The Art of the Plate: Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Establishes the Dean Frankie Miller Hospitality Award

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Establishes the Dean Frankie Miller Hospitality Award

Dr. Frankie Miller

The award was established in honor of former CIC Dean Frankie Miller, who was dean when TTC opened the new 77,000-square-foot Culinary Institute of Charleston facility on TTC's Main Campus. In presenting the award, Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Director Helen Hill expressed the bureau's deep appreciation of Dr. Miller's many contributions to the city's hospitality and tourism industry, including training the city's tour guides in the true spirit of Charleston's history. The 2014 award was presented to Hospitality and Tourism Management graduate Neida Borrero-Rivers.

l-r: Neida Borrero-Rivers, Dr. Miller,
CAC&VB Director of Sales Suzanne Wallace,
and CAC&VB Chief Operating Officer
Laurie Lynn Smith

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