Registration opens for GTMC management course
The Guild of Travel Management Companies has opened registration for its 2009/10 Management Level training course.
Candidates must register for the course by July 24.
The course, run in conjunction with City & Guilds, has three modules and candidates can choose which they want to take with those taking and passing all three being awarded the full City and Guilds Management Certificate in Business Travel.
A half-day induction course will cover all three modules and will be held during September 2009.
The cost for the full course is £1950 + VAT or each module can be taken individually at a cost of £850 + VAT.
GTMC general manager John Williams said: "The GTMC is particularly keen to encourage training in the business travel community and in conjunction with City and Guilds we have developed the management level certificate, which is our highest qualification. Places are limited and we urge candidates to register as soon as possible."
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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