The first thing you should do is think of 3 different things that really interest you within our industry.  You can also something you want to accomplish over the course of your career as a hospitality industry professional.  If you can’t talk about the topic for a few minutes, it might not be the right topic for your paper.

It’s important that your topic is something you want to research and also that there is enough information to research. Also, you have to make sure your topic is not too broad. That is one of the first lessons I learned in this class. Once you get that formula down, the paper will flow out of you.

Other tips: Your outline is key; Familiarize yourself with google docs asap; Run to the library and get as many books relating to your topic as possible.

Above everything mentioned, make time for this paper. Don’t focus on when the final paper is due. Do the work and try to do the bulk of the work before the semester gets too crazy.

All the best.