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Articles tagged “travel education”

Tourism

Travel Alumni Spotlight: Finding Alternative Paths to Travel Careers

Sometimes the road to a career in travel doesn't follow a straight path.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Travel Alumni Spotlight: Finding Alternative Paths to Travel Careers

Online Travel

Is the Sharing Economy Making it Easier to Teach Hospitality and Tourism?

The sharing economy may breed a few small entrepreneurs, but it doesn't have much use for professionals. In this world, everyone is an independent contractor.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Is the Sharing Economy Making it Easier to Teach Hospitality and Tourism?

Online Travel

Travel Alumni Spotlight: Smart Paths to Digital Travel Careers

When it comes to schooling, digital travel is no different from any of other travel sector. The most valuable things learned are often outside the classroom, and the degrees earned aren't always the ones you would think could lead to a career in digital travel tech, such as a liberal arts degree.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Travel Alumni Spotlight: Smart Paths to Digital Travel Careers

Ground Transport

Introducing Travel Alumni Spotlight: Where the Industry Went to School

Getting to a front desk or to the top of a tourism board isn't always a straight path. We'll show you how people made it there.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Introducing Travel Alumni Spotlight: Where the Industry Went to School

Hotels

The Double-Edged Sword of the Hospitality Graduate Degree Debate

Hotels say they're supportive of graduate education and offer tuition benefits for employees, but not having a head count of how many hold advanced degrees says something about how they actually track professional development. Ultimately, like most other industries, seniority is the biggest factor for climbing the ladder.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

The Double-Edged Sword of the Hospitality Graduate Degree Debate

Airlines

Need for Commercial Space Travel Pilots Driving Changes to Aviation Education

There's no doubt that commercial space travel will continue seeing progress over the next decade, and if traveling from one end of the world to the other can be done faster and still be safe, let's do it. At the same time, universities shouldn't lose sight of traditional aircraft challenges that need to be addressed.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

How Hospitality Management Programs Adapt to Technology

Being an expert on how to navigate a hotel's reservation system or trouble-shooting issues with mobile check-in apps is always a plus, but solving problems of human beings before resolving technology issues is a huge takeaway for hospitality management students.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

How Hospitality Management Programs Adapt to Technology

Hotels

LinkedIn Data Shows Where Hospitality Professionals Of Today Went To School

All good hotel managers or CEOs came from somewhere, and it's more important than ever that hotels recruit and stay involved with hospitality schools so they can have input on how schools should prepare students for 21st century careers.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

LinkedIn Data Shows Where Hospitality Professionals Of Today Went To School