
Travel and Tourism Consultant
Price: $675
Duration: 150 hours
About | ||
Study popular tourism destinations and improve your sales skills to successfully advise your clients on the best travel options. Learn how to customize and construct complex travel itineraries, develop specialized knowledge of travel products and gain the skills to process ticket exchanges and reissues. Improve your sales skills to successfully turn prospect and existing customers into returning customers and learn how to understand how industry regulations affect your travel operations. | ||
What you will learn | ||
Upon completing this course you will be able to: | ||
- Identify and provide advice on popular destination countries | ||
- Advise on modes of transportation, accommodation, and tour products | ||
- Apply IATA resolutions to your travel business and activities | ||
- Prospect new and existing customers and counter sales objections | ||
- Construct complex itineraries and manage changes to ticketed journeys | ||
Course format | ||
- This distance learning course is available in eBook format. | ||
- This course requires approximately 160 hours of study, to be completed in 12 months. | ||
- Online access is required to read and/or download study materials. | ||
- You will need an Internet connection and Google Chrome™ browser. to access your User Account. | ||
- Student performance will be based on an examination. Please refer to the Exam Information below for more details. | ||
Key Topics | ||
- Selling techniques and social media marketing | ||
- Fare construction and ticket exchanges/reissuance | ||
- Travel industry laws and regulations | ||
- Niche products including tour customization, luxury and group travel options | ||
- Accommodation products other than hotels | ||
Who should attend | ||
This course is recommended for existing or aspiring: | ||
- Foundation in Travel and Tourism graduates | ||
- Retail, home-based and niche travel consultants | ||
- Reservations, marketing and sales personnel | ||
Certificate awarded | ||
By successfully completing the examination you will receive the Travel and Tourism Consultant Diploma. | ||
Exam information | ||
Please read the General Information on Distance Learning Exams, and check the Distance Learning - Course edition list for exams when booking your exam. | ||
Exam Delivery Method: Supervised exam in IATA Exam location. Physical Attendance is required. Depending on exam venue availability online exams are available. | ||
Exam Format: Multiple Choice questions. | ||
Number of questions: 100 | ||
Time Allowance: 3 hours | ||
Passing Grade: 60 correct answers | ||
Distinction Grade: 90 correct answers | ||
Number of exam attempts: 2 | ||
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION : IATA will communicate your course access information directly to you. It may take up to 7 working days to receive your IATA course access information. |