Maybe you are drawn to hotels, food and travel, or already work in one of them and want the bigger picture. This diploma runs three certificates in one course, so you build skills across the whole industry.
Hotels, restaurants, resorts and travel firms hire people who get service and know how the place runs. This course covers that side, and the career centre helps with your CV and the interview.
Already on the floor or the front desk? Staff management, control systems and front desk management are the knowledge behind the next step. You learn how the whole place fits together.
One course covers food and beverage, hotel operations and travel. You do not need your exact job goal decided before you start; you can pick your lane as you go.
Hospitality and tourism work runs through hotels, restaurants, resorts, tour firms and event venues. Most people work their way up. The day is easy to picture: greeting guests, running a shift, sorting a booking, and fixing problems before anyone sees them.
Helping run the hotel day to day. Control systems and staff management are the knowledge it takes.
A first step into looking after the guest experience, from check-in to check-out.
Helping run the food and drinks side, where menu planning and catering management apply.
Keeping tours running to plan, with the industry knowledge behind the schedule.
Organising services and activities for resort guests across the whole stay.
A junior step into events, where activities management and food service both carry.
Making the guest side run smooth, using service skills from the whole course.
Helping with tourism projects, knowing the industry and its destinations.
Helping promote destinations and experiences you understand from the inside.
Checking standards across rooms, food and service. You know how it should run.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Manager and supervisor roles usually come after time in the industry.
Three certificates, twenty-eight topics, from bar service to package tours.
Here is what stands out in this course.
It runs as three certificates: hospitality services covering food and beverage, hotel operations management, then travel and tourism. One enrolment covers the lot.
The Institute of Hospitality, a global body for the industry, has reviewed and endorsed this programme. That endorsement sits behind your award.
Front desk management, servicing rooms, control systems, staff management and building and facility management. How a hotel runs, end to end.
Destinations, places to stay, airline bookings, car rental and package tours, plus the money, insurance and legal side of travel.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the diploma and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement.
Reviewed and endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality, a global body for the industry.
Your certificate comes with a SEEK Pass link, so you can share it on SEEK where employers look.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay on a flexible weekly plan, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the three certificates online at your own pace, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement from the college.
None. You do not need hospitality or travel experience to begin, and you do not need to know hotel systems, bar service or travel agency procedures. The course starts at the beginning.
The plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can also pay fortnightly, monthly, or upfront in one payment. Enquire for the full options.
Around 280 hours at your own pace, with 12 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around work.
One enrolment, one course. It is built as three certificates: hospitality services covering food and beverage, then hotel operations management, then travel and tourism. You work through them at your own pace.
There are none, ever. You are assessed on what you understand, with tutor support behind you.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development, and this programme is endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. In hotels, restaurants and travel work, hiring runs on service skills and how you handle a shift.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
The college has been running for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year. Courses are online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching opens as soon as you enrol, including CV help and a LinkedIn profile review.
Picture the shift where the desk, the floor and the bookings all run because you know how they work. One enquiry gets it moving.