Travel & Tourism Abroad

Travel and tourism students benefit from numerous visits both in the UK and abroad that provide first-hand experiences to support their learning at college.

Throughout the year students visit places such as:

• British Airways Cabin Crew Training Centre at Heathrow Airport (Level 2 & Level 3) • Flybe Cabin Crew Training (Level 2 & Level 3 year 2) • Ice-Skating in Cardiff (all groups) • Drayton Manor (includes talks by guest speakers, all groups) • Roman Baths in Bath (Level 2 & Year 1 Level 3) • The Costa Dorada, & Barcelona Spain (Level 3) • Dublin (Level 2) • Optional New York or Los Angeles Trips taking place in February (Level 3)

These visits assist with completing course units such as: Planning an Event, UK Destinations, Marketing, European and Long-haul Destinations, Holiday Representatives and Entertainment for Holidaymakers. Spain Second year Level 3 students were tasked with organising an amazing trip to Spain for both themselves and the first year students in May 2018. The excited group of over 50 students departed from Birmingham Airport and arrived at Barcelona Airport to lovely sunny weather, before commencing their 50-minute coach journey to a lovely hotel set in La Pineda.

The trip was spent visiting the beautiful city of Barcelona, where they visited Las Ramblas, cathedrals and Barcelona FC Nu Camp football stadium. To finish off the trip, they spent a day visiting Salou’s theme park.

Team building games took place every evening, the highlight of which was a fashion show with outfits designed by each team as part of the unit, ‘Entertainment for Holidaymakers’.

New York & Los Angeles Level 3 students took part in these USA overseas experiences as part of their module on long haul travel. This five-day trip included

92 Find us on Facebook Flickr YouTube scheduled flights and hotel accommodation, as well as numerous visits to famous sights in Los Angeles, the Hollywood ‘Walk of Fame’, Santa Monica, Warner Bros Studios, Universal Theme Park and film studio tour. In New York, they visited Central Park, took a horse and carriage, the Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue, 9/11 Memorial and watched an ice hockey game.

All of our trips help the students with their assessments, develop confidence, build on knowledge and add to their employability skills.

Dublin Our Level 2 students organise an overseas trip to Dublin, as part of their ‘Planning an Event’ unit. A very early departure from Birmingham airport meant we could make the most of our stay. Arriving at our hotel by 10am, we checked in and were ready to explore. The Level 2 group had pre-planned the events for the day which included a visit to Dublin Zoo. The group experienced the best of Ireland’s historical capital including sampling the local food, spending time in the shops, visiting Trinity College and Dublin Castle.