HTM 133

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HTM 133

• trends careers

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Trends

• Demographic shifts
• larger of older people from developed
  countries. They have more money time more
  leisure travel
• more single people. Less likely to marry, more
  likely to divorce. Use travel for social needs.
• Globalism
• Increased business travel increased leisure
  travel

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Trends

• Videoconferencing
• could lead to less business travel, fewer
  meetings.
• Ethnicity
• Older immigrants from Europe trans Atlantic
  tourism
• Newer immigrants from Latin America, Asia
  increased travel to THOSE countries.

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Trends

• Eco Tourism
• Popular w/ destinations and yuppie travelers
• Popularity is in direct conflict with the goals
  of eco tourism. How to resolve?
• Technology
• rapidly changing. How will it evolve?
• Internet, self serve check in, data mining and
  mass customization.
• In job market, young people often sought for
  computer proficiency -- get some!

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Careers
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Hospitality

• Pros
• Most of the jobs are here
• High pay / perks / status
• Rapid advancement
• Cons
• Instability / lots of relocation
• Alcohol
• Hours

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Food Beverage

• Pros
• Lots of jobs
• Entrepreneurial opportunities
• Social
• Cons
• Alcohol
• Long hours
• Pay not that great

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Airline

• Pros
• Travel perks
• Stability
• High pay at the top
• Cons
• Low starting pay (mostly)
• Too much travel (some jobs)
• Demanding / stress (time schedule demands)

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Meetings

• Pros
• Nice amount of travel
• Good pay / stable companies
• Red carpet treatment
• Cons
• can be stressful at times

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CVB

• Pros
• Good working conditions
• Reasonable pay
• Not too demanding
• Cons
• Political frustrations
• Not lots of jobs
• Up side limited

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Tours

• Pros
• Great Entrepreneurial opportunities
• Stability
• Good travel opportunities
• Cons
• Lower starting pay
• Very competitive

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Cruise

• Pros
• Nice travel perks
• Rapidly growing more jobs
• Good pay for some jobs
• Cons
• Ship board working conditions
• Ship board pay
• Availability of jobs to U.S. citizens

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Travel Agents

• Pros
• Good Entrepreneurial opportunities
• Easy to enter
• Travel perks
• Cons
• low starting pay
• uncertain future
• knowledge demands are great

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HTM Path

• 4 year hospitality
• hotels
• food beverage
• Meetings
• 4 year tourism
• CVBs
• Meetings
• Govt agencies
• Attractions

• Strengths of our program
• small
• church school
• faculty w/ practical experience
• Weaknesses
• remote little industry opportunities
• small same faculty over and over

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HTM

• 4 year hospitality
• Hotels
• food beverage
• meetings

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HTM

• Strengths of our program
• small
• church school
• faculty w/ practical experience
• Weaknesses
• remote little industry opportunities
• small same faculty over and over

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Recommendations

• Internship or other work experience
• IS
• Stay focused
• Use your unique qualifications
• Grad School?
• http//cc.purdue.edu/alltson/career.htm

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Recent Grads

• Universal Studios - Japan
• LV CVB
• Marriott
• Doubletree
• Four Seasons
• Disney
• Grad School gt NY NY
• Continental Airlines

• PCC
• Fiji Office of Development
• Hilton Hawaiian Village
• Hyatt Hotels
• Sky Chefs
• Pictures Plus
• JTB
• United airlines

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Jobs

• Cartographer
• Travel Researcher
• Travel Writer
• Video Producer
• CVB Rep
• Tourist Bureau Rep

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Jobs

• Purser
• Cruise Director
• Excursion / Shore Manager
• Pilot
• Flight Attendant
• Gate Agent
• Reservation Agent

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Jobs

• Travel Agent
• Tour Wholesaler
• Travel Broker
• Tour Escort
• Ground Transportation Manager

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Jobs

• General Manager
• Director of Sales
• Food Beverage Manager
• Front Office Manager
• Executive Housekeeper
• Accountant

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Jobs

• Rental Car Manager
• Attraction Manager
• Corporate Travel Planner
• Govt Foreign Service
• Interpreter
• Govt Tourism Development Agency

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Pay

• Low Pay Reputation
• Many Low-Pay Jobs
• Non- Skilled
• Supply Demand
• Bottom-Up Tradition
• College Grads Start low 30s (U.S.)
• Comparable to Other Industries

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Perks

• Travel
• Meals
• Laundry
• Full Maintenance
• Discounts
• Ski Utah
• Travel Agent
• FAM Trips

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Down Side

• Long Hours
• Work on Weekends, Holidays, etc..
• Not Good for Family Life?
• Fast Paced (Urgent)
• Traveling Public Can Be Abusive
• Travel Travail
• Many Small Employers (poor benefits)