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WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES BUYING BUSINESS TRAVEL: Can you tell us a bit more about the work experience opportunities? LENA BRECHTELSBAUER: I did my work placement in Siemens’ global travel management department, and that was the first time I came across corporate travel, and understood the scope and possibilities, like procurement. DEEPAM: I worked at the Grosvenor House hotel in London, and for the Pacific Asia Travel Association [PATA] in Bangkok. Students actually don’t have an idea about the jobs available in business travel. JOANNA: I did a placement year, in the hospitality sector… there were no real placements for business travel. BUYING BUSINESS TRAVEL: How much does the travel industry get involved with your university? DEEPAM: We have hotel companies coming in to speak, and they tell you about graduate schemes. And PATA, which the university has a relationship with. LUCY: We mostly have airlines, and [tour operator] Neilson. Our work experience was at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton. We also hear from Virgin Atlantic or British Airways, but I didn’t sign up for travel and


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LUCY BOND studying Level 3 Travel & Tourism at East Sussex College


DEEPAM RAMCHURN studying Tourism Management BSc (Hons) at Bournemouth University


LENA BRECHTELSBAUER studying International Tourism and Hospitality Management BSc (Hons) at Surrey University


JOANNA LAKE team manager – conference and groups, Clarity. Passed GTMC Diploma, and previously studied Events Management BA (Hons) at Manchester Metropolitan


ADRIAN PARKES chief executive, GTMC


JULIE COOPER membership manager, GTMC


KAREN MCKENNA managing director, Travilearn


IAN DOCKREAY head of distribution, Travilearn


MOLLY DYSON digital editor, BBT


MATTHEW PARSONS editor, BBT


tourism to be an air hostess. ADRIAN: Do airlines talk about the commercial teams, or revenue manage- ment, or distribution? Or is it all about cabin crew? LUCY: Mostly cabin crew. The university offers an extra cabin crew course that links to travel and tourism. You don’t have to take it. JOANNA: Do you feel like you’re being more pushed towards tourism? LUCY: When I first started, I thought I might like working for an airline or be a tour rep, but then I wanted some- thing else, like events. There are 22 units you choose from and six assignments in each one, and there’s so much variety, but it is pushed towards leisure and airlines. JOANNA: It’s a shame as it pushes people away from where they could go.


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