The ABE's Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Programme provides a pathway through which students aspiring to management roles in the sector can develop a combination of key business skills and industry knowledge in preparation for the varied and demanding careers which the industry offers. The ABE is the market leader in the cost-effective provision of quality-assured British management education leading to awards which are valued in their own right, but which are also recognised as an accepted route into the later stages of a number of other UK and overseas professional or university qualifications.
Career Opportunities: Junior Executive position in : Hotels; Airlines; Travel Agencies; Tourism Offices.

Course Structure

Diploma

Part 1
Economics
Organizational Behaviour
Accounting
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

Part 2
Marketing
Human Resource Management
Travel Tourism & Hospitality Oper. Mang.
Managerial Accounting
Principles of Business Law

The Diploma parts can be studied in any order Exemptions from Diploma subjects may be granted to holders of qualifications of certain other professional bodies.

Advanced Diploma
The three compulsory papers are:
Corporate Strategy
International Travel, Tourism and Hospitality
Tourism and the Environment

Students must pass two of the following options:
Management Organization
Strategic Marketing
Strategic Human Resource Management
Managing the Information Resource

The Advanced Diploma papers are set and marked to the level of the second year of a UK Business Studies degree programme.
Following passes in the requisite five subjects above, the successful student will be awarded the Advanced Diploma in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality.

Entry requirements

Diploma: ABE Certificate in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality; or ABE Certificate in Business Administration; or two GCE ‘A’ levels together with four GCSEs at grade C or above, including English Language and Maths; or at least two years’ appropriate work experience.

Advanced Diploma: ABE Diploma in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality or a degree, awarded by a recognised UK or overseas University or there recognised qualifications of approved overseas Institutions of Higher Education.