Get on board

Prepare yourself for an exciting career in the fascinating Cruise Industry

Spend your winters in the Caribbean and your summers in Alaska or travel to remote and exotic ports in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America and all over the world aboard a luxury cruise ship. Most people pay between 1500 and 10 000 per week to live on cruise ships and visit these places. You can do that for free (free meals, accommodation) and get paid for it. It's an adventurous job and a great way to save money and meet people from many different cultures! Alpine Center, the Swiss Business School for Hotel & Tourism Management Education in Athens, now offers the Cruise Ship Hotel Operations Management program to meet the rapidly growing demand for well-trained and educated professionals in the international cruise industry.

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The Alpine program offers candidates a strong and recognised qualification to start a career within the dynamic cruise ship industry. Careers in these departments are various and include hotel director, purser, cruise/events director, shore excursion manager, spa manager, chief housekeeper, food & beverage manager, as well as director of marketing, finance or IT operations. Candidates enter at the certificate level and upon its completion they may continue to a Bachelor of Arts

Indicative Modules
The Cruise Industry Cruise Ship Basics Customer Service & Effective Communication Food & Beverage Operations Front Office Operations Housekeeping Operations Bar & Beverage Safety, Security & Environmental Management Industry Placement (Paid)

Candidates will learn about the unique demands of living and working aboard cruise ships, especially with regard to the hotel service department. They will become acquainted with regulations specific to cruise ships and complete a basic safety training course. In addition, emphasis is given to management, communication and multi-cultural skills.

Working onboard cruise ships has challenged me in the best ways possible everyday and was the most rewarding experience of my life. You travel the world, meet the most fascinating people from across the globe (crew and guests) and obtain priceless customer service and job training in your area of expertise. Working onboard a cruise ship will make you a stronger person and together with a great team behind you, will help make your guests vacation a dream come true. Promotions, training, visiting exotic port of calls are all some of the benefits that you will encounter. I was offered a promotion and the position of Hotel Director in my eighth year of service, but that was when I had decided to leave the cruise ship industry and settle on land to start my family. I found that the experience that I have obtained in working on cruise ships was priceless and allowed me to find a land based job quite easily. I was one step ahead of all other candidates applying for the same job. Working onboard a cruise ship is something I would highly and enthusiastically recommend to everyone! Ah, and I did forget to mention that financially this career is quite rewarding! Katy Taveira, MA, Course Tutor

For more information contact:

www.alpine.edu.gr

+30 210 8983022

admissions@alpine.edu.gr

Alpine Center: 70 Posidonos Ave., Glyfada 16675, Athens, Greece