Employability and Skills Handbook for Tourism, Hospitality and Events Students

Name: Employability and Skills Handbook for Tourism, Hospitality and Events Students
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138493971
Price: 89.99 NZD
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By Miriam Firth

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This handbook equips tourism, hospitality and events students with essential skills and knowledge for employment in these competitive fields. It emphasises reflective, reflexive and critical analysis of personal, academic and professional development, guiding readers on the attributes sought by industry employers. Illustrated with case studies and practical activities, it offers valuable advice from both employers and graduates.
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Students studying tourism, hospitality or events; academics and researchers in these fields; industry professionals interested in employee skills and development.

This handbook provides students with an essential understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to work in the Tourism, Hospitality and Events industries. It offers reflective, reflexive and critical analysis on personal, academic and professional development.

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This handbook provides students with an essential understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to work in the tourism, hospitality and events industries. It offers reflective, reflexive and critical analysis on personal, academic and professional development.

Not only looking at how to develop the skills, attributes and prospects for employment in these competitive industries, Employability and Skills Handbook for Tourism, Hospitality and Events Students also focuses on what the employers in tourism, hospitality and events sectors require of graduate employees. Highly illustrated, the chapters contain think points and activities, and case studies are integrated throughout offering first-hand advice from both employer and graduate perspectives.

The first book to focus on skills and employability in tourism, hospitality and events, this is a must-read for all students studying these fields.

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Experts praise the handbook's practical utility and unique focus on professional development in tourism, hospitality and events. Dr Richard Robinson commends its relevance for students and industry leaders alike, while Dr Susan Horner highlights its comprehensive approach to academic and lifelong learning, recommending it for students, academics and management.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138493971

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 70 Tables, black and white; 40 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Halftones, black and white; 65 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

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Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 834g

Pages: 414

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About the Author

Dr Miriam Firth has worked, researched and taught in tourism, hospitality and events management programmes for over 15 years. Building upon a career in hotel, restaurant and festival management she specialises in supporting the employability of students, and professional development for management in these sectors. From working, and the continued research, in these industries, her publications are informed from both published research and active experience in the contexts into which students will graduate. She is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester (ranked 27th in the world in 2019), Programme Director of BA (hons) Management, Leadership and Leisure, and Director of Teaching and Learning Strategy.

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