Being professional, precise and organizational are some of the main characteristics demanded to cover a professional role in the Tour Operator and MICE Sector. The latter is focused mainly on events organization, marketing consulting and travel management.
The profiles required are generally graduate ones, mainly in travel and tourism management or similar. For top-level positions, employers may also be asked for a postgraduate qualification more specifically in travel and tour logistics management.
The number of years of experience varies slightly according to the career stage, but is around two years for most of the job roles, even in the upper professional positions.
Several and differentiated roles can be covered:
- Tour Operations Manager
- Sustainability Manager
- Customer Sales Representative & Manager
- Marketing & Promotional Manager
- Sustainability officer / product manager
- Assistant Office manager
- Consultant & Training manager
- Travel executive
- Clerk
- Secretary
- Receptionist