Meet our newest team member and City Campus Tutor, Daria!

Our newest team member and City Campus Tutor, Daria, during a 2023 trip to Sicily.

ITC’s newest team member grew up around tourism and hospitality, so it’s no surprise that her career has been rich in travel and tourism experiences.

Not only has Daria built a career on her love of tourism, but she also made the decision early on to share those skills with others. That’s how she ended up as the newest member on our team, and that’s why we’re so excited to have her on board to help lead our students towards their own incredible careers!

We chatted with Daria to learn more about her background, and what she can offer for ITC students.

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Meet Esther, our dedicated Schools Coordinator

ITC leads in delivering Tourism Resources, Experiences, Short Courses and so much more.  Seniors can experience tourism or aviation and make an informed choice for a potential tourism or airline career. We have a team of dedicated people, we like to call the ‘Schools Team’. 

We consistently receive amazing feedback about our quick turn around of our schools products and services.  When you reach out to our dedicated schools team for support you’ll have the pleasure of emailing our Schools Coordinator, Esther.  Esther takes pride in all she does to help schools receive all they need in a timely fashion.  Read more to learn a little more about our amazing Esther Johnston.

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Get to know Botany tutor, Kirsten Leith

We’re excited to have Kirsten as our Botany Tutor.

Kirsten Leith is no stranger to ITC.

Kirsten has been a Course Advisor & Employment Consultant for our Botany Campus, and now we are lucky to have her in the role as our Botany Tutor.  Her incredible expertise in the industry will prepare any graduate for an exciting career in our tourism or airline industry.

Not only that, but she also has supported our busy Short Course team with our popular Business of Tourism Academy in South Auckland. 

We reached out to Kirsten to hear all about her story to date. 

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Meet our Academic & Quality Coordinator Star – Allison Jones

Meet Toni our fantastic Study From Home Tutor

Meet Toni Young – Study From Home Tutor

Toni Young joined the Study From Home team in early 2021. Before that, she lived in Australia and the UK, and worked as a travel agent, a teacher, and for an airline and event management company.

No two days are the same for Toni. She might be working in Teams Assessment with a group of students, on a Zoom meeting with a student overseas, marking students’ work, or working on developing new course content. She sees her role as encouraging, motivating, facilitating, and counselling students.

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Meet Lynelle our amazing Study From Home Tutor

Lynelle Panton is our wonderful Study From Home Tutor

Lynelle’s background is all about travel. She has worked in leisure travel, in hotels, for rental car companies, and even as a corporate travel consultant at American Express. That’s when she joined the ITC team as a campus tutor, before moving across to the Study From Home team where she is also a tutor.

As a part-timer, Lynelle juggles her work with SFH with her home life, where she’s full-on with three kids. She loves that she can spend time with her children after school and help with their activities, while still working in an industry she loves so much and knows so well.

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Meet ITC’s wonderful new addition to the Botany Tutorial Team – Anna Addison

Anna in uniform on a plane!

Anna Addison has recently joined our Botany Tutorial Team, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion about the travel and tourism industry.

She’s already making a splash in the classroom, and we can’t wait to see her connect with students and pass on her invaluable knowledge!

Read on to learn more about Anna’s travel industry history and what she’s going to bring to the role. (more…)

Meet ITC’s incredible new addition to the Schools Team – Ruth Betham

Ruth Betham is ITC’s newest member of the Schools Team!

Just when you think we’ve already got the most passionate, awesome, experienced travel and tourism team in New Zealand, we go and find someone like Ruth Betham.

Ruth is a recent hire on our Schools Team, and she’s excited to share her skills and knowledge with young students just getting started in the travel and tourism industry.

We asked her some quick questions to learn more about Ruth’s background, and what she brings to the team! (more…)

Meet Brad: ITC’s newest Botany staff member!

New Botany Student Services Advisor Brad in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

ITC has been fortunate recently to hire Brad Sargent as a Student Services Advisor at the Botany Campus.

Like all of our team, he has plenty of passion for the tourism industry, and great experiences working in it to share with students. And as it turns out, he was basically born to work in tourism, considering his parents met while on a Contiki trip through Europe!

We’re so excited for Brad to be part of the team and see him help guide students on their journeys into the tourism industry. Read on to get to know a little more about Brad and his background!

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Planting The Seed: How a job interview turned into a new favourite class activity

Recently I met Ruth, who was interviewing for a tutoring position. During this process we ask for a demonstration to show their presentation skills. Ruth bought some soil, seed and water. This immediately sparked my interests as I love indoor plants.

Ruth demonstrated the process of planting a seed and talked about its growth stages and how this represented the growth of your life, study and your career.  This got the cogs turning in my brain and I wondered “how could I use this as an activity for the classroom”, especially for a new class. 

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