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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Introduction to Hospitality Marketing

Introduction to Hospitality Marketing uses an integrative approach to discuss the major marketing decisions hospitality marketing managers face in today's global marketplace. This course is a definitive source for information on hospitality marketing.

Special Topics in Hospitality Management

This course covers the growth and progress of the hospitality industry. Topics include tourism, lodging, resorts, gaming, restaurants, foodservice and clubs. The course provides you with an introductory approach to planning and executing meetings, special events and conferences.

Introduction to Hospitality Industry

This course presents the exciting career opportunities in the world’s largest and most dynamic industry. The broad scope of this text includes all the major industry segments in five parts: Hospitality, Tourism, and Travel, Lodging and Cruising, Food and Beverage Service Management, Club Management and Assemblies and Event Management.

Introduction to Hospitality Accounting

The Course Hospitality Accounting addresses the practical accounting requirements of many of the latest developments in hotel operations. It is written in an easy to follow, step-by-step format that would, hopefully, be well-suited for you.

Introduction to Hospitality Management

This course explores all aspects of the field including: travel and tourism; lodging; foodservice; meetings, conventions and expositions; and leisure and recreation. The text focuses on hospitality and management and uses first-person accounts, corporate profiles and industry morsels to foster your appreciation for the field.

Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality

This course provides an overview of the Hospitality services, its benefits and ethical practices followed in Hospitality Industry. The course presents various lodging concepts and its operations. The course also explains how food service operations take place in Commercial and Non-Commercial organizations.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA $3,240
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $3,240
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Introduction to Hospitality Marketing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction: marketing for hospitality and tourism.
    Service characteristics of hospitality and tourism marketing.
    The role of marketing in strategic planning.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The marketing environment.
    Marketing information systems and marketing research.
    Consumer markets and consumer buying behavior.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Organizational buyer behavior and group markets.
    Market segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
    Designing and managing products.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Internal marketing.
    Building customer loyalty through quality.
    Pricing products: pricing considerations, approaches and strategy.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Distribution channels.
    Promoting products: communication and promotion policy and advertising.
    Promoting products: public relations and sales promotion.
    Professional sales.*
    Electronic marketing: internet marketing, database marketing and direct marketing.*
    Destination marketing.
    Next years marketing plan.

Special Topics in Hospitality Management

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to the meetings, expositions, events and conventions industry
    Meeting, exhibition, event, and convention organizers and sponsors
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Destination marketing organizations -dmos-
    Meeting and convention venues
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Exhibitions
    Service contractors
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Destination management companies
    Special events management
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Planning meec gatherings
    Producing meec gatherings
    Food and beverage
    Legal issues in the meec industry
    Technology and the meeting professional

Introduction to Hospitality Industry

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Welcome to the hospitality industry
    Chapter2 careers in hospitality
    Tourism
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The hotel business
    Rooms division operations
    Food and beverage operations.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The restaurant business
    Restaurant operations
    Managed services
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Beverages
    Recreation, theme parks and clubs
    Gaming entertainment
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Meetings, conventions / exhibitions and event management
    Leadership and management
    Hospitality marketing
    Human resources management
    Accounting, finance and cost control
    Hospitality information technology

Introduction to Hospitality Accounting

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accounting and the business environment
    Recording business transactions
    The adjusting process
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Completing the accounting cycle
    Accounting for a retail business
    Internal control and cash
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Receivables
    Inventory
    Long-term assets: plant assets and intangibles
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Current liabilities and payroll
    Corporations and stockholders' equity
    Long-term liabilities
    The statement of cash flows
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial statement analysis.
    Introduction to management accounting
    Job order costing
    Process costing
    Cost-volume-profit analysis
    The master budget and responsibility accounting
    Flexible budgets and standard costs
    Special business decisions and capital budgeting

Introduction to Hospitality Management

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Welcome to the hospitality industry
    Careers in hospitality
    Tourism
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The hotel business
    Rooms division
    Food and beverage operations
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The restaurant business
    Restaurant operations
    Managed services
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Beverages
    Recreation, theme parks, and clubs
    Gaming entertainment
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Meetings, conventions/exhibitions, and event management
    Leadership and management
    Planning
    Organizing
    Communicating and decision-making
    Human resources and motivation
    Control

Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Hospitality

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Travel and tourism and hospitality: services for those away from home
    The secret of quality service
    Managers must manage
    Overview: hotels, hotels, hotels!
    Full-service hotels
    Limited-service hotels
    Extended-stay hotels
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Convention hotels and conference centers
    Resorts, timeshares and condo-hotels
    Overview: profit-making - commercial- foodservices
    Food and beverage operations in hotels
    Upscale restaurants
    Casual-service - midscale- restaurants
    Family-service restaurants
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Quick-service restaurants
    Off-site catering
    Contract management company foodservices
    Foodservices in educational organizations
    Food and nutrition services in healthcare facilities
    The business of business and industry foodservices
    Vending and office coffee services
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Private club management
    Cruise lines: a close look at resorts on water
    Casino entertainment management
    Sports and recreational foodservices: part of the leisure service market
    Management of amusement and theme parks
    Overview of the entertainment industry
    Professional meeting management
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Exhibition -trade show- management
    Special events management
    Planning your hospitality career
    The job search: your first professional position
    Your first professional position: celebrate success
    Entrepreneur or intrapreneur?
    Domestic or global hospitality and ndash;or both?
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