Travelport is committed to supporting the development of tourism industry students by supplying leading Registered Training Organizations (RTO) with our training software and educational materials. Our training package is strengthened by our collaboration with leading educators, which in turn ensures superior employment skills for our students.
Today’s travel industry students are our agents of tomorrow. To encourage the highest standard of excellence, Travelport's Agent of the Future incentive programme has been developed to encourage travel students to strive for the highest achievement possible. The winners of the incentive are rewarded with a learning experience supported by some of the industry’s leading principals and training suppliers.
Students Studying Galileo
The future of the Tourism industry depends on the continuing development of qualified agents and travel students. By training students using latest industry practices and technology, the need for re-training is minimised and the learning experience is greatly enhanced.
Support
Please ask your college teacher or course co-ordinator for assistance. Only your teaching staff is eligible to contact Travelport’s Help Desk or Training department.
You may register for ASK Travelport, our online troubleshooting database. We suggest you use your e-mail address as your Username so you don’t forget it.
Are You An Agent of the Future?
Travelport is committed to supporting the development of travel agents of distinction through our Agent of the Future programme. This award is designed as an incentive for travel students to reach greater standards of excellence. Those nominated by their teachers for demonstrating outstanding qualities will be in the running for some amazing prizes, which will assist their career and offer insight into how the industry really works, through site inspections, industry networking and overseas travel.
Do You Have a Great Teacher?
Travelport and our industry partners also offer an annual prize for outstanding teaching performance.
If you have a great teacher, we want to know. We work closely with college educators to improve training materials and delivery standards, so we are keen to recognise outstanding achievement and share success stories across the industry.
You can nominate your teacher via a simple web form on the Agent of the Future Web site.
Where Can I Study Galileo?
Accredited Galileo training is offered at many leading training institutes across Australia and New Zealand, and generally serves as a mandatory component of Certificate and Diploma courses in Travel and Tourism.
Galileo Accredited Training Colleges (coming soon).
Travelport Learning Community
If you’re an educator from a Travelport contracted college, you’ll find all our training resources and plenty of suggestions from educational peers at the Travelport Learning Community Web space.
If you haven’t yet registered for this site, please e-mail us with your name, role and college name at
GSC-Training@travelport.com Agent of the Future Nominations A reminder on the new
Agent of the Future quarterly nomination dates:
Nominations Close
Round 1: 22 May 2009
Round 2: 07 August 2009
Round 3: 30 October 2009
Preliminary Winners Announced
Round 1: Second week in June 2009
Round 2: Last week in August 2009
Round 3: Second week in November 2009
College Enquiries
The future of the industry depends on the continuing development of qualified agents and travel students. By training students using latest industry practices and technology, the need for re-training is minimised and the learning experience is greatly enhanced.
Travelport is committed to supporting the development of tourism industry students by supplying leading Registered Training Organizations (RTO’s) with our training software and educational materials. Our new training package is underpinned with enhanced collaboration with leading educators, which in turn will deliver students with superior employability skills.
Travelport End-to-End Training Package for Colleges
In 2008, Travelport repackaged its college training package for Australian colleges in line with the new national standard (SIT07). We are currently working closely with the ATTTO (New Zealand) to ensure our package meets the new competencies for New Zealand delivery.
Please contact Jacinta McDonald for additional queries.