Two-Week Programs
Provides Intensive Hands-On
Training
and Job Placement
Assistance for Graduates
San Francisco, California, June
28, 2010 –
International
Tour Management Institute (ITMI),
http://www.itmitourtraining.com/admissions/schedule.shtml
America’s premier training and
certification program for tour
directors and guides, begins its
next class on July 12th,
2010. The two-week hands-on
training prepares participants
to enter the job market
immediately upon graduation.
Resume and interview preparation
as well as lifetime job
placement assistance are an
added benefit of the program.
“The
tourism industry remains the top
revenue producing industry in
the world, generating more than
$740 billion annually in the
U.S. alone,” states Ted Bravos,
CEO of International Tour
Management Institute. “Travel
and tour companies are always
seeking qualified, well-trained
individuals to serve as tour
guides and tour directors. Tour
directing is a hidden job market
that few people know about.”
Professional
tour directors earn an average
of $250 to $350 or more per day,
plus all expense paid trips.
Because tour companies often pay
for travel from the tour
director’s home to the tour
destination and back, it does
not matter where the individual
lives. Tour directors can work
full or part-time and they can
determine how many days each
year they wish to work and which
areas of the country or the
world they wish to experience.
Since its inception in 1976,
ITMI has launched over 6,000
travel careers. Students from
around the world come to San
Francisco to receive the
prestigious ITMI certification.
Many graduates have gone on to
become tour operators, corporate
meeting and event planners or
cruise ship hosts. As the first
certified
professional tour
directing program in America,
ITMI alumni are sought after by
major tour operators such as
Adventures by Disney, Australian
Pacific Touring, Globus &
Cosmos, Tauck World Discovery
and Princess Cruise Lines, to
name but a few.
Class size is limited. Students
are carefully pre-screened to
ensure the highest potential
placement rate upon graduation.
For more
information about ITMI or the
tour guide program contact Joan
Keddell at (800) 442-4864 (415)
957-9489 email
travel@itmisf.com
or visit ITMI’s web site
www.itmitourtraining.com
