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21/09/2012
A Hokianga tourism worker has been awarded a joint ATTTO Destination Northland scholarship.
The Aviation Tourism and Travel Training Organisation and Destination Northland have awarded Jade Matthews with a scholarship to train for his National Certificate in Business (First Line Management).
Jade, 19, who works at the Copthorne Hotel and Resort... more >
20/09/2012
ATTTO has recognised an individual who has played a leading role in advocacy and delivery of training through New Zealand’s i-SITE network.
The Aviation Tourism and Travel Training Organisation recently presented its Tourism Ambassador Award to Raylene Innes, Training Coordinator for i-SITE New Zealand. The award was presented as part of the... more >
17/09/2012
Since March 2012, three industry training organisations, the Aviation Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO), Hospitality Standards Institute (HSI) and Retail Institute have been engaged in formal merger discussions. This has followed six years of working closely together and collaboration on some key projects.
On Wednesday 12 September... more >
10/09/2012
The Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO) has won a prestigious industry award.
ATTTO was named Best Registered Travel Industry Training Organisation at the inaugural 2012 New Zealand Travel Industry Awards, held on Saturday night at the Langham Hotel in Auckland.
Kathy Wolfe, Chief Executive of ATTTO said: "It's fantastic... more >
31/08/2012
A group of committed trainers that have been the inspiration to hundreds in the Aviation sector have been recognised with an industry award.
The Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO) has given its 2012 Aviation Ambassador award to the staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Ground Training Wing.
ATTTO Training Ambassador... more >
30/08/2012
Achieving credits for unit standards in Māori Culture and Tourism before the end of the year is simpler than ever, now they can be internally assessed by your school.
The NZQA has announced that the unit standards from Environmental Tourism Māori and Tourism Māori practices to Level 3 are now on the Base Scope of Accreditation for Schools. This... more >
20/08/2012
Is GDP the only measure of success for a country, or should we be looking at different methods, is the question being asked at this year's Tourism Export Council NZ Conference.
David Wilks, Department of Conservation Commercial Director, will be discussing an alternative measure, Gross National Happiness, which pegs economic success with measures... more >
13/08/2012
The Conference and Incentive sector now has the opportunity to develop and recognise the skills and experience of its staff through a nationally recognised qualification.
The National Certificate in Tourism (Conventions and Incentives) Level 4 is an NZQA approved qualification for the sector that can now be achieved on-the-job, with a full... more >
10/08/2012
The aviation industry needs to tackle the issue of an ageing workforce and keeping apace of new technology before an emerging national skills gap becomes a problem.
New independent research commissioned by the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation has shown that more than half of people currently working across the aviation sector are... more >
08/08/2012
The outcomes of the Government review of ITOs, their role and effectiveness has now been released for further consultation. The review was undertaken over a 12 month period. In that time many of the performance issues that the Government had around the effectiveness of ITOs have been lessened by significant performance improvements.
Additionally a... more >