@happy1 Yes. I agree. Talking to professionals, as many as possible, is the best way to go. To get back to my point about choosing an accounting major instead of hospitality when you’re looking into a career in hotels, an accounting grad once said about a manager at a restaurant he worked at, “I can do their jobs but they cant do mine.” That says it all right there. An accounting degree will no doubt give you a leg up on the competition. One of my teachers at school claimed to have been the GM at one of the top rated hotels in Europe. He didn’t start off at the front desk, housekeeping department, or as a bellhop. He was an accountant and the GM asked him to take on the responsibility as the front desk manager when he quit. My teacher worked his way up to GM when he quit.
May I ask what your son is doing now?