We hope your semester is off to an amazing start! We’re thrilled to invite you to the Tourism and Hospitality Student Group Meeting this Friday, September 13th, from 12-1 PM via Zoom. This is the perfect opportunity to connect with … Read More
The THOR Institute was thrilled to welcome students from across the University of Maine System to Southern Maine for the latest Vacationland course: Best Practices in Sustainable Tourism Management – Maine and Greenland. Vacationland students came together with place-based experiential … Read More
The University of Southern Maine Tourism & Hospitality Program has been thrilled to host a group of Greenlandic students and faculty from Campus Kujalleq, a tourism and hospitality college in Qaqortoq, Greenland, this summer as part of academic programming designed … Read More
The THOR Institute has been out and about this spring at statewide conferences to build relationships and develop ideas for new programming in the future. It’s been so great to connect with our local and regional communities and we look … Read More
What better way to wrap up your summer than on the coast of Maine? Join us for our newest Vacationland course at the University of Maine at Machias this August for what will surely be a memorable experience! Nature-Based Tourism … Read More
We’re thrilled to share our newest Vacationland course with you! Consider joining us at USM this June for what is sure to be an incredible experience. Best Practices in Sustainable Tourism Management will launch this June at USM with an … Read More
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about policy and regulation in the Capital City this spring as part of our newest Vacationland course! Join us in Augusta, Maine’s capital city, to learn more about the policy and regulation components that … Read More
The University of Southern Maine Tourism & Hospitality program is thrilled to announce that, as part of the Arctic Education Alliance, their award-winning USM/Inuili/Wabanaki student-created cookbook, “A Taste of Two Worlds,” is now on sale on Amazon! $25.79 (includes shipping). … Read More
UMS Insider features an article about The THOR Institute.
The THOR (Tourism, Hospitality & Outdoor Recreation) Institute hosted its first Vacationland course in early January at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, where students had the opportunity to deepen their understanding of winter recreation, hospitality, and business in Northern Maine.