
workforce of the future in the hospitality industry, read the
company's latest ESG report:
https://www.sands.com/resources/reports/. To learn more about
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, visit
https://www.hacu.net/hacu/default.asp.
About Sands (NYSE: LVS)
Sands is the leading global
developer and operator of integrated resorts. The company's iconic
properties drive valuable leisure and business tourism and deliver
significant economic benefits, sustained job creation, financial
opportunities for local businesses and community investment to help
make its host regions ideal places to live, work and visit.
Sands' portfolio of properties includes Marina Bay Sands® in Singapore and The Venetian®
Macao, The Londoner
Macao®, The Parisian Macao®, The Plaza
Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Sands®
Macao in Macao SAR, China, through majority ownership in Sands
China Ltd.
Dedicated to being a leader in corporate responsibility, Sands
is anchored by the core tenets of serving people, communities and
the planet. The company's ESG leadership has led to inclusion on
the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for World and North America, as well as Fortune's list of
the World's Most Admired Companies. To learn more, visit
www.sands.com.
About the Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Universities
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Universities, founded in 1986, represents more than 500 colleges
and universities in the United
States, Latin America,
Spain and school districts
throughout the U.S. HACU is the only national association
representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions
(HSIs). The Association's headquarters is in San Antonio, Texas, with offices in
Washington, D.C, Sacramento, California, and Chicago, Illinois.
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