Throughout this program, students will develop the following skills:
- Strong communicators, extensive soft skills
- Solid core knowledge and technical skills
- Understand sector needs, including business management, analytics and technology
- See the industry as a way of life and value lifelong learning
- Globally savvy
Students meeting all academic requirements may have the opportunity to complete an optional co-op work term(s) in a formal work environment. In most cases the work term(s) is a full-time paid position completed between two academic semesters.
When students graduate from this program, these are the types of employers waiting for them:
- Tourism development and marketing organizations
- Travel information centres, national parks and campgrounds
- Tourism attractions, festivals and event planning
- Tour organizations, ground transportation and in-bound tourism
- Travel retail, destination tourism, and internet travel retail
- Resorts, hotels, cruise lines, airlines
- Travel retailers and tour operators
- Ticket reservationist, counter agent, Internet travel retailer
- Marketing representative
- Front desk clerk
- Home-based travel counsellor
- Convention/conference/meeting planner assistant