You have been hired to plan, co-ordinate, and evaluate a real event… a Tourism Industry Forum. You go to your filing cabinet and pull out the Forum agenda from last year (see the next page) and decide to do it again.

By going through the whole process, you will be able to experience the need for detailed planning, open and frequent communication, high-level interpersonal skills, collaboration, and the tensions of teamwork, challenges, and some of the stresses that putting on an event in their own school or organization can bring.

Most of all, you will feel the exhilaration a successful event. This will enable you to take a realistic view of the challenges faced by people in this field.

The goal of a Tourism Industry Forum is for the class to meet, and hear from, 4-5 tourism industry leaders, or managers, on a selected topic.

There will also be a small group discussion where you will be able to talk to industry members face to face.

Participants will plan, organize and implement the event, with assistance and leadership from the teacher.