Career Panel: Travel & Hospitality

Hotels, travel, events and attractions — what does the work actually look like once you are in it? This panel puts people working in hospitality, tourism and the non-profit sector in front of the room to describe their day-to-day, the skills that make someone good at it, and the career paths that run through these industries. Julaina Jaffar, a manager at the Korean Tourism Organisation, is among the panelists.

It runs Sat 21 Nov 2026, 2pm to 4pm, at the National Library on Level 7 in Rochor, and admission is free. The session is pitched at people under 30 exploring a career in tourism and hospitality, including students of tourism management, culinary arts and international relations. There is time set aside to put your own questions to the panel, and the conversation also takes in the harder side of people-focused work — the opportunities and the difficulties of building a career around serving others.