Enjoy a fast-paced career in the growing travel, tourism and event management industries.

Our respected business degrees provide a solid grounding in the essentials of global business, and with a specialisation in tourism and event management you’ll gain the skills and knowledge that employers highly value.

During your studies you will have opportunities to attend and critique events, volunteer at major events locally and overseas and undertake industry placements. You will graduate with solid theoretical grounding, industry knowledge and the management skills to enhance your career prospects across the diverse tourism, event and hospitality business sectors.

What you'll learn

The degree starts with core courses in business. These will give you a solid grasp of business fundamentals such as economics, accounting and business intelligence. You will then go on to study specialised areas such as:

• marketing for tourism, events and hospitality
• service management in tourism, events and hospitality
• destination management
• the international business environment

You can also gain valuable insight and career skills while you study, with internships in industry and exciting career-focused electives. Electives to choose from include The Hospitality Experience; Creative Tourism: Food, Wine and Festivals; and Tourism and Indigenous Peoples; or you can take part in a Business International Study Tour.

• Business development manager: working to improve an organisation’s market position and financial growth; defining strategic goals, building customer relationships, identifying business opportunities, implementing marketing initiatives
• Community development officer: maximising the use of local facilities through the development of programs, creating partnerships, and working with the community; developing initiatives for local residents to improve wellbeing and enhance quality of life
• Events and exhibitions coordinator: project managing and coordinating collection changeovers and exhibitions at arts organisations; managing contractors and budgets; collaborating with designers and liaising with artists
• Event manager or coordinator: using strong organisational and project management skills to deliver successful, cost-effective events; managing staff and suppliers; booking venues, facilities and equipment; marketing and promotion; analysis and reporting on event performance
• Hotel manager: overseeing daily hotel operations; planning and supervising staff activities; ensuring the smooth and profitable running of business; strategic planning and reporting; communicating effectively with employees, customers and suppliers
• Strategic partnerships manager: strengthening existing relationships; developing new partnerships; using strategic thinking to identify collaboration opportunities that benefit both parties
• Tourism development manager: conceptualising and implementing strategic plans to help drive tourism; engaging with community stakeholders to align development goals
• Tourism experience planner: representing a particular community or destination develop enriching, meaningful experiences for visitors
• Tourism policy planner: developing policy and research papers, major industry reports, submissions and responses; engaging with stakeholders such as industry and the general public and maintaining these networks; monitoring and reporting; developing government or stakeholder relations strategies