Howard Feiertag, a well-known hospitality industry veteran, is a faculty member of the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.

His background of over 40 years in hospitality includes convention bureau management, hotel operations, food and beverage, sales and marketing, catering, meetings and convention management, as well as tourism and travel. Feiertag's experience and knowledge lends itself to revealing trends in hotel economic patterns, cycles, and how they relate to the hotel sales dynamic.

Feiertag is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), a Certified Hospitality Marketing Executive (CHME), and a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA). He is a "Fellow" and lifetime member of the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA). A life-time member of HSMAI, he has been appointed to its International's Hall of Fame. A Charter member of MPI (1972), he has received its President's Award for his involvement in industry education and training. In 1998 he was voted Educator of the Year by the Professional Convention Management Association. In 1999, Feiertag was inducted into the Convention Industry Council's Hall of Leaders as a life-time achievement award in recognition for his leadership and contributions as a role model for the meetings and convention industry. In 2001 he was appointed a "Fellow" of the American Hotel & Motel Association's Educational Institute and is the recipient of its 2001 Arthur Landstreet Award for significantly advancing the quality of hospitality education and training through his mentorship initiatives and lifetime commitment to training and development of hospitality professionals.In 2002, he was honored by the Board of Directors of Meeting Professionals International with a Lifetime Membership. In 2004 Feiertag received HSMAI's first annual Excellence in Sales and Marketing Strategy Award. He was honored in 2004 by Virginia Tech in receiving the University's Outreach Award for involvement in community and industry affairs.