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Business LIVE! Student Event at Disneyland® Paris

Inspire their future career at our Business LIVE! conference. Bring business studies to life for your students and fire their future career ambitions by showing them the many different paths a career in business could take at our Business LIVE! conference - all whilst enjoying the magic of Disneyland® Paris!

Event dates: 

Monday 24th February 2025 - request a quote

Monday 23rd February 2026 - request a quote

Leading industry experts from high profile companies will deliver presentations providing relevant real-life experiences and case studies for exams to ignite your students’ aspirations whilst perfectly complementing the curriculum. Students can also put their own questions to the experts during a Q&A session.

Meeting your learning objectives- Business LIVE! is designed to meet course aims by encouraging and developing an enthusiasm for studying business. Learn more about our full range of LIVE! events here.

Sample itinerary

Our sample itinerary provides you with an idea of the visits you can cover during your trip. We can tailor-make an itinerary to support your specific learning outcomes.

Morning Afternoon Evening
1 Morning flight from Ireland Guided sightseeing tour of Paris Check in to your accommodation
2 Attend the Business LIVE! Conference Time in Disneyland® Paris Parks Free time in Disney Village.
3 Time in Disneyland® Paris Parks Return flight to Ireland
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Morning Morning flight from Ireland
Afternoon Guided sightseeing tour of Paris
Evening Check in to your accommodation
Morning Attend the Business LIVE! Conference
Afternoon Time in Disneyland® Paris Parks
Evening Free time in Disney Village.
Morning Time in Disneyland® Paris Parks
Afternoon Return flight to Ireland
Evening

Event overview

Expert speaker presentations - your students will hear how businesses operate in a range of different contexts, and hear how they responded to different business opportunities, problems and issues.

Q&A session - interactive question and answer sessions offering invaluable career insight and advice.

Team park challenges - encourage students to take a step back and critically appraise the resort as a business. These challenges provide opportunity for problem solving, decision making as well as seeing in action how the brand is promoted, loyalty encouraged and profits maximised.

The Events Team in Disneyland® Paris will provide support throughout your stay, they’ll: 

  • Be on-hand & provide assistance throughout the event 
  • Register your students at the conference & take questions 

 


Accommodation

Places to stay


Previous Event details & speakers at LIVE! events

Sean Spooner

Sean Spooner is a 28-year-old marketing entrepreneur, content creator and speaker. He has launched, operated and grown his own companies since the age of 14 and is the co-founder and Operations Director of Patter, one of the fastest-growing marketing consultancies in South Wales delivering strategy and marketing campaigns for clients around the world.

With impressive experience in business setup and a passion as a speaker to focus and motivate, Sean will pass on valuable knowledge to your students about setting up, marketing and growing a business.

Jess Mally

Jess Mally is an experienced antiracism educator, writer, speaker, consultant and more. After spending 8 years in the charitable sector, they co-founded the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) agency BELOVD Agency; as well as building the consultancy frameworks, writing and delivering workshops, Jess spent over 2 years actively consulting business across various industries.
 
Jess' lived experience and engaging style will give your students the chance to learn about bringing about structural change within a business to create safer, fairer, and more equitable workplaces.

Liv Little - Facilitator

Liv is a writer and broadcaster and the founder of the magazine ‘gal-dem’, that provided a platform for stories about female and non-binary people of colour. Her work spans journalism, audio, TV and curatorial projects for which she’s received various accolades, including LGBTQI+ Broadcaster of The Year and Rising Star at Wow. 

Liv has fronted projects for multiple brands including Absolut, Squarespace, Links of London, MAC, Samsung and Google. She has also partnered with a number of fashion houses such as Ganni, Chloé and Clavin Klein.

Liv is most at peace in nature, and she now lives by the sea. Her debut novel, Rosewater, was published in April 2023 (Dialogue).

Liv will feature as Facilitator for Computing LIVE! on 24th February only.

Kate Hardcastle MBE

Kate Hardcastle MBE, aka The Customer Whisperer, is a highly respected and successful businesswoman with award winning success in delivering commercial & successful ventures and partnerships. 

In addition to 20 years experience, founding business transformation organisation Insight with Passion, Kate has forged a highly successful media career. Kate is the go-to business expert for BBC TV & Radio, ITV and Sky News giving her own comment and opinion.

Workbook and Park Challenges

Our complementary workbooks are designed to be used as your group enjoy the Disney® Parks. The workbooks contain park challenges which encourage students to take a step back and critically appraise the resort from their subject perspective. These park challenges provide opportunity for problem solving, decision making as well as working together so that your students get the maximum from the their time at Disneyland® Paris.

LIVE! Events Team

Our LIVE! Events Team provide expert on-site support throughout your stay to make your trip as easy and memorable as possible: 

  • Be on-hand & provide assistance throughout the event 
  • Register your students at the conference & take questions 

Q&A Session

Our lively and interactive question and answer session gives the students control to ask the questions they want answers to. All the speakers take to the stage to answer questions to provide different perspectives and to offer invaluable career advice from their own experience.


Evening activites

  • Explore the parks: Disneyland® Park & Walt Disney Studios® Park
  • Shopping in the Disney Village® 
  • Gaumont Cinema
  • Evening meal experience at Billy Bob’s Country Western Saloon

Study themes & levels

Transition Year, Leaving Certificate & Key Stage 4 & 5 students of Business. The event is designed to complement studies across the AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC and SAQ curriculums. It is designed to meet course aims by encouraging and developing enthusiasm for studying business and provide quality case studies for exams.

  • Business Strategy, Decision Making and Direction
  • External Influence, Technology, Sustainability and Environment
  • Corporate and Social Responsibility, Balancing Profit with Purpose
  • Digital Marketing, and E-commerce
  • Marketing, Performance and Strategy
  • Globalisation, Growth and Emerging Markets 
  • Business Operations, Customer Service
  • Human Resources, Employee Engagement and Motivation

Throughout the event your learners will cover the fundamentals of the Business curriculum at Leaving certificate, KS4 and KS5, supporting and complementing classroom learning.

 


Educational resources

In order to help you prepare for the Business LIVE! Event, you will receive supplementary information about how each speaker will link to the curriculum as well as a list of desired outcomes. This can be used to follow up with your students when you return.


Transport

We offer flights from a variety of departure airports and we’ll work with you to plan your route at the best value possible.

Flight


Giving you full support throughout

Before your tour

  • Your own dedicated NST contact
  • Bespoke tour itineraries
  • Unrivalled local knowledge & expertise
  • Curriculum linked visit programmes
  • Great value for money - no hidden costs
  • Free group leader inspection visits
  • Risk assessment guidance
  • Safety assured, transport, accommodation and visits

Whilst you're away

  • Free educational resources
  • Group-friendly accommodation
  • Exceptional standards of coaching
  • On-tour support from our reps on the ground
  • Support & assistance from our specialists guides throughout your tour
  • 24/7 support just a call away
  • Extensive group travel insurance

On your return

  • Priority rebooking services
  • Rewarding your loyalty with our reward scheme
  • You say, we listen - we're committed to continuously improving our tours
  • School travel company of choice since 1996