Do you like the travel and tourism industry and organizing events? Are you eager to assist customers in realizing the most unforgettable memory of their holiday? Then the minor Tourism, Event and Experience Marketing is great for you!
This minor offers you the opportunity to drive change and innovation, while focusing on sustainable practices and mutual benefit for local communities or organizations.
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and is related to hospitality, people and experiences but also very a very volatile industry. Therefore, the industry must be able to adapt quickly to changes in consumer behaviour, trends and external circumstances. Events create live communication platforms in an era where digitalization is playing an important role. But how do you differ? This requires creativity, business and organizational skills to gain the competences required to be successful. You will learn by doing through projects. This means that you really develop and create inspiring tours, (re)brand destinations. Furthermore, you will organize and carry out a memorable event and organize your own field trip.
This minor is about understanding tourism and events, from the perspective of organizations, destinations or government, and to allow for sustained success. It is also about practical things like planning, organizing, managing and marketing. You will amass knowledge in the areas of (sustainable) tourism and destination management, experience and online marketing, event management, finance, cross cultural management, market research and communication.
You will gain insight in the event and tourism industry and develop a strategic view on how to create, design, market, sell and promote event and tourism related products and services. The minor is of a highly practical nature, comprising elements such as real business cases, location studies, small events, company visits, field trip and guest lectures.
There are both group and individual assignments. Examination: projects, presentations, reports, exams and papers.
The minor is open for students who are interested in tourism, experience marketing & event organization. Additional costs for an international field trip do apply. These costs are approximately €450,-
This minor is offered by Marketing Management.
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