As appears as in: Horner, S., ed. Talent Management in Hospitality and Tourism. Oxford, UK: Goodfellow Publishers. ISBN 978-1-910158-67-8. http://www.goodfellowpublishers.com/talent 5 Career Progression in Hospitality and Tourism Settings Adele Ladkin and Aliaksei Kichuk Learning objectives After reading this chapter you will be able to:  Understand the characteristics of tourism and hospitality employment  Defne careers and career development  Explore the way individuals build careers in tourism and hospitality  Explain the relationship between career development and talent management Introduction This chapter considers the career journey that individuals make in hospitality and tourism setings, and the role of talent management in the career development process. Career development is facilitated both by organisations in terms of their current and future human resource needs, and by individuals who make choices concerning their career needs and aspirations. Career development plans and prospects take place in numerous industry sectors, each with their own labour market characteristics and norms for career development opportunities. In this chapter, the nature of tourism and hospitality employment is outlined as a starting point to set the context of careers in the tourism and hospitality sec- tors. This is followed by an exploration of the aspects that are relevant to the topic: careers, career development and career progression. The career journey then becomes the focus of discussion, outlining what constitutes a career journey before examining them in the tourism and hospitality contexts. The remaining part of the chapter turns its atention to talent management in the career context. The relationship between talent management and careers is outlined. A summary is then ofered.