More than a hundred professionals interested in the official Business Travel Course

The official qualification in Business Travel and International Events Training has so far received more than a hundred requests for information. Registration for the course designed by Forum Business Travel, with the collaboration of MPI Spain and the endorsement of UNED, was opened on September 5.

 

The course promoted by Forum Business Travel has an online format and an essentially practical orientation. It will start next December 3 and end on July 31, 2013. After completing its 6 modules, you will obtain the official qualification in Business Travel and International Events, granted by the National University of Distance Education (UNED). It consists of 20 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System), corresponding to 500 teaching hours.

The syllabus is mainly aimed at professionals or students interested in the management of business travel and the organization of corporate events of international scope, and it includes;subjects such as the development of a travel program, the legal aspects of Business Travel, new technologies applicable to this segment, event management and future trends and challenges. At the end, a end-of-course work is proposed.

According to Oacute;scar García, founding partner of FBT and director of the project, “the objective is to cover a training need that does not currently exist and to offer professionals the opportunity to acquire specific knowledge”. García insists on the practical nature of the content and the fact that it&em>“offers a global view,  since it pertains to a market segment that isá undergoing continuous changes”.

One of the modules, on organizing international events, has been developed by the Spanish division of Meeting Professionals International, an association that currently has more than 24.000 members spread among 71 chapters and clubs, 11 of which are located in Europe.