The courses below are picked carefully to suit graduates or tourism and hospitality professionals who are passionate about the sustainability of the tourism industry. They will provide the advanced skills and knowledge needed to inspire a continually forward-thinking industry. Each course is unique, but each provides you with the skills to strategically reinvent experiences for tourists while ensuring protection of local culture and biodiversity.
*Please note the courses selected below have varying fees, entry requirements and application deadlines which you will need to check before applying. *
Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability for the Service Industry – MTU Cork Campus
The Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Sustainability for the Service Industry is a Level 9 programme with the option to pursue an add-on semester to complete a Master of Business in Sustainability for the Service Industry. Designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and practical expertise to become sustainability champions, they will be able to identify sustainable solutions to real-world issues in-line with the overarching legislative requirements and make effective change in their organisations. Graduates will be highly sought after in the growing number of organisations where sustainability has become a core focus and where Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria have become integral elements of strategy, operations, products and services.
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Master of Arts – Regenerative Tourism – MTU Kerry Campus
Regenerative tourism, at its simplest, seeks to ensure travel and tourism reinvest in people, places and nature and that it supports the long-term renewal and flourishing of our social-ecological systems (Dredge, 2022). Regenerative tourism offers a ground-breaking set of solutions to rethink and rebuild the tourism industry in a way that develops long-lasting capabilities and strengthens resilience for its direct and indirect stakeholders. It revitalises local economies, preserves local cultures and biodiversity while offering memorable, authentic and transformative experiences to the guests, allowing destinations to flourish.
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MSc in Hospitality Performance, Revenue and Asset Management - NUIG
The MSc in Hospitality Performance, Revenue and Asset Management fosters the analytical and revenue-focused mindset graduates will need to forecast future performance, while also predicting and mitigating risk. Students will learn to exploit business analytics, performance, and yield management techniques, enabling them to become more adaptable to the needs of the dynamic business environment.
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