Travel Services (TRAC)TRAC course for Travel Services and Tourism Consultants, 80 credits
Your future in the travel industry
This programme provides you with the skills required for a career as a qualified travel salesperson and travel services and tourism consultant at a travel agency, airline, or charter or coach travel company. Following graduation, you will have a wide range of skills within the travel industry and be able to work with everything from private travel to group, event and conference travel arrangements.
Good prospects
The travel and tourism industry is the fastest growing industry in the world. In our assessment, there will continue to be a great demand for highly skilled and sales-oriented staff within the travel industry owing to increased travel, journeys that are more complex, future retirements and changing methods. The industry has shown a great deal of interest in this programme and the Institute’s close collaboration with a large number of travel agencies guarantees that you will get the right qualifications for your future career.
Everything you need
The programme comprises four terms of full-time studies, a third of which consists of Work Place Training (WPT) at a company within the travel industry.
The different areas of operation and ways of working found at travel agencies are a recurring theme throughout the course, and study visits and lecturers from the travel and tourism industry and institutes of higher education are key components of this progamme.
To provide you with an overall picture of the field of travel and tourism, the programme covers, among other things, knowledge of the industry, finance, marketing, bookings, ticketing, geography and culture. Other important components to meet the needs of the industry are sales techniques, business know-how, commercial law and knowledge about the European Union. You will work on various projects throughout your vocational course.
The programme comprises four terms of full-time studies, a third of which consists of Work Place Training (WPT) at a company within the travel industry.
TRAC – an extra seal of approval
This programme is a TRAC course, and as proof of studies that have been completed and passed, you will receive a grade, diploma and TRAC diploma. TRAC (Travel Academy) is a registered trademark and is owned by the Association of Swedish Travel Agents, the Swedish Bus and Coach Federation, Europeiska, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Swedish State Railways (SJ), Fritidsresor, Amadeus Scandinavia AB and the Passenger Shipping Association.
