The Travel Tourism and Hospitality (TTH) course offered by the Association of Business Executives (ABE) is a very relevant and practical course in Asia as 2 Integrated resorts will open in Singapore - The Las Vegas Sands consortium won the first government concession to develop a casino resort in downtown Singapore, due to open in 2009. It will have 2,500 hotel rooms and 1.2 million sq. ft. of convention space at a price tag of $3.6 billion.
The Genting consortium won the second government concession to develop a casino resort on the Sentosa Island and is due to open in 2010. These 2 Integrated Resorts will create 60,000 new jobs in Singapore. The TTH industry is a sunrise industry where many opportunities will be created for promotion.
Simgapore's tourism industry is very important to its economy. The inaugural night F1 race was held in Singapore on September 28, 2008. The Singapore Flyer was operational earlier this year. Singapore is also the regional hub for the MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) industry - Singapore was the venue for the voting to host the 2012 Olympics. Singapore will host the Youth Olympics in 2010. In a survey conducted among students, Singapore is the 1st choice in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for holidays (35% of the votes) AND the 1st choice for work (54% of the votes) as reported in the Straits Times, April 30, 2008.
Students on the Work and Study program will have 2 years' of customer service experience when they graduate with a Diploma or Advanced Diploma from the ABE. This puts them at an advantageous situation compared to Polytechnic student with 6-month internships.
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