The hospitality and tourism field is Canada's largest employment sector. It employs 1.6 million Canadians across the country and brings in revenues that exceed $61 billion each year. It also contains a range of specific areas for which, as preparation ahead of launching careers, professionals must attend a post-secondary institution.

At Centennial College, students with an interest in the business side of the industry can attend the Hospitality and Tourism Administration offering, which covers the full range of business practices as they apply to the hospitality and tourism field.

As such, graduates of this offering are equipped to work in a broad range of areas that include: hotel and restaurant general management, human resources management, sales and marketing management, convention services coordination, tour coordination, food and beverage management, housekeeping management, hotel financial management.

Offering Centennial College students of this three-year program a professional advantage is a tourism and hospitality administration field placement during the final semester. Students gain new experiences, apply the knowledge they gained in their classes and network with professionals in approved jobs within the hospitality and tourism industry.

Meanwhile, on-campus training includes courses that are facilitated from operational labs that include a full service hospitality management centre, an onsite conference centre and state-of-the-art computer labs.

SOURCE Centennial College