Work and tour the world
tHE travel and tourism industry holds great career opportunities for those who like to experience new sights and cultures – and being paid to do so, with board and lodging included.
Globally, tourism and hospitality are among the key service industries that mutually drive each other to illuminate a country as a tourist and business destination.
The global travel industry comprises a wide variety of businesses – from hotels and inns to casino resorts, trains, buses, airplanes, cruise ships, tour operators and travel bookers, both online and physical.
At Nanyang’s School of Tourism and Hospitality in Singapore, students benefit from quality academic and hands-on programmes that are offered in collaboration with reputable affiliated institutes.
They get to experience Singapore’s vibrancy and the service industry’s professionalism as a regional hub for business and leisure travellers first hand.
Its course is industry-focused and is designed for career development.
Nanyang Institute of Management is a four-year Edutrust-certified PEI, with strong education emphasis in the tourism and hospitality sectors.
Located in the heart of the Clark Quay Central business district, it offers Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Degree and Post-Graduate programmes in Tourism and Hospitality management with accredited pathways to British and Australian Universities – in particular the Federation University Australia.
Completing the theory modules at the Diploma programme allows students the opportunity for a sixmonth internship at premier hotels such as The Fullerton, the ShangriLa, and more.
At Nanyang, the programmes are specially designed to contextualise tourism within the field of business and management.
It provides students with significant flexibility in terms of career opportunities.
The Head of School for Tourism and Hospitality at Nanyang, Marcus Lim, says: “Studying tourism in vibrant tourist cities is certainly an advantage and a privilege, providing a real opportunity for students to understand how tourism actually functions and how it is structured vis-a-vis a global context.
“Tourism encompasses a range of other sub-industries, such as hospitality, transport, entertainment, leisure, sports, retail and events, as well as the cultural, arts and heritage industries.”
Nanyang’s tourism programmes emphasise the value of advancing students’ soft skills and IT competencies.
It provides both Amadeus and Opera software courses that are internationally acclaimed software operating systems and are currently used by the best hotels and travel agencies of the world.
The internship programme also helps students establish a close relationship with the industry and develop supplementary skills through their work experience.
Consequently, the tourism programme involves learning activities such as site visits and encourages learning “beyond the classroom”.
Academic director Yeh Choy Yan adds: “Because tourism and travel are adventurous activities, the study of tourism is also exciting and fascinating.
“Within the programme we encourage inter-disciplinary learning, as well live case studies. In our teaching practices we try to finely blend pragmatic and academic elements of learning.” For more enquiries visit
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