Develop management and leadership capabilities and increase your prospects of getting a senior position in the industry with the Associate Degree in Hospitality and Hotel Management.

You will develop your business management potential, get hands-on experience in our hospitality training centre and gain a thorough understanding of the industry's trends and issues.

This course prepares you to join the fast growing hospitality and tourism job sector. You will gain an applied knowledge of the major operational, managerial and organisational areas in the industry.

You’ll learn from teachers who are directly involved in the industry, and develop skills in:

• hotel operations management
• food, wine and catering operations
• accounting principles for management
• marketing and business communications
• contracts, risk and business law
• resort management
• rooms division management.

Employment for management and other roles in the hospitality and tourism industries is expected to grow significantly in the next few years. According to Deloitte(external link), the tourism industry is identified as ranking second within a set of ‘fabulous five’ industry sectors that will drive Australian economic growth, with projections of almost five per cent growth per annum, over the next 30 years.

After graduating, you could find employment in the following positions:

• food and beverage manager
• hotel manager
• restaurant manager
• accommodation manager
• operations manager
• function manager
• small business operator
• event manager.