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Russo School of Hotel & Tourism | Australia

• Hospitality Courses
• Tourism Courses

• Our central location provides easy access to accommodation, work opportunities at our 5-star hotel partners, and transport
• Up to 3 semester’s credit at Australian Universities
• Access to 30 years of recruitment expertise within the Sarina Russo Group of companies
• Degree qualified trainers and lecturers
• The student-run commercial restaurant, Beluga Lounge at the GPO Hotel provides the training venue for the Food and Beverage practical  component of the program
• Russo School of Hotel & Tourism | Australia has long term and proven relationships with major employers in Brisbane
• Solid university relationships to maximise available credit

Industry Placement Service

Russo School of Hotel & Tourism | Australia has an established Industry Placement Program to provide realistic learning outcomes and enrich our course structures.  We are committed to developing industry professionals with practical skills as well as study foundations. Due to the strong focus on industry needs, the work experience component is essential to any course.

Through our dedicated Student & Internship Coordinator, Russo School of Hotel & Tourism | Australia has developed long term relationships with hotels, travel agents and various business sectors that have exceptional facilities to provide industry placement position for our students. 

Russo School of Hotel & Tourism | Australia industry placement program is strongly supported by major internationally recognised hotels and industry leaders such as the Stamford Plaza Brisbane, Hilton Hotel Brisbane, Flight Centre and Harvey World Travel.

Off-Campus Facilities at GPO Hotel

Our exciting new training facility for Hospitality Management students is the forever cool, hip and funky GPO Hotel - Beluga Lounge.  The Beluga Lounge, on the ground floor of the GPO Hotel, is a funky restaurant and bar lounge servicing the after-work crowd ranging in capacities from 10 guests for an intimate sit-down dinner through to 120 people cocktail style.  Russo School of Hotel and Tourism students complete their training in the commercial kitchen and the dining room areas of this modern facility.

Industry Memberships 

• The Association of Australian Hotel Schools (AAHS)
• Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA)
• Restaurant and Caterers Queensland
• Queensland Hotels Association
• Clubs Queensland
• Brisbane Marketing

Key People

• Bronwyn Rigby
  Coordinator, Vocational Placement

  Bronwyn has many years of industry experience in hospitality working in various establishments throughout Australia for example contract catering, pubs, restaurants, nightclubs plus 5 star hotels. She has also been involved in training environments both within the TAFE sector and accredited training in industry. Bronwyn has a passion for excellent customer service through a long association with the hospitality industry and strong understanding of how the Sarina Russo Group works as she has worked with us for over 5 years. Bronwyn has worked in several supervisory and management roles including taking on the responsibility of opening new contracts within a contract catering environment. She has most recently had time in Job Network (Sarina Russo Job Access), joining Sarina Russo Schools | Australia after successfully heading a profitable Job Network Office. Bronwyn plays an integral part in the success of our vocational placement programs ensuring students are matched with professional organisations to enhance the training environment.