Tourism executive: focusing on travel agencies, tour operators, airlines
The specialty “Executive Officer in Management and Finance in the field of Tourism” aims at creating expertly trained executives who will operate in the field of Tourism and Tourist Enterprises. The executive officer of Tourism Management and Tourist Enterprises is the employee with the required knowledge, skills and qualifications who will be able to work supportively in the administration office of an enterprise/entity/organization that applies up-to-date practices in scheduling, organizing, managing and monitoring.
More specifically, the Executive Officer of Tourism Management will:
- Help the management accomplish the goals of the tourism enterprise. He /she will support the implementation of scientific and administrative practices and methods in producing, distributing and promoting tourist services.
- Support the financial planning and financial operations of the tourism business.
- Help in managing human resources of the tourism enterprise.
- He/she will know the current IT trends and implementations.
The graduates of this specialty can fill positions in all the fields of Tourism and Travel Industry, including Tourism Offices, Tourism Organizations, Tourism Businesses, event planning organizations and transport companies.
Course details
1rst Semester
Organization and Operations of a Travel Agency I
Travel agent's Skills Development I
Tourism Theory & Tourist Policy of the European Union I
World Tourism Geography - Travel Guides I
Airfares-Ticketing and Reservation Systems I
History of Greek Culture
Tourism Marketing - Sales Skills I
English for Tourism I
French for Tourism I
2nd Semester
Organization and Operations of a Travel Agency II
Travel agent's Skills Development II
Tourism Theory & Tourist Policy of the European Union II
World Tourism Geography - Travel Guides II
Airfares-Ticketing and Reservation Systems II
Tourism Marketing - Sales Skills II
Environmental Policy and Protection in Tourism Sector
Elements of Commercial Law
English for Tourism II
French for Tourism II
Summer internship in the hospitality and tourism industry
3rd Semester
Organization and Operations of a Travel Agency III
Travel agent's Skills Development III
Airfares-Ticketing and Reservation Systems III
Customer service: Tourism Services & Alternative Forms of Tourism I
Air Transport sector: Airlines, Airport services
Inbound-Outbound Tourism Management, Organized Travel (Package), Professional Tourism, Travel procedures I
Basic Principles of accounting
Tourist Legislation Elements I
English for Tourism III
French for Tourism III
4rth Semester
International Transport Relations
Travel agent's Skills Development IV
Airfares-Ticketing and Reservation Systems IV
Customer service: Tourism Services & Alternative Forms of Tourism II
Inbound-Outbound Tourism Management, Organized Travel (Package), Professional Tourism, Travel procedures II
Tourist Legislation Elements II
Office Operations systems (Front / Back Office)
English for Tourism IV
French for Toursim IV
Summer internship in the hospitality and tourism industry