Page 63 - Bellfort Magazine Issue 8

Northern Ireland is now well Event Management
and truly on the global map for

tourism. The Titanic Visitor Cen-
As part of their course, Year 14
tre was recently voted the best
in the UK, Game of Thrones fans Travel & Tourism course students
flock to see the film locations have to put their event manage-
and one of the nine wonders of ment skills to the test to plan,
the world is on our doorstep.
organise and run an event.
Little wonder then that this is an
ever increasingly popular sub- Our group—The Pink Ladies—
ject to study. Our students are consisted of Emily Erwin, Court-
proof of how enjoyable it can
ney Gribben, Catherine Perry,
be!
Hannah Wilson and Sophiah Wil-
Guided Tour
son, who organised a trip for stu-
Travel and Tourism A2 students dents to attend “Blood Brothers”
prepared and delivered a very
at the Grand Opera House. This
interesting guided tour of the
delighted the Performing Arts
Ulster Folk and Transport Muse-
um, as part of developing the
skills needed to be an event
manager, or a tour guide.
Highlights of the trip included
seeing what life would be like in

and English departments as many
of the students were studying
this play as part of their GCSE
and A-Levels.

an old fashioned school.
Everyone on the trip not only
became a little more educated
about the history of Northern
Ireland, but also had a really en-
joyable time. A well organised
tour which is a credit to our stu-
dents.

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