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The Wasatch Back hospitality sector is growing. Can a college program help meet the coming needs?

By Park Record · October 13, 2026 · 1 min read
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Doug Miller is a professor and founder of the Wasatch Area Resort Management program, or WARM, a two-year, five-semester hospitality degree taught at Utah Valley University’s Wasatch campus. The post The Wasatch Back hospitality sector is growing.

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