Destination Geography

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Course Description:  Increase your knowledge of popular domestic and international destinations.  Learn the basics of people and places that make these destinations special for tourists worldwide. Sample itineraries and recommendations on what goes into building successful itineraries based on seasons and destinations are provided to build your confidence in creating your own itineraries.

Air Reservations-U.S. Domestic or Canadian Domestic

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Course Description:  Gain the product knowledge and skills needed to research, plan, and book air travel within the United States.  You will learn the terminology, policies, and procedures of airline travel and airline reservations.

Instructor:  

Air Fares-U.S.Domestic or Canadian Domestic

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Prerequisite course: Air Reservations

Course Description:  Learn the air fare terms, codes, fare construction principles, and fare application rules that are used to locate the lowest possible fares for air travel. You will practice interpreting taxes and fees that apply to air travel.

Ground Transportation

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Course Description:  Learn the basics of the product, policies, procedures, codes, pricing and distribution of the car rental industry.  The types of travel experiences, services, and accommodations available on Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada, BritRail, and Eurail are also presented.

Hospitality

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Course Description:  Learn the basics of the hotel product, rate structure, property and room classifications, codes, and published and automated resources and non-automated reservation procedures.  You will also gain learn about the variables that affect prices.

BA 190 Travel and Tourism Practicum

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $465

Course Description:  Completion of the research and related milestones in this practicum will demonstrate your knowledge of the travel product.  The final result will be a professional portfolio demonstrating your knowledge of the interrelated nature of the world’s largest and fastest growing industry.

Instructor:  Dr.  Cook is the Associate Dean for the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College and the Director of the Colorado Center for Tourism Research®.   He has been a member of the faculty since 1989.  He has written and published numerous articles, cases, and papers based on his extensive experience in the hospitality industry and numerous consulting assignments.  His consulting and research interests cover a broad variety of areas including strategy, human resource management, communications, and small business management.  He serves on the editorial boards of the Business Case Journal, the Journal of Business Strategies and the Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism.  He is a member of the Academy of Management and is the past president of the Society for Case Research. Additional Information:  After successful completion of the first six courses in this program, in order to earn your Certificate in Travel Planning, you must enroll in and complete BA 190 Travel and Tourism Practicum.

Taking Off In Travel

Day and Time: Must be completed within one year of start date.  
Location: Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Description:  This course provides an overview of the basics of the travel industry and career opportunities available. Enjoy a fun, realistic presentation of: air travel, car rentals, hotel accommodations, rail travel, tours, and cruises. Group travel, incentive travel, meetings and conventions, in-bound tourism, international travel and niche travel are also discussed. There will be opportunities for learning activities as well as exercises and thought-provoking case studies to aid in applying the principles presented.

ARC Documents

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Prerequisite courses: Air Reservations and Air Fares U.S. Domestic
Description:  Here is your ticketing course. Your air traveler will need a ticket and boarding pass to board the aircraft at departure time. The airline tickets used for air travel in the United States are issued, controlled and processed through an Area Settlement Plan administered by the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC). Here you will cover the ticketing types, forms, policies and procedures per the ARC as well as forms of payment, refunds and exchanges.

Automated Air Fares and Tickets
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Prerequisite course: Automated Air Reservations
Description:  You will learn to find the lowest applicable fare for your client as you utilize the Computer Reservation System (CRS) Sabre® to display fares between city pairs and the Sabre® pricing system to calculate the total fare, including fees and taxed for the simplest and most complex domestic air itineraries. You will be using RTS©, a hands on Computer Reservation System (CRS) simulation of Sabre® in conjunction with the online tutorial. Each lesson combines selections from a proven Sabre® text with helpful hints and instruction to most effectively use the realistic simulator, RTS© Sabre®. You will learn and practice the basic functions of Sabre® as used by travel professionals pricing air travel. Exercises and drills will improve your proficiency and speed. You will master the skills necessary to quote fares and price automated travel reservations. Available in U.S. or Canadian versions. Note: Each course requires a new software download. RTS© is only IBM compatible but may be utilized on a Mac using Virtual PC. Canadian course receives one, level one CITC credit.

Automated Air Reservations
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Description:  You will learn to book air reservations using RTS©, a hands on Computer Reservation System (CRS) simulation of Sabre® in conjunction with the online tutorial. Each lesson combines selections from a proven Sabre® text with helpful hints and instruction to most effectively use the realistic simulator, RTS© Sabre®. You will learn and practice the basic functions of Sabre® as used by travel professionals planning and booking air travel. Exercises and drills will improve your proficiency and speed. You will master the skills necessary to make, maintain, change, and cancel automated travel reservations. Available in U.S. or Canadian versions. Note: Each course requires a new software download. RTS© is only IBM compatible but may be utilized on a Mac using Virtual PC.
Canadian course receives one, level one CITC credit.

Automated Car Rental and Hotel Accommodations
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Prerequisite course: Automated Air Reservations
Description:  You will learn to research, select and book car rentals and hotel rooms using RTS©, a hands on Computer Reservation System (CRS) simulation of Sabre® in conjunction with the online tutorial. Each lesson combines selections from a proven Sabre® text with helpful hints and instruction to most effectively use the realistic simulator, RTS© Sabre®. You will learn and practice the basic functions of Sabre® as used by travel professionals booking car and hotel arrangements. Exercises and drills will improve your proficiency and speed. You will master the skills necessary to make, maintain, change, and cancel automated car and hotel reservations. Available in U.S. or Canadian versions. Note: Each course requires a new software download. RTS© is only IBM compatible but may be utilized on a Mac using Virtual PC.

Developing Specialty Vacation Packages - Specialist Course
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Description:  This timely course is designed to assist you, the travel professional, in preparing a sellable niche market vacation package. Think about the possibilities when you can provide your clients with a product that will help them live out their dreams and restore their mind, body and spirit. Not to mention how much fun designing a vacation package can be, especially when you have a passion for the destination. Being enthusiastic about your own product is a natural marketing and sales tool.

Fares and Tickets International
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Prerequisite courses: Air Reservations and Air Fares
Description:  International air travel has expanded exponentially in the past decade and promises to continue to grow. This course will provide you with the skills required to meet the needs of your international air travelers. These skills include an understanding of the two basic international faring systems, mileage and routing as well as currency procedures, including the use of the fictitious currency, Neutral Units of Construction. You will learn to interpret all the data found in the faring and pricing information in the CRSs and as printed on international tickets. This includes international fare basis codes, base fares, taxes, surcharges, currency codes and mileage principle coding as applicable.

Selling Vacation Packages and Tours

Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Description:  Earn great commissions by booking vacation packages and tours, one of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry. Learn the basics of the tour product, components of tours, tour destinations, types of vacation packages and tours, print and electronic resources and non-automated tour booking procedures. Understand the function of tour operators and wholesalers. Identify your clients’ needs and preferences, and book the right vacation package for any given client.

Small Group Tour Leadership - Specialist Course
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Description:  This timely course is designed to assist you, the travel professional, in becoming a small group tour leader. Determine if you have the skills, knowledge, abilities and traits you need to be an effective tour leader. Study tour leader roles and responsibilities. Learn conflict-resolution skills and prepare to manage a tour group. See how to polish your resume and market yourself to find a tour leader position within the industry and become a "Leader of the Pack."

The Cruise Market
Day and Time:  Must be completed within one year of start date.  

Location:   Online, Self-paced

Cost:    $98

Description:  Earn great commissions by booking cruises, one of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry. Learn the basics of the cruise product, cruise classifications, destinations, types of cruises, print resources and non-automated reservations procedures. Identify your clients' needs and preferences, learn the variables that are available in cruising and select and book the right cruise for any given client.