TOURISM BUSINESS MAGAZINE – Tourism Succession Planning with Young TEC

With the rebrand of ITOC to the Tourism Export Council last year, a new “youth organisation” was  initiated called Young TEC. Membership to Young TEC is free for all staff and employees of TEC who are between the ages of 18-36 years. We have had a great uptake of Young TEC members and a voluntary executive committee was established with regional coordinators in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Top of the South and Queenstown appointed.  12 months on the Young TEC constitution and election process is about to be approved with the Chair of Young TEC having a valued governance position on the TEC Board.

After 5’s and breakfast networking events have been held around the country and the next step is the development of the career path “national development programme” which will be held next winter 2014. The national development programme will cover 8 weeks where participants will be matched with ‘famous and infamous’ industry mentors.  Topics with keynote speakers appropriate to each subject area will include:

1. Career Planning

2. Tourism Industry overview

3. International markets

4. Distribution Channels

5. Customer Service & Sales with Social Media

6.  Maori Cultural Training

7. Public Speaker & Presentation Skills

8. Human Resources & Conflict Resolution

Aside from the “national development programme” it is the intention to have an annual Young TEC conference day and for this year it will be Tuesday 10 December – the day before the TEC Xmas Symposium – this year held at the Pullman Hotel. More details to follow.