Trainee Manager Hugh and Chef Apprentice Stuart are combining full-time work with part-time study. They explain why trainee manager programmes and apprenticeships are the right option for them.
Through tourism, 21-year-old NICOLE LANDY can combine her love of travel with her passion for helping people. The TU Dublin student talks about her course in Tourism Marketing and her part-time role at EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin’s IFSC.
Students JORDAN and PAULINA are preparing to join the tourism industry after they finish college. Here they tell us all about their courses.
There’s more to tourism than meets the eye. From accommodation and entertainment to travel and transport there are a myriad of different businesses and career options for you to explore, here in Ireland and around the world…
Danny Connell hit the headlines in 2017 when he saved the life of a guest while he was working in Rococo Restaurant in Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim. Now Duty Manager at the hotel, he was named the Irish Hotels Federation Employee of the Year 2018. He tells Get a Life in Tourism about his career in hospitality.
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JAGODA NOWOSIELSKA is studying for a degree in Hotel and Leisure Management at Athlone Institute of Technology – a course that has already brought her as far as Beijing!
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Read our top five list of why you should consider a career in this exciting industry.
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Do you have a passion for food and a creative flair for cooking? If you would like to turn your interest into a rewarding career, then the new Commis Chef Apprenticeship programme is a great way to get started.
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When AIDAN MORONEY was offered an opportunity to work in Bunratty Castle as part of his third year work placement on his Travel & Tourism Management course at IT Tralee, he leapt at the chance to spend 10 weeks as a tour guide in the famous Co Clare attraction.
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Have you ever dreamed of running a hotel or hospitality operation? BRYAN DAVERN, General Manager ofThe Dean, tells us about life at the helm of one of Dublin’s hottest hotels and offers advice for building a successful career.
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An interest in travel attracted ORLAITH GILTINAN into the tourism industry.
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If you hate the idea of being chained to a desk from nine to five for the rest of your working life, then why not try a career in adventure tourism like KATIE HARRIS?
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SINEAD DELANEY followed her father into the tourism industry and landed her dream job at Ashford Castle.
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