Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

This study presents a development framework for tourism and hospitality in higher vocational education in Taiwan. Given the globalisation of the tourism and hospitality industry, increasing the competitiveness of this industry depends on the quality of human resources, thus necessitating the develop…

A large number of British university programmes in tourism and hospitality feature an internship of some sort. This element is intended to provide a vocational dimension to what can be a predominantly academic curriculum. Not only do internships provide familiarity with professional practice, they r…

Using an interpretative case study methodology, the pedagogical approaches used to facilitate and integrate student learning in cooperative education programmes in sport studies were investigated. This research drew from two New Zealand university cohorts and involved six focus group interviews. Fin…

The purpose of this study was to examine differences in the perceptions of internships between college students studying travel and tourism and practitioners in the field. Using a web-based survey of 48 items, the study explored how students and practitioners differed in their view regarding the rol…