The hospitality and tourism industries contribute more than $4 trillion in gross global output, which translates into millions of jobs worldwide. In Australia alone, tourism and related sectors are worth $70 billion to the economy, with Queensland as the foremost tourism state and home to the major theme parks and largest concentration of accommodation property in the country.
The School of Tourism offers students brighter futures in:
Event Management
Event Management is a dynamic and growing industry with an increasing demand for graduates around the world. The School of Tourism Event Management programs offer students a comprehensive and professional understanding of all aspects of event management; exploring frameworks for understanding festivals and special events, developing skills to manage event facilities and delving into the highly sought-after area of event sponsorship and fundraising.
Career Opportunities:
Arts and music festivals coordination
Corporate convention management
Exhibitions and special events
Management of major sporting events
Public relations across sectors
Graduates from event management are currently in great demand across private enterprise and local, state and federal governments.
Hotel Management
Hotel Management encompasses the vibrant and varied worlds of hotel, restaurant, resort management and more. These programs delve into international hotel operations management, technological applications in hospitality management and large-scale services management as well as small business operations. As the hotel and hospitality industry moves increasingly from a skills-based to a knowledge-based industry, higher learning has become increasingly critical to opening career doors and helping managers to be fully attuned to the culture, service and competitive aspects of the sector.
Career Opportunities:
Hotel and motel management
Club and casino management
Restaurant, bar and catering management
Conference and special events management
Sales and marketing in the hospitality industry
Commercial Sport & Recreation
Commercial Sport & Recreation is a unique and expansive field which encompasses many sectors, including sport and fitness, adventure and outdoor tourism, wilderness and national park recreation, event and facility management and community recreation. Studies in Commercial Sport and Recreation provide students with the tools to succeed in all of these areas, and the freedom to explore the individual pathway which appeals to them.
Career Opportunities:
Sporting agencies, clubs and centres
Commercial venues
Amusement parks
Event management agencies
Tourist resorts
Community-based agencies.
Tourism Management
World tourism is predicted to grow to 1 billion international travellers by 2010, with 195 million in the Asia Pacific alone. As the only Australian member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the School gives students majoring in Travel and Tourism the opportunity to learn from the best in this stimulating and globally significant field. Travel and Tourism Management is an exciting and rewarding area to work in – The Schools programs allow students to focus on either the travel or the tourism component of the industry or to explore both.
Career Opportunities:
Tourist resorts and attractions
Travel management consultancies
Tourism authorities and at local and national levels
Marketing and Sales in the tourism industry
Corporate Travel Organisations, including agencies, cruise companies, retail travel and travel wholesalers, airlines, coach and car hire companies.