Graduates receive an AHLEI Certificate for each module completed as well as an IHS Short Course Certificate.

Students learn to increase front office efficiency and help sales grow with the knowledge and skills gained from the completion of this module. Topics include revenue management and the latest technology applications. This module shows how front office activities and functions affect other departments and focuses on how to manage the front office to ensure the property’s goals are met.

Graduates receive the IHS Short Course Certificate.

Although it does take plenty of creativity to design an event that is memorable and meaningful, it also takes careful attention to detail, adaptability, effective delegating, and a lot of work. This course will walk you through the process of event management, from the beginning stages of planning to the final touches (like decorations, food, and music). While this course is specifically for corporate event planning, the elements here can also be applied to more personal event planning. Essentially, we’ll be creating an effective and well-planned design that is ready for implementation and can be used over and over again.... [-]

Graduates receive an AHLEI Certificate for each module completed as well as an IHS Short Course Certificate.

This course will give students a basic understanding of the revenue management process. It addresses the proper use and importance of revenue management in hospitality operations and describes the wide range of elements that must be considered in order to use revenue management effectively.

Graduates receive the Specialisation Certificate awarded by the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), as well as a single course certificate for each module passed.

Students who have completed the Specialisation Package in Rooms Division Management are competent to apply hospitality-specific frontline and management skills within the rooms division. This programme introduces students to the hospitality industry and proceeds to cover the management of the front office, housekeeping operations, facilities management as well as general supervision.

Students are required to complete five compulsory modules. Other elective modules are available so talk to us so we can design a learning pathway that suits your needs.... [-]

Graduates receive the Specialisation Certificate awarded by the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), as well as a single course certificate for each module passed.

This programme introduces a thorough look at club management, introducing students to general club management and governance, leadership, marketing, and human resources, and such operational areas as food and beverage operations, entertainment, financial management, club technology, and sports and recreation programs.

Students are required to complete five compulsory modules. Other elective modules are available to talk to us so we can design a learning pathway that suits your needs.... [-]

Graduates receive the Specialisation Certificate awarded by the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), as well as a single course certificate for each module passed.

This programme introduces students to the world of spas, taking a comprehensive look at subjects ranging from the history and cultural development of spas to spa terminology and financial realities. Other areas include retail management and general supervision.

Students are required to complete five compulsory modules.Other elective modules are available to talk to us so we can design a learning pathway that suits your needs.... [-]

This course is intended for print designers desiring additional skills in editing ePUB files by accessing and tweaking the XHTML and CSS components of an ePUB file in order to have full control of the text flow, image display and general appearance of eBooks across a range of supported readers and mobile devices.

This course focuses on how to finish an EPUB document created in Adobe InDesign. While the latest version of InDesign is a great tool for creating EPUB e-books, there are still some aspects of EPUB creation that cannot be done in InDesign. To fine-tune an EPUB and make it look and work exactly as needed, it is necessary to edit that EPUB using the text-editing software. This course covers the skills needed to create a well crafted and valid EPUB e-book.... [-]

This course is intended only for experienced layout artists and print designers wishing to migrate Word and Indesign files to ePub / Mobi formats for distribution on mobile devices such as tablets or eReaders. Friends of Design – Academy of Digital Arts, will teach you the skills to be able to easily navigate and use the basic tools of this incredible program with absolute confidence. Among various other easy to use tools, we will show you how to create high quality and visually stunning documents that stand out from the crowd, insert various links and speed up your workflow using the sharing and collaborating capabilities of this popular program.

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful and versatile tool for creating illus­trations for Print and Web. By tapping into the power of this vector based program, you can create detailed and scalable art for almost any applica­tion. You will learn to work with important menus, tools, and palettes, explore selection tools, drawing tools, layers, the pen tool (a lesson unto itself) as well as learn transformations, distortions, type tools, and modifying paths and shapes. Master this challenging and rewarding vector program, giving yourself illustration wings.

In this course, you will build a solid foundation in Adobe Illustrator. You will start with a tour of important menus, tools, and palettes, then explore selection tools, drawing tools, layers, the pen tool (a lesson unto itself) as well as transformations/distortions, type tools, and modifying paths and shapes. You’ll never call Illustrator help again. Practical projects and exercises make this course a must! You will be amazed how quickly you will begin to master this challenging but rewarding vector program.... [-]

If you are an aspiring or working Print Designer, Adobe InDesign is an indispensable tool for layout and print industry related requirements. We will teach you from a basic level to intermediate how to use this fantastic program to perfect your layouts and projects with inDesigns powerful print and production ready engine.

Whether it’s a magazine spread, a poster, or even a Web page, nothing connects or communicates like an effective layout. Layout design, the art of what goes where on a page or editorial spread, is a creative challenge for any graphic or digital designer. Learn how to build strong foundations for your page design, explore creative applications for lines and shapes, and discover how to break the rules while maintaining the underlying structure of a page.... [-]

If you are an aspiring or working Print or Web Designer, Adobe Photoshop is an indispensable tool for image editing, compositing and finally outputting your finished work to a broad range of formats for both print and web. We will teach you from a basic level to intermediate how to use this fantastic program to perfect your images with non-destructive filters and powerful color-correction, cloning, and healing tools.

In this course, not only will you learn the Photoshop essentials, but some unique insights as to what you can achieve combining the various tools you learn. On its completion, you should feel comfortable using the software to edit and manipulate your own images as well as be able to create your own art.... [-]