Hospitality & Tourism

There’s no better place than South Carolina to build a career in Hospitality and Tourism. The state’s natural and cultural attractions draw more than 29 million visitors every year and make Hospitality and Tourism the state’s number one industry. From start-up jobs in restaurants to high-level corporate management of multimillion-dollar hotel chains, Hospitality and Tourism offers engaging, people-oriented work in picturesque surroundings. The ultimate goal is to help people have a good time. 

 

 
 
 
 
Rial Fitch

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Rial Fitch is the owner of Mount Pleasant Seafood in SC. This is his full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change." Some questions addressed in the video include: What changes have you seen...
John Slaughter, National Park Service | Original SC

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"Humanity is the most important thing we can value....Valuing the humanity in others puts us in a place where we can have compassion and share passion with each and every individual, no matter what...
Sallie Ann Robinson, Gullah Chef | Original SC

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If you asked Sallie Ann Robinson her purpose in life, she would answer, "To make everyone happy through food." Robinson, a sixth-generation native of Daufuskie Island, is a celebrity chef, television...
James Workman Photos | Digital Traditions
James Workman Photos | Digital Traditions

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James Workman, owner of Workman’s Restaurant and Catering in Greenwood, S.C., makes a beef and pork hash typical of the Greenwood hash tradition. Known by his customers and friends as, “the hardest...
Willie Lee Williams Photos | Digital Traditions
Willie Lee Williams Photos | Digital Traditions

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The Ben and Sue Williams’ Family Reunion in Varnville, S.C. is a large affair where people come from all around to taste the famous Williams’ hash. This is a hogshead/liver mix hash cooked without...
The Joy Drive-In Photos | Digital Traditions
The Joy Drive-In Photos | Digital Traditions

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David Phillips, owner of Joy Drive-In in Gaffney, South Carolina, traces the upstate hash tradition to two sources: farmers who supplemented their income by selling hash on the weekends and the...
Just More Barbecue Photos | Digital Traditions
Just More Barbecue Photos | Digital Traditions

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Don Quattlebaum, owner of Just More Barbecue in Pendleton, SC, adapted his father’s family recipe for “low country hash” to suit the tastes of people in the Upstate region. Quattlebaum remembers...
Birthplace of Sweet Tea | ETV Shorts

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In the late 1700s, a French botanist landed on Middleton Place in Summerville, South Carolina bringing the first tea plants to the United States. The Lowcountry is also home to the only tea plantation...