TOURISM WITH BUSINESS BA Honours
Course summary
Tourism is one of the world’s largest and most dynamic sectors and is forecast to continue growing during this century. The sector needs entrepreneurial professionals who can contribute to, lead or create successful businesses that will support sustainable tourism in challenging global circumstances. This long-established course gives you the knowledge, analytical skills and life-changing experiences to make a successful career as a tourism professional.
Our Tourism with Business BA offers an interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise in business along with an in-depth understanding of tourism’s influence and how it can be harnessed to create a positive legacy. You will learn how destinations, visitor attractions, transport and accommodation are planned, marketed and managed, along with key business issues such as finance and accounting, managing and leading people, global strategic management, and sustainability.
We enjoy a fantastic location in the heart of London, one of the world’s leading tourism destinations. Your studies will include regular site visits to major tourism suppliers such as hotel companies, transport operators and attractions for behind-the-scenes tours, visits to major tourism events, and talks from experienced tourism professionals. We invite tourism practitioners into the classroom and our students liaise with our industry partners on projects.
Our graduates are entrepreneurial and globally engaged and we encourage you to participate in the international opportunities we offer. You will develop a range of important transferable skills that are sought by employers and that are crucial to business success – the ability to think critically and creatively, to communicate effectively in writing and in person, and to be socially, ethically and environmentally aware. Many of our graduates develop careers in global tourism organisations including online travel agencies, tour operators, hotel companies, and visitor attractions. Others work for smaller more specialised tourism businesses and some set up their own businesses.
You can choose to take part in an optional year-long work placement module, which will enable you to experience a year in industry. The tourism placement year will help you develop employability and transferable skills through increased commercial awareness and professionalism.
Our tourism teaching team are well known for their research and publications. They present at international conferences and have published academic texts used at universities around the world.
We welcome applications from dynamic, committed and self-motivated individuals who are passionate about travel, tourism and business, and who want to contribute to tourism’s future as a force for a sustainable world.
CAREERS
All of our students, no matter which tourism course they take, come away with a good grounding in tourism from a theoretical and practical perspective. We take a policy-oriented approach, drawing on issues of strategy and planning, which means you will be well suited to work in planning and strategic roles in your future career.
Students on the Tourism with Business BA gain a sound grounding in accounting, finance and HR and are therefore well placed to work in the corporate world.
With a growing global network of 3,000 employers, our Careers and Employability Service is here to support you to achieve your full potential.
Industry links
Many of our staff are industry professionals, working part-time with us and part-time in their own businesses. Other have previously worked in the tourism or events sectors and bring that experience to their teaching role.
We have links with the tourism and events industry throughout London, the UK and much further afield, including companies such as Turkish Airlines, Intercontinental Hotel Park Lane London, London and Partners, Malta Tourism Authority, Visit Lincoln, and Mandarin Oriental, London.
Work experience opportunities
Previous students have gained valuable experience by volunteering in organisations including Southwark Cathedral and the Charles Dickens Museum, the London Marathon, Prudential Ride London and Moonwalk London. Others have taken advantage of the international work experience opportunities available to them by taking part in the Westminster Working Cultures Programme.
Students can also choose to take part in an optional year-long work placement module, giving them valuable industry experience and boosting their employability. Those who complete the year-long work placement will graduate with the award "BA Honours Tourism with Business with Professional Experience".
Job roles
The course prepares you for roles in a range of sectors, including:
- Contracting suppliers
- Destination marketing
- Human resources
- Planning tours and trips
- Tourism business marketing and sales
- Tourism business operations
Graduate employers
Previous graduates have found roles in companies, including:
- Booking Holdings
- Edwardian Hotels
- Flight Centre
- Hungarian National Tourism Organisation
- Jac Travel
- Loveholidays.com
- Miki Travel
- PPHE Hotel Group
- Serendipity Tailormade Travel
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