BTEC National Travel & Tourism


Book Description

Closely matched to the specifications, this student book is the only resource available for BTEC national travel and tourism. It contains everything students need for the Award and some additional units for the Certificate.




A Dictionary of Travel and Tourism Terminology


Book Description

This fully revised and updated second edition provides over 7,000 definitions of travel and tourism terminology used throughout the world, highlighting the many differences between US and European usage. It covers all aspects of the tourism industry, including hospitality, transport, and ancillary services. It explains the operating language of the travel industry, acronyms and abbreviations of organizations, associations and trade bodies, IT terms and brand names, and provides website addresses. Entries vary from one-line definitions to 500 word articles, and references are provided for further reading. This new edition contains over 500 new entries and the unique cross referencing system has been extended; for example accessing any entry about business travel leads to over 70 others. It is an essential reference tool for anyone involved in tourism research, and everyone in the travel industry.




British Qualifications


Book Description

The field of professional, academic and vocational qualifications is ever-changing. The new edition of this highly successful and practical guide provides thorough information on all developments. Fully indexed, it includes details on all university awards and over 200 career fields, their professional and accrediting bodies, levels of membership and qualifications.It acts as an one-stop guide for careers advisors, students and parents, and will also enable human resource managers to verify the qualifications of potential employees.







Travel and Tourism


Book Description

Travel and tourism is a wide-ranging sector, involving both personal and business travel and large, medium and small-sized companies. This book describes ways to find work in travel and tourism, together with lists of the most important aspects of jobs int he field. It offers guidance for matching the reader's personality, skills and interests to possible future employment in the industry. It gives details of specific jobs such as marketing and promotions officer, travel agent, holiday representative, tour manager and travel consultant,and describes long-term career paths and wider opportunities. This series gives young people an inside view of how their studies relate to the working world. The text gives an overview of a range of key jobs within the industry and highlights typical training, qualities and skills demanded by employers. It also includes personal diaries from real people, with firsthand accounts of the pluses and minuses of various roles in the workplace.







The Penguin Careers Guide


Book Description

The Penguin Careers Guide is the indispensable and practical source for anyone seeking careers information. Now fully revised and updated for its fourteenth edition, it contains in-depth discussions of hundreds of possible careers, with invaluable advice on education, training and employment issues. Whether you’re just starting out after college or returning to work, looking for a full or part-time position, wondering how to set up your own business or finance your studies, this is the essential guide to point you in the right direction.




British Vocational Qualifications


Book Description

British Vocational Qualifications is an indispensable reference for careers advisors, human resource managers, employers, teachers and students, featuring up-to-date information on over 3,500 vocational qualifications available in the United Kingdom. These include Vocational Qualifications (VQs), National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs), Related Vocational Qualifications (RVQs) and apprenticeships. The directory also covers the latest developments within the fast-changing field of vocational qualifications, and details of awarding, examining and validating bodies. British Vocational Qualifications is a simple guide for anyone who needs to understand vocational education, whether researching what is available, verifying a qualification for legal purposes, or reviewing where best to study for them.




BTEC National Travel and Tourism


Book Description

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the core and most popular optional units of the BTEC National in Travel and Tourism Award, Certificate and Diploma. Published in full colour and written to cover the new 2007 specifications, BTEC National Travel and Tourism brings your studies to life with numerous illustrations, exercises, definition boxes, review questions and summaries. Each chapter contains practical activities that put theory into practice and generate data for use in assignments as well as sample case studies. Fifteen compulsory and optional units are covered in detail providing you with the knowledge you need to succeed in your BTEC National. A free supporting CD-ROM completes the package with learning outcomes and useful web links for the less widely studied options whilst a teacher's CD-ROM with a wealth of extra resources to complement the book is also available.




British Qualifications


Book Description

In a single volume, the new edition of this guide gives comprehensive coverage of the developments within the fast-changing field of professional, academic and vocational qualifications. career fields, their professional and accrediting bodies, levels of membership and qualifications, and is a one-stop guide for careers advisors, students and parents. It should also enable human resource managers to verify the qualifications of potential employees.