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Travel & Tourism

With more than two million people employed in the Tourism industry in the UK, there are so many opportunities for a rewarding career upon completion of your course.

Travel & Tourism at Wakefield College

This is the final call for dynamic individuals with ability, energy and ideas! If this is you, our travel, tourism and air cabin crew courses will give you the qualifications you need to succeed in this exciting industry.

Based at Wakefield College, you’ll be taught by tutors with experience of working in the travel industry.

You’ll have the opportunity to undertake local, national and international visits, residential visits and work placements.

Key Points
  • Opportunities with the sports department to go on sports residential visits as part of the tourism and special interest unit
  • Fully equipped aircraft cabin simulation for air cabin crew students
We work closely with airlines, our last assignment was guidance on how to get a job, how to prepare for an interview, and helping make us ready for a career as a cabin crew.
Olga
Travel & Tourism

Cabin Crew Training

Check out some of the exciting opportunities our Travel & Tourism students get involved in.

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Travel and Tourism department boosts students’ prospects with industry links
Travel and Tourism department boosts students’ prospects with industry links

The Travel and Tourism department at Wakefield College is enhancing students’ learning with its industry partnerships – enabling them to learn from some of the leading organisations in the sector.

Zack Hamilton, an Emerging Talent and Careers Officer at Jet 2, recently delivered a talk to…

Travel & Tourism
1 June, 2023
Travel and Tourism students take Disneyland Paris
Travel and Tourism students take Disneyland Paris

Level 3 Travel & Tourism/Air Cabin Crew and HNC/HND International Travel and Tourism Management students recently enjoyed a trip to Disneyland Paris, where they took part in a networking conference with senior leaders at Disney and other international attractions.

The students also analysed…

Travel & Tourism
21 May, 2023
Huge congrats🎉to our cabin crew students on earning their first set of wings at yesterday's fantastic ceremony 🛫
Huge congrats🎉to our cabin crew students on earning their first set of wings at yesterday's fantastic ceremony 🛫
Travel & Tourism
26 January, 2023
Cabin Crew Training @ FlyMe

A great day out for Travel & Tourism students as they visited FlyMe to take part in some filming, Cabin Crew training and getting to stretch their wings…

Travel & Tourism
19 October, 2021
Airplane safety talk!

Airplane safety talk by travel and tourism students.

Travel & Tourism
16 October, 2019

Case Studies

What our students say about us...
We work closely with airlines, our last assignment was guidance on how to get a job, how to prepare for an interview, and helping make us ready for a career as a cabin crew.
Olga
Level 2 Diploma in Cabin Crew
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Wakefield College has given me so many different opportunities, some of which have been once in a lifetime. For example, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work abroad in Italy, where I gained many new skills and valuable work experience which will help me with my future career.
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I had plenty of fun studying my course with Wakefield College. The tutors are amazing; I learnt so much and gained so much knowledge from their experience.
Kyah
Level 3 Travel & Tourism
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I really enjoy studying at Wakefield College because it provides a lot of research that I need to finish my course and the tutors are really helpful too and make sure you finish the course with the best grades that you could possibly have.
Giedre
Level 3 Travel & Tourism
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I had plenty of fun studying my course with Wakefield College. The tutors are amazing; I learnt so much and gained so much knowledge from their experience.
Kyah
Travel & Tourism
I really enjoy studying at Wakefield College because it provides a lot of research that I need to finish my course and the tutors are really helpful too and make sure you finish the course with the best grades that you could possibly have.
Giedre
Travel & Tourism

Travel & Tourism Courses

Where could a course lead...

What’s New

Catch up with the latest news and events in Travel & Tourism at Wakefield College...
Travel and Tourism department boosts students’ prospects with industry links

Thursday, 01 June, 2023

The Travel and Tourism department at Wakefield College is enhancing students’ learning with its industry partnerships – enabling them to learn from some of the leading organisations in the sector. Zack Hamilton, an Emerging Talent and Careers Officer at Jet 2, recently delivered a talk to students at the College about Aviation Apprenticeships, as well as how their studies will link in with their future careers.

Students experience life working in the Italian Alps

Wednesday, 01 May, 2019

Ten students from Wakefield College have recently returned from a successful two week work placement experience in Folgarida, Northern Italy.

Wakefield College has given me so many different opportunities, some of which have been once in a lifetime. For example, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work abroad in Italy, where I gained many new skills and valuable work experience which will help me with my future career.
Emily
Travel & Tourism
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