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Nominations Now Open for Travel Industry’s Educational Excellence Award

Framingham, MA January 18, 2023–The Travel Institute’s annual award nomination process is now underway with applications accepted through March 31, 2023.

 

The annual Educational Excellence Award, established in 2022, recognizes those organizations and individuals demonstrating a significant, ongoing commitment to quality education for travel advisors and making a substantial, meaningful investment to ensure delivery of education to the ultimate benefit of travelers and the industry. Calls for nominations take place starting each January with judging based on utilization of quality educational content/programming, ongoing investment, and overall impact. Additionally:

  • Any contributor to education in the travel industry is eligible
  • Nominators may submit on behalf of colleagues, peers and/or also self-nominate
  • A nominator may be asked for a brief interview to provide additional relevant information

 

Learn more and submit your nomination here.

Auto Club Enterprises, or ACE, the largest group of AAA Clubs, was the inaugural recipient of the award in 2022 for its “unwavering allegiance to ensuring advisor competency.” The 2023 award winner will be announced by The Travel Institute later this year.

 

 

About The Travel Institute

A collaborative industry effort created in 1964, The Travel Institute has continuously evolved to maintain its role as the global leader in travel industry education and certification while staying true to its mission: dedicated solely to advancing the professionalism of both agents and industry leaders in support of individual and industry success. A non-profit, independent organization, The Travel Institute also works with leaders throughout the industry to create and deliver relevant, meaningful and rigorous coursework. Using exclusive proctored, closed-book testing to ensure its graduates earn credentials that demonstrate the highest standards of expertise and service, The Travel Institute has certified more than 27,000 Certified Travel Associate (CTA®), Certified Travel Counselor (CTC®), and Certified Travel Industry Executive (CTIE®) graduates and also administers the Travel Agent Proficiency, or TAP®, exam to confirm students new to the industry demonstrate a mastery of travel industry basics. A trusted partner to industry suppliers and educational institutions, The Travel Institute has trained hundreds of thousands more through additional courses, webinars, and in its online Premium Access content. Throughout North America, many successful agents and high-profile leaders credit their success to coursework from The Travel Institute. Learn more at The Travel Institute.

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