ITC’s hugely popular Business of Tourism Academy is officially open for 2025 expressions of interest!

ITC’s Business of Tourism Academy is a hugely popular course, and it is officially open now for expressions of interest for 2025!

Here’s everything you need to know about the Business of Tourism Academy – and how to apply!

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Calling all teachers: ITC offering two free PD days this September!

Sign up for one of our free upcoming Personal Development days for teachers.

The upcoming term 3 is an exciting one, as ITC is offering free personal development days for teachers, as well as STAR, Gateway, and Careers Advisors.

However, due to the popularity of these courses, just one staff member per school can attend. This is to give more schools the opportunity to benefit from these days.

We already have just a handful of spaces left for each day, so don’t hesitate to secure your space by RSVP’ing below!

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ITC delivers a Customer Service workshop for the Explore Group

The Explore Group during the Customer Service workshop with ITC’s Mel Jenkins.

ITC is known for offering exceptional qualifications and certifications to high school and college students in New Zealand – but we also often provide workshops for businesses as well.

Recently, we delivered a Customer Service workshop for the Explore Group. The Explore Group is a tourism operator based in Auckland, Bay of Islands and in the Whitsunday Islands Australia that offers incredible cruises and sailing adventures around in these amazing locations.

We first worked with the Explore Group back in 2017, and have continued to help develop their customer service skills ever since.

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Meet one of our first Online Course students: Nan!

Our Ground Crew Online course offers an introduction to the many aviation roles available at airports.

ITC recently launched a series of Online Courses. These courses are short introductions to various aspect of travel and tourism, from Cabin Crew Online and Cruise Online to Tour Guiding Online.

These online courses are available for anyone, anywhere in New Zealand. There are no prerequisites and no age limit. They are simply a great way for people to dip their toes into a field of study and see how they might feel about it as a career.

Plus, they’re entirely self-directed, so you can study them online in your own time, at your own pace.

Now, we’re starting to see our first students complete these courses. One of those is Nan, who is currently working as a barista in Auckland and who is hoping to one day work in the aviation industry. She has recently completed the Ground Crew Online course.

Of course, we asked her a few questions about her experience!

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ITC students share their feedback from the recent Armageddon Expo

ITC students volunteering at the AJ Hackett attraction at the recent Armageddon Expo.

The annual Armageddon Expo is massive science fiction and fantasy fair, with highlights from comics, movies, TV, animation, and gaming.

Recently, Sales Manager for AJ Hackett Leo emailed the team at ITC asking if any students would be interested in volunteering to help out at an activation he was planning to host at the event. And we had more than a couple of volunteers!

“Stacey and Brooklyn came all the way from our campus in Whangarei to volunteer on the Sunday, Charelle and her friend Syderra snapped up Saturday even though they were supposed to be celebrating Charelles birthday that day and Xavier (an ITC graduate) and Carlos had never met before but had the best time together on the Friday. The students all had a great time and learnt so much from Leo and Sam at A J Hackett. A win win all round!” explained Employment Consultant Sarndra.

We also asked the students about their experiences, so here’s what they had to say!

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Meet the ITC graduate making her own way in the travel world!

ITC graduate Mauga is loving her role as a LEAD agent for QANTAS at OACIS (Off-Airport Check-In Solutions) at Auckland International Airport.

Mauga is a recent ITC graduate who started her career working at Menzies. However, after a few hurdles, she has found her way into a fantastic new role working at Auckland International Airport.

Her positive attitude and strong work ethic are an inspiration for current and future ITC students, so what better way to share her story than with a quick interview?

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5 of the best tourism adventures in New Zealand

The Auckland SkyJump is one of our top five tourism adventures! Which of these have you tried?

At ITC, we live and breathe tourism – and we’re especially proud of all the phenomenal adventures available for visitors (and locals!) here in Aotearoa.

Not only do many of our past graduates already work at some of the country’s best tourist attractions, we also have the pleasure of introducing our current students to some of what New Zealand has to offer during our courses and trips.

So here are our top five picks for the best tourism adventures in New Zealand, whether you live here and want to explore your own backyard, or whether you’re visiting from overseas!

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5 advantages of enrolling right now!

There are plenty of great advantages to enrolling with ITC right now – here are the top 5!

Thinking of enrolling with ITC for the upcoming intake? We’ve got five great reasons why you should enrol right now! (more…)

New feedback reveals what our students really think about ITC!

Our ITC students seem to be pretty happy. See some of their reviews below!

At ITC, we’re constantly thinking about ways we can offer a better education and a better service for our students.

We’re staffed entirely by a team of people passionate about travel and tourism, with more than 250 years of combined experience in the industry! We have a dedicated Employment Consultant who works with students to help them find and gain roles during and after study, and we’re always looking for ways to improve the everyday experiences of our students.

So, does all that effort pay off? We asked our students, and here’s some of the comments we received in our most recent feedback…

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ITC congratulates the Travel Agents Association of NZ (TAANZ) winners!

Congratulations to the 2024 TAANZ winners, and to the industry as a whole for its comeback!

One of the many reasons the International Travel College (ITC) is so good at providing qualifications and certifications to students across Aotearoa is thanks to our industry connections and involvement.

In other words, we don’t just teach travel and tourism – we live it.

That’s why we’re so excited to congratulate the recent winners of the Travel Agents Association of New Zealand (TAANZ) winners!

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