Whether you want to spend your days outside leading tours or in the kitchen preparing delicious meals for customers, the travel and hospitality industries offer a diverse array of career opportunities.

Praise and Reviews `The Tourism Society is delighted to be associated with this publication.` - Adrian Clark, Director, The Tourism Society Travel and tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the United Kingdom. Budget airlines, the Internet and the growth of specialist holidays have all helped create new opportunities for anyone wanting to work in the travel and tourism industry. Whether it's to work as a holiday rep, a specialist tour guide or with an online travel company, Careers and Jobs in Travel and Tourism provides practical advice on how to gain entry, what qualifications are required and the numerous career possibilities on offer. Illustrated by real life case studies, this book provides: job descriptions and entry routes; training and qualifications; examples of recruitment tests regularly used by the industry; where to look for further information. Complete with listings of useful addresses and helpful Web sites, this book is an ideal starting point for anyone considering a career in travel and tourism.

VGM Professional Careers Series Offers high-level information about the many job choices within various professional career fields. Each book provides complete information about a given specialty, including responsibilities, opportunities for advancement, and salaries. An excellent choice for career planning courses offered by professional schools and departments.

This companion workbook includes worksheets, tests and practical exercises that emphasize hands-on learning and re-enforce the concepts presented in the Travel Career Development textbook.

Publisher Description

The travel-and-tourism industry is among the world's fastest-growing professions and because the industry has been experiencing such a boom there is great need for qualified tourism professionals. Tourism is one of the few industries that offers exciting, challenging and varied careers - plus fast promotions Just some of the reasons why travel-and-tourism should be considered as a career choice include the facts that it is the: world's largest employer, the world's fastest-growing industry, with over seven sectors comprised in the industry you're sure to find an exciting job that suits your interests and there is guaranteed fun while associating with people on vacation and looking for a good time. In addition, global opportunities to travel and work around the world and pride in being a host to your own country or region offers workers with the benefit that each day is different, thus offering new opportunities and challenges.

Global Career: How to Work Anywhere and Travel Forever is a step-by-step blueprint to travel the world, build a successful career others wish they had, and build a life of which most people only dream. Includes specific shortcuts and tips you need to build a world-class career on the move. Skills for negotiating and obtaining further education, internships and high-paying work overseas. Building a life you love in any city in the world, and how to make lifelong friends quickly