Nationally, the travel industry supports 15 million workers, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Here in ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ, spending from 11.2 million annual visitors directly supports the livelihoods of over 27,000 in the community.
Career paths within hospitality are diverse and rewarding, spanning hotels, resorts, retail stores, golf courses, restaurants, spas, meeting and event planners, tour operators and much more. With jobs ranging from restaurant servers to spa directors to general managers, travel employees at all levels help make tourism one of America’s strongest industries and one of ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ’s largest.
For millions of Americans, tourism leads to ample growth opportunities. Travel jobs are accessible, diverse, flexible, and foster entrepreneurship and professional growth. Use the resources below to start or extend your career in the tourism industry.
¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, private company that enhances the local community by promoting the ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ area as a luxury destination for meetings, events and leisure travel. The organization contracts with the city of ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ and town of Paradise Valley to conduct destination marketing efforts on behalf of these municipalities. .
Explore this to find lodging and tourism opportunities throughout the state. Also, review to learn more about the exciting career opportunities that are possible in the tourism industry.
¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Community College’s Department of Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts offers a focused on training in a number of areas, including guest services, facilities management, golf coaching, tourism development and management, events and meeting management, ecotourism, accounting, information systems, marketing, resources, and hospitality law.
Arizona State University offers an undergraduate degree in , in-person and , where students acquire the planning, management and leadership skills related to the growth and development of tourism throughout the world.
Grand Canyon University offers a focused on preparing students to work at resorts, hotels, golf courses, restaurants and all vacation-related businesses.
Northern Arizona University’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management offers a , , and .
As the city of ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ’s Economic Development branch, Choose ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ aids people and businesses as they are looking to relocate their career or company. If you are interested in working in ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ, explore the companies that are actively recruiting on Choose ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ’s .
The ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Area Chamber of Commerce is the leading organization dedicated to serving ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ, regional businesses and community prosperity through advocacy, access to leaders, economic development, connectivity and business education. Discover job opportunities with Chamber members on their .
Explore the city of ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ’s for employment opportunities within the city government.