... innovation Higher education Tourism Flexibility Active learning methodologies A society in constant change requires a great capacity for adaptation and updating in the face of new education systems. With regard to higher education, it is the last stage of preparing students for their integration...

... in internships to provide useful information for universities, students and tourism companies. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative analysis was carried out using questionnaires administered to the supervisors of students on curricular internships. The level of tourism competences of students...

...Harry Matlay; Patrice Braun; Mary Hollick Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share the authors' initial insights into tourism industry capacity building via flexibly delivered online skilling and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach An online research survey approach...

...Harry Matlay; Andreas Walmsley; Rhodri Thomas; Stephanie Jameson Purpose This paper seeks to explore undergraduate placement experiences in tourism and hospitality SMEs, focusing on the notions of surprise and sense making. It aims to argue that surprises and sense making are important elements...

... motivation and insufficient career options are mentioned as core problems in tourism enterprises. Research limitations/implications It is argued that some stakeholder groups within an enterprise, such as young trainees or apprentices, might have deeper insights into entrepreneurial processes...

...Mike Peters; Dimitrios Buhalis Small businesses dominate the tourism and hospitality industry worldwide and are of critical importance for the competitiveness of destinations. Small/family hotel businesses are characterised by a number of specific business processes which generate particular...

...Petia Petrova; Peter Mason Travel and tourism graduates are facing challenges in securing jobs within the travel and tourism industry, as their degrees have low recognition among travel and tourism employers. Yet there are growing numbers of tourism courses provided by universities...

... can become crucial determinants of their success. This paper is based on a project funded by the European Commission – SMART‐UP, which was designed to help European SMTEs in tourism and hospitality to increase their know‐how and ICT literacy through the provision of specific tourism‐related modules...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Tourism Training Skills Italy France Spain Changing skill needs in the tourism industry Keywords: Tourism, Training, Skills, Italy, France, Spain Tourism is the world's leading industry in terms of gross domestic product and among...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> European Union Tourism Training Keywords European Union, Tourism, Training Tourism training "must be improved" Employee training in the European tourism industry needs to be improved, says the EU's high-level group on tourism...