YoungTEC awarded two Hospitality Training Trust grants

The Young Tourism Export Council (YoungTEC) is excited to announce their success in the 2018 Hospitality Training Trust funding round.

YoungTEC are the successful recipients of two grants: $5,000 support towards the ongoing implementation of their award winning Professional Development Programme and $5,000 towards a second-tier training course for future tourism leaders.

Tourism Export Council Chief Executive Judy Chen says this gives the Professional Development Programme an opportunity to evolve to the next level.

“Receiving this grant is a real show of faith in the work that YoungTEC does. It shows how much progress it has made in just a few short years. It’s looking at opportunities beyond what it originally set out to do which is raising the profile of the organisation”.

YoungTEC’s Chair Nicole Botting says it’s an honour to receive the grant.

“We want to thank the Hospitality Training Trust for the opportunity to develop a second-tier leadership training course. This level of training has always been an aspiration for YoungTEC and the continued development of young people within our industry will have wider benefits for all”.

YoungTEC is set to consult members on the development of the new leadership training course and encourage all members to have their say on the topics and speakers considered.

The Hospitality Training Trust was set up to encourage and support training in the sector. Previous grants include masterclasses for secondary school hospitality teachers and a workshop about taking the leap from school to a career in hospitality.

ENDS.

For more information please contact Kim Cormack on 021 684 816 or kim.cormack@tnz.govt.nz.

YoungTEC is an organisation of young tourism professionals under the age of 36 years who are members of Tourism Export Council companies. A YoungTEC membership offers regular networking events with other young professionals in the tourism industry, educational workshops and a professional development programme complete with a mentor which gives you the most up-to-date tourism information and tips to take into your own workplace.

For more information on YoungTEC and to find out how to become a member visit www.tourismexportcouncil.org.nz/ytec or go to their Facebook page www.facebook.com/youngtourismexportcouncil.