Resort and Hotel Management
2-Year Diploma at Tenth Street, Nelson
Career Potential
Selkirk graduates are equipped to move into supervisory positions in a wide range of planning and supervisory capacities across the entire spectrum of the resort and hotel industry. The list below indicates some of the career options available:
- resort and hotel supervisory positions (customer service, human resources, marketing, etc.).
- food and beverage supervisors in establishments of all sizes and settings.
- tour sales, planning, and coordination.
- tourism positions with organizations from local chambers of commerce to provincial ministries.
- conventions, event planning, consulting, packaging and programming, sales and coordination.
University Transferability
Through curriculum articulation agreements, Resort and Hotel Management graduates from Selkirk College may receive two year's credit towards four-year bachelor's degrees from the following:
- Vancouver Island University
- Thompson Rivers University
- University of Calgary
- University of Victoria
- Royal Roads University
- Ryerson University
- University of Guelph
- Athabasca University
- University of Lethbridge
- La Trobe
- Griffith Universities (Australia)
- Swiss Hotel Management School (Switzerland)
It is important to note that current tuition fees and costs of living in the West Kootenay can mean significant financial savings for Selkirk students who study in Nelson for the first two years before transferring to university or university colleges.
