Learn while cruising: experiential learning opportunities for tourism and hospitality higher education

Abstract

This article follows up on the seminal experience written by Weeden, Woolley, and Lester in 2011 where a cruise field trip was undertaken with a group of undergraduate students in the UK. It presents the reflections of students who undertook a cruise field trip carried out in Australia with 24 undergraduate students. While some of the experiential learning findings obtained in this research (n = 22) support what was presented from the smaller sample of the above-mentioned article (n = 8)-facilitation of group cohesion and first-hand understanding of managerial and operational aspects of the cruise sector-new pedagogical opportunities were also identified.