going places - Diploma in Tourism & Travel Management

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		Diploma in Tourism & Travel Management

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Diploma in Tourism & Travel Management
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Course Overview

This course is designed to prepare people to work in the tourism and travel industry both in New Zealand and around the world, specifically in the management and marketing fields. You will develop an understanding of selling travel and tourism and a sound knowledge of modern marketing and management concepts and principles as they apply to the industry. It also provides students with the skills, knowledge and understanding of the intricacies required to enter the travel and/or tourism industry – both in the domestic and international fields and in management trainee roles. Travel and tourism work roles are constantly evolving, and therefore you will study the latest and most relevant training to complement a career in the industry.

Qualifications

The going places Diploma in Tourism & Travel Management
NZQA National Diploma in Tourism (Management) (Level 5)

Entry requirements

One of:

Sixth Form Certificate with a sum of grades of 20 or less in best four subjects or equivalent NCEA standard
National Certificate in Travel, Level 3
National Certificate in Tourism, Level 3
Or an equivalent qualification.

In addition, students whose native language is not English are recommended to have an IELTS score of 5.0 on the general scale but students without this may be accepted subject to passing an internal language competency test and attending an interview or by having completed the IFC Foundation Course. These students may also be required to undertake additional English study alongside the Diploma programme.

Fees

International students: Contact us for the latest prices

NZ citizens and permanent residents:
Duration and start dates

The Diploma course is 36 weeks of study. (Or combine with the Diploma in Business Management & Marketing in a single 44-week programme.)

The next intake dates are:

Start date	Finish date
25 January 2010	10 September 2010
12 April 2010	26 November 2010
05 July 2010	01 April 2011
20 September 2010	17 June 2011

Programme Content

The course consists of a number of modules as show below:

Module	Content
Tourism Marketing	Supply and demand in tourism Tourism destination marketing
Tourism Management	Tourism systems and structures Issues in New Zealand tourism Tourism impacts and contexts Customer service strategies for tourism
Travel Management	Managing staff in the travel industry Special topics in travel management
Human resources	Human resources in New Zealand Staff recruitment Conflict management
Marketing	Principles of marketing Marketing mix Marketing for small business
Accounting	Accounting principles Financial analysis
Tourism Small Business Management	Setting up a small business Human resources, marketing and finance for small businesses