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Tourism & Hospitality Management Program with Co-op

The Tourism / Hospitality Management Program prepares students for entry-level designation management positions with opportunities to work in areas related to: Food and Beverage Management; Marketing; Front Office Procedures: Transportation; Tours and Ticketing.

Graduates from this program also earn AHLA (American Hotel and Lodging Association) certification.

This program includes a Co-op placement. This placement enables the student to gain first hand paid experience in the chosen career field while enabling Instructional staff to observe the student in a practice situation. Please note successful completion of the Co-op is required for graduation.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate leadership competencies
  • Provide responsible and professional hospitality services
  • Supervise front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house hotel and restaurant operations
  • Analyze emerging hospitality industry trends and innovations
  • Apply critical thinking and problem-solving techniques to make sound management decisions and recommendations
  • Describe the size and scope of the tourism industry
  • Describe and understand the five sectors of the
  • tourism/hospitality industry and their economic impact
  • Apply the principles and practices of guest and customer services
  • Productively use industry software including SABRE
  • Communicate effectively using various communication channels

Diploma Program

Total Program Hours:
1240 Hours
Full-Time Program Length:
62 Weeks
(Includes holidays and professional days)
Program content is subject to change.

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Career Opportunities

Convention Planner
Cruise Coordinator
Cruiseships and Resorts
Customer Service Representative
Destination Coordinator
Event Planner
Front Desk Clerk
Reservations Agent
Resort Coordinator
Restaurant / Kitchen
Travel Consultant

Admission Requirements:
  • Grade 12 / GED or mature student status (all transcripts must be “true certified copies” or originals)
  • Applicants must successfully complete the admissions interview and may be required to do an entrance assessment (with a minimum composite score of 42)

Note: English level assessment will be required for international students (with a minimum score of 20/40 in language).

Diploma Requirements:
  • 60% average upon successful completion of all courses, including courses given a complete

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* Tourism & Hospitality Management Program with Co-op was reviewed and approved by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training.

Students can expect to complete one to three hours of homework per day.

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Courses List

This 62 week Diploma program requires the student to complete the following courses.

  • Mandatory schedule of alternating class sessions and work terms
  • Adherence to the program scheduling format is mandatory and is designed to provide the prospective candidate with valuable exposure to language usage in a work setting
  • The alternating classroom sessions allow the student to maximize the lessons taught within the curriculum

  • Computer basics/file management
  • Goal setting, note-taking, problem-solving, teamwork
  • Overview of policies and procedures
  • Demonstrate the ability to use MS Word and MS PowerPoint

  • Interview techniques
  • Create a Career Development Marketing Plan
  • Apply aspects of professionalism
  • Identify target markets and employment resources

  • Management fundamentals
  • Cost and pricing strategies
  • Sanitation and safety
  • Menu management

  • Understand the roles of destination management organizations and convention and visitors bureaus play in the tourism industry
  • All aspects of organization operations are covered

  • Hotel organization, front office

  • Effective techniques
  • Selling the dream

  • Resort development
  • Economic issues

  • Meetings & conventions market
  • Food service & service-related issues

  • Overview of the tourism industry
  • Economic, environmental, cultural and social aspects of tourism
  • Overview of how industry sectors interconnect to provide products and services to tourists

  • Increase learners awareness and sensitivity of their own and others values and value systems in order to communicate and understand other cultures
  • Overview of culture-general and culture-specific fundamentals and how they apply to tourism
  • Introduction to cultural sustainability

  • Africa, Middle East, and Asia

  • Risks associated with the business of tourism
  • Legal responsibilities of tourism managers and operators
  • Fundamentals of Canadian law and legal systems as they relate to tourism

  • Railways of the world and rail tour terminology
  • Car rental procedures and motor coach transportation
  • Insurance-related to car rentals

  • Terminology
  • Selling cruises

  • Itinerary planning
  • Insurance
  • Tour terminology

  • International and domestic itineraries
  • Airline accounting - BSP
  • Ticketing functions and related documents

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Tourism Boom Expected by 2020

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