News/Events
College instructors honored for teaching excellence
Instructors get hands-on experience to teach East Africa class
Edmonds Community College students build windmill
Theatre Arts' last show gets great review
Jul 6: Last day for a 100% refund (except self-support)
Jul 13: Last day to drop classes without a transcript entry
Jul 20-24: Summer Keyboarding Camp, kids ages 9-14
Creating Opportunities
“This career will be for fun. I could retire, but I'm very excited about having a job in travel!”
Hospitality & Tourism
Fun Careers in World Travel and Local Tourism
Take Off from Edmonds Community College
Learn the ins and outs of the $10 billion hospitality and tourism industry. Our program offers state-of-the art training in sales and customer service, world travel geography, cruising and tour operation. It features the Galileo/ Apollo SE airline reservations system used throughout the industry.
Or, create your niche in Event Planning. Billions of dollars are spent each year worldwide on planned events. Job growth in this aspect of hospitality has increased enormously in the past 10 years and substantial growth is predicted between 2010 and 2014. Earn your certificate or degree in Event Planning and jump start your growth career.
For all of our programs, you will learn from professional instructors in programs designed with input from innovators and experts in the industry. Train for careers in all aspects of the hospitality industry at Edmonds Community College!
Your opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism:
- Get started in the industry or train for a business career with a travel emphasis. Earn a two-year Associate of Technical Arts degree or complete a certificate in a year or less.
- Adapt your previous experience to manage or start a business. Earn a two-year Associate of Technical Arts in Entrepreneurship and Management.
- Add a specialty in Event Planning. Complete a certificate in a year or less.
- Take classes while you earn an Associate of Arts degree and prepare to transfer to Washington State University for a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Business Management.
