From The Denver Post
Marriott Foundation Gives $1M to Colorado Hospitality School
When Metro State Hospitality School's new Hospitality Learning Center opens in August, students will get hands-on training in the building's four kitchen laboratories, two restaurants and wine cellar, as well as the opportunity to gain experience working at a 150-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott attached to the building.

The 600 students enrolled in the college's hospitality, tourism and events program will learn how to manage inventory and rotate wines in the "wine cellar management room," essentially a 3,100-bottle wine cellar.

No taxpaper money is being used to pay for the $45 million Hospitality Learning Center and hotel under construction on the Auraria campus.

The project is being funded through a public-private partnership that includes bonds issued in November 2010 at a 4.34 percent interest rate; revenue from operations; and private donations, such as the $1 million gift from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation. Click here for the full story.