Industry is at the heart of Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications. Throughout the development and validation stages, we work with industry experts to structure our qualifications to meet industry standards.

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We work with industry post-validation to further recognise our qualifications as high quality and career-focused; whether that be in the form of upskilling their own workforce with our qualifications or simply formally accepting the qualification as a part of the application process. The representatives are able to help design our qualifications to equip learners with skills required by industry across the world.
Travel and Tourism Management (2018)

We are proud to have developed our Pearson BTEC Higher National in International Travel and Tourism Management with experts from large, global organisations, including: The Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality, The Four Seasons Hotel, Chew Events, The Marriott Hotel (Bexley Heath), Baglioni Hotels (Kensington), Tablet Catering, Novus Lexus Ltd, Wineaux Consultancy, Liquid Chefs, and Hosco. The representatives are able to help design our qualifications to equip learners with skills required by industry across the world.

Specific companies and industry bodies that have made formal statements of support and/or actively hire BTEC Higher National students include CMI.

Students that complete the BTEC Higher National Certificate or Diploma in International Travel & Tourism Management are eligible for Foundation Chartered Manager status, awarded by CMI. As a member of CMI, students have access to a wide range of benefits and resources to support continuous professional development, at a reduced membership fee for the first 12 months.In addition, Higher National centres can become CMI Recognised Partners, whereby learners will automatically be registered as a member of CMI for the duration of their programme. 

Find out more about our partnership with CMI