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Looking for a rewarding career field that will also allow you to see the world? If so, consider enrolling in IATA’s Travel and Tourism training program. These courses combine key insights with practical knowledge and are designed by industry experts. Our Travel and Tourism training will give you the skills and knowledge you need to maximize your career opportunities using a curriculum that’s based on industry standards and best practices. Better yet, IATA Travel and Tourism diplomas are wide-ranging and internationally recognized, helping students worldwide to bolster employability as well as professional success.
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As first step, we recommend starting with the Foundation in Travel and Tourism diploma course. As your study progresses, you can further specialize with the Travel and Tourism Consultant and Managing the Travel Business diploma courses. Together, these courses add up to the IATA Diploma in Travel Sales and Operations, a mark of well-rounded knowledge and skills, qualifying you to work in the travel industry. With over 61% of international tourists travelling by air, the aviation industry plays a key role in supporting travel and tourism.
Foundation in Travel and Tourism
This curriculum will help you learn to use a global distribution system to create and manage reservations as well as provide advice on flight, accommodation and tour products and even how to ensure travelers fulfil necessary travel requirements. We even offer Foundation courses for 3 different, popular Global Distribution Systems:
Travel and Tourism Consultant
Improve your sales skills in order to effectively convert prospective and existing customers into returning customers, develop specialized knowledge of travel products, gain the skills to process ticket exchanges and reissues, and learn how to understand how industry regulations affect travel operations.
Managing the Travel Business
With more than 1 billion international trips each year, the travel industry offers a wide variety of career and business opportunities. Take advantage of these opportunities by learning how to manage a team and build business relationships through negotiation while also gaining insight into building business plans in accordance with agency accounting procedures.
Study with the help of an instructor
IATA Authorized Training Centers, or ATCs, are located around the world and have qualified instructors to guide you through these courses. ATCs will also manage the complete enrollment and examination process for you with IATA Training. Our ATCs also offer support in finding internship and job placement opportunities.
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