Hit Scotland

Hospitality Industry Trust

Hospitality Industry Trust Scotland (HIT Scotland) is a registered Trust that represents the whole of the hospitality and tourism sector in Scotland.

The Trust was established in August 1994 by key leaders within the hospitality industry with the sole aim of raising money in Scotland to fulfil the Mission of "Assisting people to achieve their potential within Scottish hospitality".  It now has extensive support from all sectors of the industry and over the years has raised an outstanding amount of over £2,000,000.

Over the years, the focus of support has developed. The bulk of funds go to support the Bursaries programme, which works in conjunction with Scotland's further and higher educational institutions in awarding financial grants to students. This has included Aberdeen College, Robert Gordon's University and Banff and Buchan College To date, we have provided financial support to over 8,000 hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism students and year on year, the bursary committee awards in the region of £100,000 to 25 further education establishments. This helps students continue in their studies with the ultimate aim of them entering our dynamic industry on completion. HIT Scotland also manages a scholarship programme that assists in developing "emerging talent". 308 scholars have benefited from the awards since 2005. The scholarships are a mixture of local, national and international experiences. 191 scholarships were awarded in 2008. The next round of scholarships will be awarded at the Emerging talent conference in Glasgow on the 11^th February 2009.

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