STUDYING Tourism & Hospitality Management - Review & Tips from a recent graduate (Summer 2020)
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2020
- Are you thinking of studying tourism and hospitality? Or are you just looking at different options of degrees you would like to study in University and are curious to know what to expect studying tourism? If any of the two questions is a yes, then you came to the right video! And even if you are not, but are curious to know what a recent tourism and hospitality undergraduate has to say about the degree, then you are more than welcome to join.
Today I will be sharing my experience, tips and thoughts on the degree of Tourism and hospitality management as a recent graduate. With all of this, my goal will be to create a picture so that you are aware what studying this degree implies, the career opportunities you have after finishing the degree and even the salaries that you can expect to make in the tourism industry based on my personal experience. Because the worst thing you can do is to have expectations that are not met in the end. And choosing the degree, although it does not necessarily have to be, it is certainly a very important decision in your life and in many cases, it determines your professional future.
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Great video! Thanks for making it. I'm an international student from Brazil, studying tourism in Portugal. I just started my second year, and I didn't know about the possibility of taking more disciplines to finish it sooner. I will definitely look into this option next semester if it's available here too. I have been feeling a bit disappointed with tourism degree and confused whether it's really worth it or not. Even before the COVID crisis started I felt that it lacks job opportunities other than being a receptionist (which is something I was doing in Brazil at a 5 stars hotel even without a diploma... so I kept asking myself "why spend 3 years studying to end up doing something I was able to do without a degree?!" ☹️). Seeing your video gives me a little bit of hope that, after finishing my degree, I will be able to get a better job other than at the operational departments. Anyway, great video, you just earned a subscriber!
Hi Breno, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I do agree with what you say, in the sense that I also was disappointed in general when I started university. But as with everything in life, I think that it is important to try to make the most of it and see the positive side. With tourism, as I said in the video, you have a very broad range of opportunities and can be considered like "Business Administration" but centred towards the tourism sector. Yes, you can become a receptionist or other operational jobs, but you also can go into other fields such as Human Resources, Finance, Marketing or Sales. This is why I think that it is important to take the chance to do internships during the degree in these more complicated departments. Maybe you start doing Human Resources (for example) for a Hotel, but after you have more experience, you can move to Human Resources from a company in a complete different sector. Of course you first need to see what you like, but personally I think that it is a degree with possibilities. And just one final thought, which is that in the end, after your degree, if you discover that you want to do something else, you can always do a masters in almost any other field and specialise in something else. Stay motivated!!! If you work hard, I am sure that you will do great!!🙌💪😃
Thank you for this video! Terima kasih! Im currently defree for 2nd year in Tourism Management in UiTM Malaysia. Let's hope this pandemic ends soon and hopefully everyone here in the same industry will be able to enjoy again working and may Allah extend our friendships through our TM career😊
Yeahhh!! Hopefully it is over soon🙏 Thanks for the comment and best of luck!! 🍀
hi sis may i ask you course ni still relevan ke? sbb saya dpt tawaran course ni and lepas belajar boleh kerja apa je ye? maaih keliru smpai sekarang sbb saya tak tahu saya minat apa
Good video! Clear amb complete!! Highly recommended for those thinking of studying tourism or even other careers.
Glad it was helpful! 😜
hey your English I so good!!! thanks for the info. I am currently thinking in pursuing this degree!! Best of luck!!!
Thanks for the support! And good luck to you too!
you are very good while explaining. your video really helped me and motivated me.
Glad to hear that! You made my day! :)
I'm a viewer from Taiwan. Your video is very useful.
I took a vacation school as a travel agent. So now I think I want to learn about hotel management too.
Great :) Good luck with it!
I love your video about HOST. This field is my ADN and would not change it at all.
I am happy you enjoyed it!!!! And also glad that you are passionate about it!!💯😍
@@robertalcaniz I am positively impressed of your career development in different countries...
¡This video helped me a lot! Thanks.
Glad to hear it!😄
Nice video, keep it up dude 😎👍🔥
Thanks 🔥
Thank you for the tips🥰
You’re welcome 😊
Greetings from chile, we have a full english career called Tourism & Hospitality here, im on my 2nd year and its awesome!
Great to hear!! Best of luck with it! :)
How much is the career?
@@LiAlcie about $345 dollars
Thank you. This is very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Cool and Good
nice one mate!
Thanks!
Hello thank you for a great video and useful advice. Before going to University in the England I want to spend my gap year in Spain to live and work without pay in a hotel whilst learning the language as I feel this would give me a good idea of the hotel industry and help me with my studies at University. Do you have any advice on how I could get a job in a hotel in Spain despite not knowing the language and not having lived there before? Would it be better to work in a hotel that also has hotel in England and not just Spain? Is this too ambitious?
Hi, sounds like an interesting plan. I would advice you to check your specific situation because working and not getting paid for it is really only possible with internships (which are done signing an agreement with a University). Unless there is a University that can provide an agreement I find it unlikely that any hotel would take you for free as legally if you work anywhere in Spain you need to be insured. This means that either you have an employment contract or an internship one with a University.
If you want jobs in hotels you can look in Hosco (it is like Linkedin but specialized in the tourism and hospitality industry). If you want to get a general overview, perhaps a smaller hotel (max 80 rooms) will be better as you will do more multitasking and get to know the processes much more in depth (also more chances of actually talking to the GM). If you go to a big chain like Marriott, NH, W, Mandarin,... you will have worked for a reputed brand, which is good, but if you get a job in reception, you will most likely then specialise a lot in that area and not see so much of the rest.
If you need to get a job somewhere to get a good overview of the hotel industry I would go for receptionist/front desk agent. You are the main point of contact with the client and are in touch with many departments + know pretty much anything going on in the hotel from the operational side.
Regarding the language, speaking no Spanish is not a big drawback (depending on which area you want to work in), but it would help you to speak it.
Thanks for the video, I learn a lot from it. I'm currently a third year Tourism and Hotel Management sgudent in North Cyprus. I have to do a compulsory internship and I want you to guide me on how to go about it? I want to do my internship in Germany.
Thanks for the comment :) Got your DM in insta.
How much is the whole career?
Hey mate I'm starting my master in near east university as a tourism management any suggestions so far please I see you commented here a year ago?
Thank you so much for this video 🙏🏻❤️ I’m going to do a CTH uk hospitality management advance diploma leval 5 this year,I’m doing it from Sri Lanka,it is relevant to a 1st year of a hospitality degree and class is on weekends,I have a one question brother,is this degree is related only to tourism and hospitality? Is this degree will helpful if we are working for another industry like HR or marketing?can you please tell me ,and how is my decision?do you have any advices to give?
Hi Aki!! Thanks for your comment. In regards to your questions, here is what I think, but remember that this is just from my personal experience in my university, so it might not be the same everywhere. 😄
- Is this degree is related only to tourism and hospitality? From what I did, of course it is centred towards this, but you also take general finance, marketing or human resources classes. So it would be kind of like doing a degree in Business Administration but more centred in Tourism.
-Is this degree will helpful if we are working for another industry like HR or marketing? From my experience you see that I am now working in HR for a non-tourism related company, so certainly it has helped me (also other colleagues in my department have studied tourism and are now working in HR). Of course if you want to get into this field specifically someone with a degree in marketing or HR might have better chances of being selected in the recruitment process, but if you are not sure what you want to do and still want a degree that opens many different doors to you, I think that Tourism can be a great alternative. (I suggest though doing internships in HR or Marketing if this is what you are interested in getting into after the degree as it will help you a lot in getting a job in the respective field).
General advice I would give you is that, if you don't have clear what you want to do, I would go for either tourism & hospitality or a general Business Administration degree. Since as I said, it opens a lot of doors. 😃 Anyways, the choice is of course yours.
@@robertalcaniz thank you so much for the reply it means alot ❤️🙏🏻❤️
im considering of taking this course because i dont really know what to do in life and getting jobs is really hard without degree . but can people with social anxiety handle this? does this course require great communication skill?.
There are many different professions that you can do after you finish the degree, but it is true that many can be client/public facing roles. During the degree I had to do several group projects and presentations in front of the class. If you don't like this then there are probably other degrees in which it is more of you just sitting in a desk and listening to the teachers and not so interactive. Again though, I am just speaking from my experience. On the other hand, I did have colleagues who weren't so good with crowds/speaking in public and still completed the degree :) Hope this helps!
@@robertalcaniz Hello👋 I always wanted to study this course in my whole life but never got a chance to study. I'm 30 years old now and I'm still willing to study it, shoud I take this course in this age?ples ,give me advice it would be such a great thing to me🙏🙏😍
What are some of the jobs that are associated with tourism and hospitality management?
Receptionist, manager of any touristic establishment, tour guide, working in F&B, events, but also as I mention in the video you can end up working in mire corporate functions like HR, Finance... And many more of course!
Hi, I have a bachelor's degree with a major in English. Can I take Masters in Hospitality Management and Tourism without any experience?
Hi, you should consult this with each University, but I would assume that it is possible. In fact, Masters degrees were made so people could specialize on different topics after finishing a degree. In the University I studied at (CETT-UB) I think that it would be possible for instance. Not trying to promote it or anything, simply speaking from something I know.
i had experiece doing ticket takers, check bags, usher, lobby attendants for 3 years with all types of events (plan on applying for this again)
and cooks, food prep in fast food for 1 year. Is these a good experience?
Hi Jasmine, thanks for sharing! Looks like you have quite some experience, but the good/bad is very subjective. First I don't know your age and secondly, it also depends on what you are aiming towards, I would say that if you want to end up being supervisor/manager or higher in the sectors that you have mentioned, then you are on the right path, but I don't know exactly what your goal is, so for the reasons mentioned it is hard to tell 😄
@@robertalcaniz i want to work at theme parks and flight attendent, cruise ship. i want to be the one who book concerts
Nice!
Thanks!
plz on subtitles so I can understand easily
I am tourism and hospitality student❤️
Hey is this degree easy?
What's the main differences between Tourism and hospitality management and Event management ?
Hello! Thanks for the comment :) I would say that they are certainly different degrees, but that share some things in common. It is clear that events are a big part of the Tourism and hospitality industry, but the industry is much more than just events. I have not done any degree on events, but I would say that in tourism and hospitality, although you do touch some aspects of events, I personally only did a couple of subjects on this topic. If I had wanted to, I could have specialised more on that, but I didn't.
Summarizing, the main points I find are:
-Events degree is more focused than tourism and hospitality. If you have clear that you want to do events, then it might be good to study events directly, but if you want to have more possibilities, I would go for tourism and hospitality as you can also end up working in events.
-Tourism and hospitality touches, many aspects of managing tourism companies, not just the event organizing ones, but also airlines, hotels, restuarants...
I’ve completed bachelors in commerce and I now want to change my field and m very much interested in hospitality can I opt for hospitality management ??
Hi, I am not sure how the universities from different countries work, but at least here in Spain I don't see any problem to get in if you have already completed a bachelors in commerce :)
Hi Robert, I completed my Bachelor in Translation & Interpreting Studies. I want to pursue a career in tourism and I am planning to do my masters in this area. Do you think a masters degree will be sufficient to work and raise up in this area?
Yes, I think it will definitely be enough, although at the end of the day the fact that you can rise/grow or not will depend a lot on the company you end up working for and your bosses (studies are not everything) :)
How beneficial is translation and interpretation? Its in my list of courses..
Hi, how much is the tuition in spain for this degree?
Hi Delia, 😊I actually just made a video on it so I leave it here in case you are interested: czcams.com/video/dXAM7VGbfL4/video.html
i am from India and studying law at India but gradually i found out that i am more interested in tourism and hospitality management subjects now i am confused and don't know where to start..i am am arts student
It is really important to feel happy in whatever profession you choose. But you should also consider
- how long have you already been studying law? Does it make sense to quit now?
- which are the average salaries in law/in the tourism industry?
- the pandemic has shown as how hard it may be in tbe tourism industry...
- have a look at this other video czcams.com/video/PqRo56mAhSc/video.html
Good luck!!!
@@laligarcia3137 i will obviously complete my law first then go for the next step..thank you for your suggesting ..i am totally confused about my dreams rn..
@Lali gave some very solid points. Generally salaries in law are higher than in hospitality, but as we all know, in life not everything is about money. I think that we all struggle in life to know what is it that we want to do, but even if you now study and work in law for 5 years (just as an example), you can still change industries at a later stage in your life. In fact, probably you will be even more valuable to companies with having a background in law and then switching to hospitality as you will bring a new perspective.
@@robertalcaniz Thank you so much for explaining..your words have cleared my confusion to almost 30 to 40 percent ..rest obviously depends upon my ability my efforts as well as my dedication to it..i will do my best for my future
hey can a student from architecture will able to do this course
Hi, yes, for sure. Anyone can study this regardless of what you have previously done/studied.
hallo can i get deatails about where to apply for this course
Hi Hadil, in my case I studied in CETT University of Barcelona. I leave here the link to their website in which you have all the details of the exact course I did: www.cett.es/en/ 😄
Hello brother whats subject we have yo study in this course plz reply
Here you have the subjects of the degree: www.cett.es/en/academic-offer/courses/bachelors-degree-in-tourism/syllabus#program-and-subjects
Is there is account in any semistar???
If you mean if there is accounting in any semester while studying, yes, there is.
I am a Tourism Management student ❤️
Niceee!!! +1😃
Its an easy major ?
@@hala-si3pn relatively yes
Your voice sound me a lot like the voice of someone who speaks Spanish like drinking a cup of water, easy, perhabs I don't really know, I speak spanish so your voice sound similar to me
You are totally right, my mother tongues are Spanish & Catalan :)
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Sama sama
What is the difference between
1. Tourism And Leisure
2. Tourism And hospitality
Let me know thank you very much
I would assume that nº1 is more targeting the tourism + different activities of leisure (theme parks, guides, all sorts of outdoor activities...) while the second one might focus more on F&B + accommodation. However, you should just check the subjects that each of the studies are offering and to see better the differences.
@@robertalcaniz got it thanks man❤️
Ibiza is pronounced E-beetha....