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Tourism & Travel

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General Resources

Look at the AGCAS Sector Briefing booklet, Tourism Sector, which has useful information, links and an overview of the sector. Free copies of these are available from the Careers Service or you can view or download them from the Prospects website.

Prospects website also has an ‘explore types of job’ section which includes job profiles of over 800 occupations. Information for each job covers salaryandconditions, entryrequirements, training and careerdevelopment, typicalemployers and vacancysources, relatedjobs and case studies, and contactsandresources.

Bath Spa Careers Resources

These resources are available for reference in the Careers Information room:

  • Working in Tourism, the UK, Europe and Beyond
  • Careers and Jobs in Travel and Tourism
  • Working in Aviation
  • ABTA Working in Tourism
  • English Tourist Board Education and Training Directory
  • How to get work on Luxury Yachts and Super Yachts
  • Working on Cruise Ships
  • Working in Ski Resorts
  • Careers and Jobs In Travel and Tourism
  • LINK – Leisure & Tourism in South West
  • Careers in Leisure (ILAM)
  • ABTA The Tourism Information Pack
  • Occupational file for Hospitality, Hotel and Catering, Travel and Tourism, green lever arch file E, gives an overview of the sector, job roles and profiles, entry and training, career development and professional bodies.

Where to look for Jobs and Work Placements

Jobs in Tourism and Hospitality (Monthly),on-line at www.tourismtaskforce.org.uk jobs in the Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

www.aaappointments.co.uk
For Travel jobs, Hotel and Hospitality jobs

Travel and Hospitality Industry
Digest news and links with jobs section

Travel Industry Jobs
Specialist recruitment jobsite

Travel Jobsearch
Search for jobs within the travel industry

Travel Shop

Travel Weekly
Online travel magazine with jobs and links

travelvocation.com cabin crew and holiday representatives vacancies

TUI
Main site for the Thompson travel group with jobs section

Eurocamp
Recruitment pages for company

First Choice
Opportunities section of company website

MyTravel Group
Useful site with careers section

Saga Group

South West Tourism Taskforce
Useful website with jobs, work experience and links

Thomas Cook
Jobs and careers section

Tourism Society
Jobs and events listings

UKSP 

Online resource for the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industry.

Natives (the Season Workers' web site)

Check our GO> database for the latest jobs and placement opportunities, plus lists of employers by sector and location

www.gradsouthwest.com has graduate level jobs in the south west. Register to search for jobs and job alerts matching your criteria

For further information on the job seeking and application process, and resources available, please see the Looking for Jobs and Applying for Jobs pages of this website.

For further information on Work Placements and to download our information sheet, please see our Work Placement pages.

Useful Web Links

Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) Careers and education section and student area

travelvocation.com is a one stop resource for air cabin crew and holiday representatives. Useful links, courses

Britain Express
UK tourism and heritage portal

English Tourism Council
Provides marketing advice for UK tourism industry, resources

International Ecotourism Society

Springboard UK
Career opportunities in hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism

Tomorrow's Tourism
Government website with information and useful links

Tourism Skills Network
Regional news, training and current opportunities within the Tourism and Hospitality industry.

Tourist Information Centres
Link to listings of Tourist Information Centres on Britain Express website

ANTOR UK
Association of National Tourist Office Representatives

The Transport Web
Information service for the transport industry

Network Rail
Careers section with details of apprenticeship scheme

Open World Hotels
World wide hotel directory

Also check the links in the Professional organisations section below.

Professional organisations for the Tourism and Travel industry

Association of British Travel Agents
68-71 Newman Street, London W1T 3AH

Association for Heritage Interpretation (AHI)
The Administrator AHI, Cruachan, Tayinloan, Tarbert PA29 6XF

Association of Independent Museums Ltd
c/o London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7BB
Tel: 020 7379 6344

British Tourist Authority (BTA)
Thames Tower, Black's Rd, Hammersmith, London W6 9EL
Tel: 020 8846 9000

English Heritage
PO Box 569, Swindon SN2 2YP
Tel: 0870 333 1181

English Tourism Council
Thames Tower, Blacks Road, London W6 9EL
Tel: 020 8846 9000

Institute of Leisure and Amenities Management (ILAM)
ILAM House, Lower Basildon, Reading, Berks RG8 9NE
Tel: 01491 874800

Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT)
113 Victoria St, St Albans, Herts AL1 3TJ
Tel: 01727 854395

International Association of Tour Managers
397 Walworth Road, London, United Kingdom SE17 2AW
Tel: 020 7703 9154

Museums Association (MA)
24 Calvin Street, London E1 6NW
Tel: 020 7426 6956

The National Trust
36 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AS
Tel: 0870 609 5380

The Tourism Society
1-2 Queen Victoria Terrace, Sovereign Court, London E1W 3HA
Tel: 020 7488 2789

Tourism Management Institute (TMI)
Membership Secretary, Winchester City Council, City Offices, Colebrook Street, Winchester SO23 9LJ

World Tourism Association
Capitan Haya 42, 28020 Madrid, Spain

Tel: (34) 91 567 81 00

Events and Careers Fairs

Look at the What’s On section of this website for events and fairs.

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location.

Look at Exhibitions website for details of trade fairs and exhibitions in the UK.

Further Training and Development

People 1st is the Sector Skills Council for the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism industry. Visit their website at www.people1st.co.uk

The Tourism Skills Network South West offer a varied programme of subsidised workshops, seminars and accredited courses across the South West region. Visit their website at www.tourismskillsnetwork.org.uk

Most of the professional bodies run courses to support continuing professional development.Check their websites from the list above.

www.prospects.ac.uk has a searchable database of postgraduate and work-related courses.

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