Travel and Tourism
This course prepares students for careers in travel
and tourism. The curriculum includes travel agency operations,
airline reservations and ticketing, technological information
pertaining to all forms of travel, and the techniques
of marketing travel services.
The following competitive events are examples of events that can be
integrated into this course. Additional events may also be appropriate depending
on the scope, content and structure of the course. These are suggestions for using
competitive events in your classroom. They are not intended to restrict you or your
students to certain competitive events. Any DECA member can enter any competitive event.
Travel and Tourism Management Team Decision Making Event is a
case study event in a role–play format. A team of two is given a
case study involving a management problem in passenger transportation,
travel service, , arranging tours or acting as independent ticket
agencies,. The participants present their recommendations to the
judge playing the role of supervisor, manager or owner.
The Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Research Event asks teams of one
to three students to actual marketing research in a hospitality or recreation
business. The topic is identified by DECA each year. The students present
their findings in a written report and orally to a judge playing the role
of supervisor, manager or owner.
The Business Law and Ethics Management Team Decision Making Event is a
case study event in a role–play format. Team members are given a real–world,
decision–making case study situation involving competing social values that
may reasonably be argued from either side.
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