Tourism Board

Impressive numbers such as revenue in excess of $61.4-billion from 60,000 different companies that employ more than 1.66-million Canadians, could only come from one industry. Tourism. It is Canada’s second largest employment sector and the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council suggests that between 2006 and 2015, 290,690 new jobs will be created. Be at the top of the pay scale within this industry as a professional in Hospitality Administration.

A three-year offering at Centennial College, prepares you for an exciting profession in this field. To apply, applicants must present at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent or be 19 years of age or older. They must also possess compulsory English 12C or U or skills assessment, or equivalent. The Hospitality and Tourism Administration program focuses on a very wide-range of business courses in marketing, human resources, industry operations and finance. However, these courses are taught in a manner that directly reflects the entire hospitality and tourism field. Specific course titles include: World Geographic Patterns, Introduction to Hospitality Accounting, Dimensions of Tourism, Hospitality and Tourism Marketing, Front Office Operations, Meeting and Convention Management, Hospitality Industry Issues and many, many more. Students supplement in-class training with practice at the college’s full-service hospitality management centre, on-site conference centre and state-of-the-art computer labs. Access to these practice facilities also readies students for their four-day per week, 15-week industry internship in the final semester of the Hospitality and Tourism Admin program. The individualized industry internship experience will provide a practical foundation for your career. Many students continue on as full-time employees at their internship placements. Students become competent in hospitality administration, tourism administration, and hospitality management program.

So where exactly can you find employment upon program graduation? Graduates of Centennial College are prepared to work in tourism and hospitality areas such as: hotel and restaurant general management, human resources management, sales and marketing management, convention services coordination and tour coordination. This wide range of areas makes it easy to find your niche but also change career paths if you choose to. Let’s take a look at what a couple of the options entail.

A competent general manager is essential to the success of any hotel. Although the job descriptions vary, certain requirements are similar across the board. Hotel managers are often in charge of leading hotel personnel and managers of various departments. They also act as liaisons between hotel guests and staff and may be called on to solve disputes. Lastly, hotel managers may oversee the daily fiscal workings of the facility. A good hotel manager must be comfortable working with numbers, managing various spreadsheets and budgets for different departments, and making important fiscal decisions. Another option in Hospitality and Tourism Administration is a hotel marketing manager. This person’s job is to finds creative ways to propel a hotel into the public realm to boost sales and productivity. To do this, he or she works with the hotel’s advertising and sales managers to promote services and amenities. Also, marketing managers learn what travelers want and estimate the cost of including those services.

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Impressive numbers such as revenue in excess of $61.4-billion from 60,000 different companies that employ more than 1.66-million Canadians, could only come from one industry. Tourism. It is Canada’s second largest employment sector and the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council suggests that between 2006 and 2015, 290,690 new jobs will be created. Be at the top of the pay scale within this industry as a professional in Hospitality Administration.

A three-year offering at Centennial College, prepares you for an exciting profession in this field. To apply, applicants must present at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent or be 19 years of age or older. They must also possess compulsory English 12C or U or skills assessment, or equivalent. The Hospitality and Tourism Administration program focuses on a very wide-range of business courses in marketing, human resources, industry operations and finance. However, these courses are taught in a manner that directly reflects the entire hospitality and tourism field. Specific course titles include: World Geographic Patterns, Introduction to Hospitality Accounting, Dimensions of Tourism, Hospitality and Tourism Marketing, Front Office Operations, Meeting and Convention Management, Hospitality Industry Issues and many, many more. Students supplement in-class training with practice at the college’s full-service hospitality management centre, on-site conference centre and state-of-the-art computer labs. Access to these practice facilities also readies students for their four-day per week, 15-week industry internship in the final semester of the Hospitality and Tourism Admin program. The individualized industry internship experience will provide a practical foundation for your career. Many students continue on as full-time employees at their internship placements. Students become competent in hospitality administration, tourism administration, and hospitality management program.

So where exactly can you find employment upon program graduation? Graduates of Centennial College are prepared to work in tourism and hospitality areas such as: hotel and restaurant general management, human resources management, sales and marketing management, convention services coordination and tour coordination. This wide range of areas makes it easy to find your niche but also change career paths if you choose to. Let’s take a look at what a couple of the options entail.

A competent general manager is essential to the success of any hotel. Although the job descriptions vary, certain requirements are similar across the board. Hotel managers are often in charge of leading hotel personnel and managers of various departments. They also act as liaisons between hotel guests and staff and may be called on to solve disputes. Lastly, hotel managers may oversee the daily fiscal workings of the facility. A good hotel manager must be comfortable working with numbers, managing various spreadsheets and budgets for different departments, and making important fiscal decisions. Another option in Hospitality and Tourism Administration is a hotel marketing manager. This person’s job is to finds creative ways to propel a hotel into the public realm to boost sales and productivity. To do this, he or she works with the hotel’s advertising and sales managers to promote services and amenities. Also, marketing managers learn what travelers want and estimate the cost of including those services.

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Education is an integral part of an individual’s life. There are plenty of educational courses throughout the world, and each course comes with an assurance of a better life. Similarly, tourism degree courses are nowadays offering excellent opportunities for under-graduates as well as post-graduates. The distance learning courses are specially designed for the travel agents. However, they are also applicable for the travel and tourist professionals. Online tourism degree courses are also available such as hotel and resort reservations, airline travelm geography, business commumications and ground transportation. Distance learning courses are also offered in the form of certificate programs. Well, it also comes in the form of bachelor’s as well as master’s degree programs. For undergoing such a course, one should be equipped with the latest version of Microsoft Office, an e-mail id address, a Web browser and most importantly an Internet connection. Students coming from various backgrounds as well as form different parts of the globe opt for this online tourism degree course. The students just need to log in for getting connected to classmates as well as the instructor via emails, discussion boards and chatrooms. Various travel programs are also provided to sharpen the knowledge and skills of the aspitants. Internships are also provided which help students to gain first hand experience. There are also field based courses where students have to travel to various destinations for conferences and seminars. There are certain distance learning certificate programs that help to train students to become travel agents. However, there are also specialized courses that prepare them to work under a wide array of travel and tourism fields. Those who are taking trainings for travel agents must have a fair knowledge of the reservation systems such as Sabre, Apollo etc. There are various schools that allow students to connect to thses systems. With the help of certain travel and tourism degree programs, many students acquire training for various types of entry-level supervisors in the travel and tourism industry. Apart from offering efficient educational techniques, the tourism degree courses also bring various business courses like finance, management and communication. However, the students need to finish off an internship if they want to opt for this course. The course comprises event management, destination marketing, tourism planning and development, and a travel industry overview. Those who generally go for the distance learning bachelor degree program, often choose such management courses like lodging management, event management, club management etc. There are also distance learning master degree tourism programs These programs teach how to improve your knowledge and skills, especially for the top management positions in various travel industries. In this case, students generally choose courses like ecotourism, airline management, meeting management, destination management etc. There are some programs that require a thesis. However, there is also option for non-thesis programs. Tourism degree jobs are also available in abundance. Certain travel and tourism learning programs prepare students for building careers in numerous sectors such as hotels, tour operators, travel agencies, airlines, online travel companies, cruises etc. So, to make it short, tourism degree courses are not only plenty in number, but assures you of a bright and prosperous career.

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