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Jobs and Career sin Travel and Tourism Industry and business trips

Tec Eng - for monday the 8th

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Jobs and Career sin Travel and Tourism Industry and business trips

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  1. Popular Career in Travel and Tourism Industry AcademicTechnical English Licenciado Tadeo Martinez

  2. Travel Agent • A travel agent researches, plans, and organizes trips for individuals and groups. A travel agent usually works for a travel agency that organizes various business and leisure trips and makes sure that the tourists and travellers have a comfortable journey and makes sure that their stay is comfortable. Other things that a travel agent works for is to make sure that the customers get comfortable accommodation, visas, travel, foreign exchange etc

  3. Tour Guide • A tour guide gives a guided tour to a group of tourists or an individual. A tour guide provides assistance and information on historical sites, religious institutes, museums, sanctuaries and national parks or a place of cultural importance. A tour guide needs to have a thorough knowledge of these destinations, their history, geographical conditions and other relevant information. In order to become a tour guide, you need to develop good communication skills, fluency in foreign languagesand information about the local area and a familiarity with the same. 

  4. Tourism Manager • A tourist/tourism manager promotes tourism in his or her area by utilizing various advertising methods and campaigns. The manager also assists travelers from all cultures and customs.

  5. P R Manager • A public relations manager looks at the various aspects of managing the reputation of a travelling agency or any other firm in the market. A PR manager is responsible for advertising and spreading information about an agency in order to build a good reputation for it in the market. A PR Manager in this industry usually works for a travel agency, hotel chains and airlines. A PR Manager also needs to write press releases, manage events and act as a coordinator between various departments of the firm. A PR Manager usually needs to have good communication and management skills and should be able to handle any potential crisis. This is a lucrative career in Travel and Tourism.

  6. Event Manager • An event manager is responsible for organizing, planning and supervising various logistics of an event. An event manager also acts as a coordinator who meets the various demands of a client. The events may vary from a concert to a conference.

  7. AirlineGround Staff • Ground personnel is essential in sectors such as commercial activities, airport operations, airline operations, and so on. Ground staff have a wide range of tasks, including checking, storing, and carrying luggage, as well as filling the aircraft with food and beverages.

  8. Transport Officer And Travel Writer • A transport officer is generally appointed by a state government or municipal transportation authority to perform tasks such as vehicle fleet maintenance, monitoring vehicle establishment programs, approving ground transportation budgets, and so on. • A travel writer is responsible for producing articles about historical sites, holidays, adventure, the hotel business, culture, and so on.

  9. Skills Required for a Career in Travel and Tourism  Professionals in the travel and tourism sector are focused on delivering great services to customers who are away from home on vacation or on business. Candidates interested in pursuing a career in the tourism sector must have a passion for travel, a desire to learn new things, and the ability to keep up with the newest news as well as global socioeconomic trends. Some of the characteristics and abilities that applicants need to possess in order to create a successful career in the travel and tourism industry are as follows

  10. Skills Required for a Career in Travel and Tourism  Confidence Excellent communication skills Strong interpersonal skills Pleasant and well-groomed personality Diligence Flexibility Commitment Enthusiasm Good administration and management skills Patience Good research and planning skills Problem-solving skills Organisation skills Time management skills Strong networking skills Teamwork Hardworking Leadership skills

  11. GOING ON ABUSINESS TRIP

  12. Typesofbusinesstrips Have you ever been to any of these types of events? What were they like? 1 exhibitions and trade fairs2 team-building weekends 3 conferences 4 corporate events

  13. Planning a business trip

  14. Reasons to go on a business trip

  15. Travelling to a conference

  16. Pair Work • Work in pairs. Take turns to talk about a trip using the prompts below. Try to use vocabulary from Going on a business trip part . • Talk about a past business trip. You should describe: • - the purpose of the trip • - what preparations you made • - what events took place during the trip • And explain how you felt about the trip

  17. Questions Answer the questions below in pairs or small groups. 1. What was your best business trip? What was your worst? 2. Do you think business trips are necessary or can everything be done, for example, on Skype? 3. What do you like about business trips? What don’t you like about them? 4. What is the most valuable thing you can get from a business trip?

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