Hotel Management and Tourism, with knowledge of two foreign languages and Internship

On Campus version:
For the first time, Spain ranks as the world’s most tourism-friendly country in the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. Spain receives approximately 60.6 million annual international tourists arrivals. Spain is rich in natural and cultural resources and entertainment. It scores high in infrastructure, travel, tourism policy and conditions, and business travel. During the last few years, The World’s 50 Best restaurants listings are led by the Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and The World’s Best Pastry Chef Awards are also led by Spanish chefs.
All these facts position Spain as the best place in the world to do tourism studies at any level.

HTL International School Bachelor degree in Information Technologies in the Tourism Industry is a 3 years program.

The main purposes and objectives are:

• To provide a basic knowledge of the  tourism business and show the connections between hotel and travel management
• To Acquire  a general understanding of the specialization subjects, like e-commerce, e-marketing, events management technologies and distribution channels
• To improve verbal and written communication skills
• To learn a second language and start to use it in a professional environment

This is a 100% on Campus program.

All foreign students have to do a Spanish language preparation module to take one of the official state exams of Spanish for Foreigners, DELE or SIELE Global, of the correspondent level A1, A2, B1, B2 or C1. HTL International School is an accredited SIELE examination center of the Instituto Cervantes.

BACHELOR DEGREE STUDY PLAN

Year I:
60 ECTS credits
Module I: Professional English in the Tourism Industry
Module II: Spanish I/French/Russian
Module III: Introduction to the Business of Tourism
Module IV: Geography of Tourism
Module V: History of Tourism
Module VI: Final Project
Module VII: Internship (optional)

Year II:
60 ECTS credits
Module I: Hospitality and Tourism Industry
Module II: Management in the Hospitality Industry
Module III: Customer Service
Module IV: Communication Skills
Module V: Spanish II/French/Russian
Module VI: Professional Spanish in the Tourism field
Module VII: Final Project
Module VIII: Internship

Year III:
60 ECTS credits
Module I: Information Technologies in Tourism
Module II: E-commerce Strategies in the Tourism sector
Module III: Meeting and Events information technologies
Module IV: Internet Marketing for the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Module V: E-consumers in Tourism
Module VI: Electronic Distribution in Tourism
Module VII: Web analytics in tourism: Big Data in the hotel industry
Module VIII: Spanish III/French/Russian

12 ECTS Credits
Module VI: Internship

6 ECTS Credits
Degree Thesis
Official Exam of Spanish Language for Foreigners DELE or SIELE
French/Russian language exam

To enrol in the Bachelor Degree, it is necessary:
1. to fulfill the online application form below
2. submit the requested documents:
– passport copy
– last studies transcript
– English level certificate, if anyIf  you don’t have any proof of your English level, we’ll send you the English level test to be completed online before the online application is done.

Fees

Enrolment fee: 200 euros
Tuition fee: 5.500 euros/ year
or installment payments of
3.000 euros/ semester (only for non-visa students or online version)

After the theoretical part of the courses is finished, all students are invited to do an internship. We recommend to join our internship for a minimum of 3 months. HTL International School has signed a huge variety of educational agreements with different hotel chains, companies and travel operators nationally, mainland and islands.  According to Spanish law, it is possible to do a part time (20 h/week) or full time (40 h/week) internship during the study period or after the theoretical part is finished. Normally, the companies provide some grant, its quantity depends on the company policy regarding the interns.  Some of the internship positions are published directly on our Internships&Jobs Portal. In case you have a company interested in you as an intern in Spain or abroad, please contact us to sign the internship agreement with your company.