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The Basic Housekeeping course will teach the necessary skills needed to start or advance a career in housekeeping. You will build a foundational skill set that can be used to work at private residences or hospitality groups like hotels and resorts. You will also learn the important elements of professional conduct, such as creating a resume, interviewing, accepting or rejecting job offers, and more.

This course covers household cleaning techniques, such as proper use of cleaning materials and tools. You will also gain an understanding of laundry, from separating and washing to drying and ironing. You will also learn about organization, time management, and other fundamental aspects of effective housekeeping including kitchen service and basic childcare. Upon completion of the course, you will have a well-rounded and diverse skill set that would make you a valuable addition to any employer.

Catering has evolved into an experience-driven service industry that blends hospitality, logistics, team management, design aesthetics, marketing, and compliance. This online catering course will help you build skills to coordinate complex events, produce safe, consistent food at scale, and adapt your offerings across weddings, corporate events, and social functions.

You will progress through seven scaffolded modules, reinforced by applied case studies and module quizzes to learn the foundational skills you need to succeed in the high-demand and rewarding catering and events industry. From event and function management to collaborating with other catering services, you will be able to plan and execute successful food preparation and beverage management requirements with ease—while differentiating through sustainability and technology-enabled operations.

This online catering training program will also teach you best practices for marketing your catering business, provide insights into contract preparation and execution, and cover effective human resource management and basic accounting principles. Your catering training culminates in a final exam and a capstone project which requires a complete, client-ready catering plan from concept through service execution.

Upon successful course completion, you will be fully prepared to pass the Certified Professional in Catering and Events (CPCE) exam offered by the National Association for Catering and Events (NACE) and earn your CPCE certification.

The COVID Hospitality Compliance Officer (CHCO) certification prepares hospitality leaders by offering the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 compliance, operational regulations, and safety protocols. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect individuals and industries, the Academy for Hospitality Arts (AHA) is committed to imparting knowledge and processes set by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). This course will introduce the fundamentals of COVID-19, including symptoms, methods of mitigation, and the roles and responsibilities of a CHCO.

The program is packed with eight comprehensive modules and in-depth training, tailored for hospitality businesses, restaurant owners, and operators. You will learn everything needed to keep your restaurant, venue, and event safe, from the spread of COVID-19 to customers and staff.

Upon completing this course's final exam successfully, you will earn the COVID Hospitality Compliance Officer (CHCO) certification through the Academy for Hospitality Arts.

Destination weddings are a growing industry, and this course prepares you to expand into planning destination events. Destination wedding planning can include traveling to day-of events or making all arrangements remotely. Planners receive commission payments from resorts, hotels, and booked activities.

This course walks you through the steps you need to receive commissions for destination event planning. Each week you will learn what is required to structure your business to become a highly paid and successful destination wedding planner. The course is taught through recorded chapter videos, an online curriculum, assignments to help you build your destination wedding planning credentials, and a certification exam.

Upon successfully completing the final exam, you will earn the Certified Destination Wedding Planner certification through Lovegevity.

Embarking on a successful career in event planning is now possible with our online Event Planning Course and Wedding Planner Certification. This course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in the field of event planning, from weddings to major corporate events. You will learn from seasoned industry leaders and receive mentorship to enhance your skills.

Throughout this comprehensive wedding planner certification course, you will gain insights into the history of bridal fashion, event law, and essential party planning elements such as venue selection, table setting, menu selection, and more. Additionally, you will acquire the skills needed to establish and manage your own event planning business; including lessons on branding, licenses, labor, pricing, and contracts.

Upon successfully completing the final exam, you will earn the prestigious Certified Master Wedding and Event Planner certification through Lovegevity, which will make you a highly sought-after professional in the industry. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to intern at a Kevin Lee Weddings event, where you will receive mentorship from the renowned celebrity wedding and event designer, Kevin Lee.

This event and wedding planner course also offers you the option to attend a two-day workshop, where you will learn directly from Kevin Lee and his team of vendors. By enrolling in this Event Planning Course and Wedding Planner Certification program, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and industry exposure necessary to thrive in the exciting world of event planning and establish yourself as a successful wedding planner.

Note: Upon enrollment in this wedding and event planning course, you can inquire with your instructor for more information regarding internship opportunities available.

Become a skilled wedding planner and enter the world of creativity and organization, where you will help couples celebrate their special day. Train for a career filled with joyful events!

In this online wedding planner course, you will master the fundamentals of planning, orchestrating, and delivering stunning weddings and parties. This course allows you to earn your professional wedding planner certification and will give you an opportunity to put your new skills to work in an optional internship. Lastly, it includes the opportunity to receive notifications on internships in your area to get hands-on experience.

Upon successfully completing the final exam, you will earn the Certified Wedding Planner certification offered by Lovegevity.

Internship Opportunity

This course also provides you with information on customized internships. You will receive notifications on internships in your area. It is also possible for you to receive invitations to industry conferences and events.

This internship is an opportunity for you to get hands-on experience in weddings and special event planning. An internship enables you to apply your new knowledge and skills in a work setting while making important professional connections.

An internship can also be a highly rewarding experience that contributes to your career development. Typical internships can be as short as a few hours of working on an event and often last up to six months. These opportunities may be paid or non-paid. In many cases, these internship positions can lead to potential employment.

Disclaimer: This course does not have an internship program through ed2go. Please check with your instructor for more information regarding internship opportunities.

Do you have a knack for putting together great parties and events? Are you someone with great attention to detail? If so, a career as a Corporate Event Planner could be perfect for you. Learn everything you need to know in this Corporate Event Planner course including how to plan, design, and execute a successful corporate event, and how to charge for corporate event planning services.

Corporate events span all industries and are planned for a variety of occasions and celebrations. Corporations and their employees celebrate many milestones and accomplishments within the lifespan of the growth and evolution of its people, products, and successes so there are unlimited opportunities in this field. From special events and meetings to assemblies, recognition events and corporate training—you'll be prepared to handle them all!

Upon successfully completing the course final exam, you will be awarded a Certified Corporate Event Planner certification offered by Lovegevity.

With the looming fear of contracting COVID-19, customers want to know that hotels, restaurants, and food service businesses are doing everything possible to maintain a safe and sanitized environment.

Enrolling in the COVID Readiness for Servers and Waitstaff course drives home the message that you are committed to prioritizing the wellbeing of your staff and guests.

The Academy for Hospitality Arts is seated in the belief that exceptional service starts with intentional planning. With 130 years of combined experience across an array of settings– including hotels, restaurants, county clubs, fine dining, and entertainment complexes–we are the heartbeat of hospitality. Our mission is to educate, enrich and inspire hospitality professionals leveraging our collective knowledge managing more than 10,000 events across the globe.

La firma de Diseño de Bodas y Eventos de Preston Bailey le permite a los estudiantes experimentar paso a paso los procesos y las técnicas utilizadas por uno de los líderes y expertos a nivel mundial en el campo de las bodas y eventos: Preston Bailey.

En la industria, este es un curso completo del “cómo hacer”, proporcionando imágenes, fotografías y documentación (detrás de cámaras) sobre todo lo que se puede hacer para que una boda sea un evento único y mágico tanto para la pareja como para los invitados.

Este curso le dará la oportunidad de estudiar a fondo el lado comercial del diseño de eventos. Aprenderá a administrar los costos de los proyectos y el presupuesto mediante fórmulas que le ayudarán a tener éxito.

Asimismo, este curso le dará una educación sobre la industria, la historia, la evolución del diseño, la historia de Preston Bailey, la definición de “diseño de eventos” y la diferencia entre un diseñador y un planificador. También aprenderá los fundamentos de los estilos de diseño que incluyen lo tradicional, lo moderno y lo ecléctico (conceptos compatibles mezclados entre sí).

Usted será competente trabajando con clientes, ayudándolos a convertir sus sueños en realidad y aprendiendo las técnicas y filosofías esenciales de Preston Bailey.

Asimismo, obtendrá conocimiento sobre la creación de vínculos con los clientes y su relación con ellos. Aprenderá a acercarse a ellos con las preguntas adecuadas y a presentarles con seguridad y confianza las opciones de diseño, la venta y sus mejores opciones. Este curso también lo capacitará para trabajar con un equipo de producción y transmitirles las preferencias de los clientes para el evento de sus sueños.

Conviértase en un experto en el diseño de un espacio impresionante aprendiendo a tomar en cuenta los perímetros, techos, pisos, mesas, entradas, adornos, iluminación interior y exterior, además de representaciones o interpretaciones de visión, textiles, colores y mucho más.

This comprehensive event planning course provides valuable industry insights and tools necessary for pursuing a rewarding event planning and design career or establishing your own special event business.

Developed to enhance your learning experience, this event designer course offers interactive presentations beyond theoretical concepts. It covers a wide range of event types, including corporate events, weddings, parades, festivals, and more. By exploring the practical aspects of event planning and mastering the art of event design, you will develop a solid foundation for organizing and executing successful events.

From obtaining permits to creating captivating pyrotechnic displays, this event planning course ensures you are well-prepared to design, plan, implement, and evaluate special events. Whether you aspire to become a professional event planner or want to enhance your existing knowledge, this course provides a comprehensive and practical approach to the world of event management and design.

This course will prepare you for a career as a head/executive housekeeper or provide household managers with a deeper understanding of the housekeeping department. You will be taught how to work at the highest level of housekeeping and challenged to refine your skills in housekeeping, product use, organization, laundry, entertaining and handling events at a home.

You will learn the management skills necessary to serve as a supervisor of other staff members and learn how to properly train and organize a team of housekeepers.

Modern guests expect speed, personalization, cleanliness, safety, and consistency—often all at once. Successful hotels must deliver excellent experiences while protecting the brand and driving profitability through disciplined operations, revenue management, and strong leadership. The Hotel Management course reflects the realities of today's hospitality environment by building operational mastery across every major department that impacts guest satisfaction and business performance.

You will develop end-to-end competency across hotel operations, guest relations and service recovery, housekeeping standards and maintenance essentials, food safety, and food and beverage management. In this hospitality training program, learn emergency response and risk systems, budgeting/forecasting and revenue management, marketing/sales and events, HR leadership, and legal/compliance requirements. The program culminates in a final exam with a capstone project where you will integrate skills to solve real hotel management challenges, which demonstrates job-ready decision-making and operational leadership.

The hospitality industry provides a variety of jobs and opportunities to advance worldwide. Learning the skills needed to manage any venue, hotel, motel, resort, or accommodation house and supervise housekeeping staff will position you for success within this growing field.

This hotel management course bundle will train you for managerial positions in the hospitality industry. The principles learned can be transferred to multiple accommodation types such as hotels, motels, resorts, bed and breakfasts, or any other business that provides accommodation or lodging. You will discover the different management structures of hospitality, from the front office to housekeeping, and how to organize and oversee staff.

The course will also cover food and beverage operations—from menu planning and food production to service standards and hygiene requirements. Throughout this hotel management training program, you will dive into key areas such as security protocols, emergency preparedness, accounting basics, budgeting, forecasting, and revenue-management strategies. You will explore hospitality marketing, sales techniques, event-planning support, human-resources functions, and the legal and regulatory requirements that keep lodging businesses compliant.

Lastly, you will become adept at recognizing quality staff during recruitment and implement hospitality training procedures to develop their potential. You will learn the management skills necessary to serve as a supervisor to other staff members and understand how to properly train and organize a team of housekeepers.

The curriculum in the housekeeper training module focuses on professional cleaning of rooms and surfaces, laundry and linen management, closet organization, cleaning tools and products, schedule creation, table setting, and event-support responsibilities. Upon successful course completion, you will be ready to thrive in the hospitality industry and stand out to potential employers.

This course is designed to train for the role of household manager. You will learn the necessary administrative skills and HR procedures needed to manage an entire staff and run a home.

This course covers subjects from selecting property vendors, planning and managing events, interviewing staff to home systems and how to manage these operations. You will also learn about housekeeping, what is needed to ensure the home is perfectly maintained, and how to set up security and emergency procedures to protect the family and home.

Many busy families with large estates seek out highly-skilled employees to manage their household. These duties fall on the household manager, who oversees the home and household systems like budgeting, security, and staff supervision. Training as a specialized household manager is ideal for advancing your career in the private service industry.

This course bundle will train you to work as a household manager with a specialty in housekeeping. Upon completing these complimentary courses, you will be able to run a household, supervise other household staff, and properly train and organize a team of housekeepers.

The events industry has gone through a restructuring, and most venues now require a professional planner or designer to have professional training and certifications to be granted access to their facility as an approved vendor. This quality increase has resulted from the pandemic and the need to elevate quality standards at every level. Since then, the events industry has seen an extraordinary rebound with record-breaking highs. Event planning and design professionals are experiencing double and even triple numbers for booked events and revenue.

Ready to join a 70-billion-dollar industry that offers exciting careers all over the world? Trained professionals work for event agencies, hotels, and private corporations and can even launch their own businesses due to their professional training.

This multi-approach event designer course offers you the ability to expand into luxury event planning and design with hands-on training, real-world experience, and on-the-job learning to prepare for a career in luxury events. The training program encompasses industry leaders who share their strategies, trade secrets, and technical know-how, so you are knowledgeable, skilled, and confident to pass the exam and launch your career.

Los planificadores de bodas combinan creatividad y organización para ayudar a las parejas a celebrar el día más importante de sus vidas. ¡Entrenados para una carrera rodeada de eventos de celebración!

En este programa, usted dominará los fundamentos de la planificación, organización y ejecución de bodas y eventos especiales. Este programa le permite obtener su certificación como planificador de bodas profesional y le dará la oportunidad de poner sus nuevas habilidades en práctica mediante una pasantía opcional.

Oportunidad de Prácticas

Este programa también le proporciona información sobre prácticas personalizadas. Recibirá notificaciones sobre pasantías en su área. También es posible que reciba invitaciones a conferencias y eventos de la industria.

Esta pasantía es una oportunidad para que usted obtenga experiencia práctica en la planificación de bodas y eventos especiales. Le permite aplicar sus nuevos conocimientos y habilidades en un entorno laboral, al mismo tiempo que establece importantes conexiones profesionales.

Una pasantía puede ser una de las experiencias más gratificantes de su carrera. Las prácticas típicas pueden ser tan cortas como unas pocas horas de trabajo en un evento y, con frecuencia, duran hasta seis meses. Las oportunidades de pasantía pueden ser remuneradas o no remuneradas. En muchos casos, estas posiciones conducen al empleo. 

Descargo de responsabilidad: este curso no incluye un programa de pasantías a través de ed2go. Consulte con su instructor para obtener más información sobre las oportunidades de pasantías.

Distinguish yourself as a professional event designer by taking this course. You will learn to design event details from top to bottom including the design surrounding the activities that make an event come to life. In many cases it is the designer that extracts the emotional and personal elements of a client and weaves those personal expressions into the event design. A wedding planner taking this course will learn the art of design and how to apply design techniques to their existing knowledge and services to their clients. In this course, you will also learn how to identify, approach, and set up an internship in your local area. You will receive notices of internship opportunities and industry conferences and events.

Disclaimer: This course does not have an externship program through ed2go. Please check with your instructor for more information regarding externship opportunities.

Restaurant management is a high-velocity field where margins are tight, labor is complex, guest expectations are immediate, and technology continues to reshape demand. The Restaurant Management course prepares you to manage daily restaurant operations using practical tools for profitability, guest experience, people leadership, compliance, and data-driven decision-making.

You will develop real-world deliverables, like menu cost and pricing artifacts, inventory systems, service standards, hiring and training components, marketing assets, safety documentation, Point of Sale (POS)/analytics exercises, and sustainability plans. This restaurant manager training program also prepares you to control food, beverage, and labor costs through profitable menu and cost-management systems, and lead teams with structured people-management practices.

You will additionally learn to maintain food safety and regulatory compliance, including Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) readiness, and to use POS, digital platforms, and analytics to strengthen forecasting, competitiveness, and decision-making. Training concludes with a final capstone project (new restaurant business plan or existing restaurant improvement plan) featuring a written proposal and video pitch.

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Together, travel and tourism make up one of the world's largest industries. While the internet has made travel booking easier, travel agents continue to play a vital role in luxury, corporate, and group travel. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an estimated 8,200 job openings for travel agents annually, on average, by 2033. As the industry continues to expand, now is the perfect opportunity to become a skilled travel agent and enroll in an online travel agent certification course.

This online travel agent training program provides comprehensive coverage of essential industry topics to ensure you are fully prepared for your new career. You will explore the foundations of the travel industry, develop key professional skills, study basic, international, and destination geography, and learn the fundamentals of international and air travel. The course also introduces you to current technology and AI tools, while guiding you through core transportation concepts, career development strategies, and sales and marketing principles within the travel industry.

This online travel agent course also introduces you to Travefy, a leading platform for travel advisors. You will receive a 12-month subscription and learn how to begin creating and managing itineraries, proposals, and client communications effectively. Access to this software is especially beneficial for those looking to start or expand their own businesses.

By course completion, you will gain a deep understanding of both travel and tourism so you can help clients research, plan, and book their trips. Furthermore, you will prepare to take the TAP (Travel Agent Proficiency) test, offered by The Travel Institute (formerly ICTA), with the registration fee for this test included with this online travel agent course. Earning this industry-recognized professional credential from The Travel Institute helps you get the attention of potential hiring managers and top employers, while enhancing your credibility in the field.

The global virtual events market was valued at $114.12 billion in 2021 and is anticipated to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.4% from 2022 to 2030. Digital platforms allow users to participate in any event remotely, regardless of location. Several web-based systems can be used to connect attendees from all over the world. The convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR) is particularly allowing online communication and collaborative activities to cover all the aspects of a physical event.

With companies rapidly adopting virtual simulated platforms to manage time and resources effectively, the Virtual Hybrid Event Planning course combines the fundamental best practices of event management with online technologies and user experience best practices. In nine months or less, you will achieve a comprehensive foundation of skills, confidence, and tools to work and lead online events in this emerging market as a virtual event planner.

This course will help prepare you to start or expand your career as an online event planner.

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