Travel and Event Planning - Bucks County Community College

Travel and Event Planning from Bucks County Community College is a Campus Associate Tourism Management degree that prepares you for a Hospitality career. The Travel and Event Planning Associate of Arts degree program prepares graduates to compete for various careers in the travel services and meeting planning industries. Program requirements can be completed in a two-year period of full time study (including one summer employment internship). Graduates seek employment in such positions as meeting planners, conference planners, catering planners, exposition organizers, travel managers, travel agents, corporate planners, association planners, medical meeting planners, trade show coordinators, government meeting planners, incentive travel planners, independent meeting planners, seminar coordinators and sports event planners. Graduates of this program are able to: * demonstrate the skills necessary to work as a travel agent. * complete the Travel Agent Proficiency examination. * plan corporate and business meetings and conferences. * provide a variety of service functions in preparing for an event and managing ancillary services including food and beverage requirements. * develop sales and marketing management skills. * develop business presentation skills for group and convention presentations. * use the Internet to market and imrove convention, corporate and business meetings. * use computer reservations systems to develop travel itineraries for individuals, corporate clients and meeting attendees. * facilitate the communication process for successful transfer of information. View more details on Bucks County Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Tourism Management courses.