BTEC Level 2 First Travel & Tourism Student Book

BTEC's own resource to accompany the new specification

This Student Book supports the Edexcel BTEC Level 2 First Travel and Tourism QCF specification for first teaching from September 2010.

BTEC and Heinemann have joined forces to bring you BTEC’s own resources, covering all 13 units for the new specification, to support you every step of the way to BTEC success.

• Covers three mandatory and ten optional units, giving you the breadth to cover the full diploma, and tailor the course to your learners’ needs and interests.
• Achieve your potential: Assessment activities in each unit give your students plenty of practice to deepen their knowledge and understanding, and grading tips for every activity help them achieve the best possible grade.
• Edexcel’s Assignment tips: Written by experts in the BTEC team, there’s invaluable unit-by-unit advice on how to get the most from your BTEC course. 
• Put yourself in the professionals’ shoes: WorkSpace case studies take your learners into the real world of work, showing them how they can apply their knowledge in a real-life context.
• Advice from former students:  shows current students how to make their BTEC experience a stepping stone to success.

Author team:

Steve Ingle, Malcolm Jefferies, Christine King, Andy Kerr, Tom Rock, Carol Spencer and Vicki Woodhead

All have many years experience teaching Travel and Tourism in Schools and Colleges. The team has close links with Edexcel and between them they have worked as writers, reviewers, trainers and verifiers as well authoring many successful educational resources.

Contents Listing

Unit 1: The UK travel and tourism sector
Unit 2: Understanding customer service in travel and tourism 
Unit 3: Understanding the nature and effects of world travel 
Unit 4: Development of the UK travel and tourism sector 
Unit 5: Developing Customer service skills in travel and tourism 
Unit 6: UK tourism destinations 
Unit 7: European holiday destinations 
Unit 8: Worldwide holiday destinations 
Unit 9: Holiday planning 
Unit 10: Exploring marketing in travel and tourism 
Unit 11: Preparing for employment in travel and tourism 
Unit 12: Developing employability skills for travel and tourism 
Unit 13: Organising a travel and tourism study visit


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