Queenstown college a passport to adventure
QUEENSTOWN – Queenstown Resort College (QRC) has opened its doors to future hospitality and tourism leaders with a full intake of new students.
The new students, six of whom are from Australia, two from India and China, and the remainder from New Zealand, completed their orientation week last week before launching into their studies.
The students will spend two years studying for a Diploma of Adventure Tourism Management or a Diploma of Hospitality.
The six Australian students, a new and growing market for the college, are all studying Adventure Tourism.
“They all have very interesting backgrounds, and four have been in the industry for the past few years,†said QRC domestic marketing and recruitment manager, Sarah Cairns.
â€They’re the perfect target markets we’re aiming at, either school leavers or approaching their early 20’s with life skills and work history, but looking to take the next step towards becoming future tourism managers with real business management and leadership skills.â€
Two of the new intake are winners of QRC’s annual 2009 national ambassador scholarships.
Emma Hanson from Wellington and Hareta Stanbridge from Hicks Bay on the North Island’s East Cape fought off stiff competition from dozens of other students from around the country to win the scholarships, which cover their tuition fees for the two year courses.
QRC awards the ambassador scholarships annually to the two students who display the strongest leadership skills, a passion for their chosen industry and for their ability to act as role models both on campus and within the industry.
The Adventure Tourism Management two-year diploma is the only one of its kind in New Zealand
As part of their diploma every student receives six months of fully paid industry training with an adventure tourism business.
Graduates can continue on to a Bachelor Degree at Thompson Rivers University in Canada.
Hospitality students also spend six to nine months working fully paid within the industry in Queenstown.
QRC delivers the Diploma of Hospitality Management in partnership with the International College of Management in Sydney (ICMS) and César Ritz Colleges, Switzerland.
Ian Jarrett
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