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Tourism Training Australia is a leading national industry training advisory association.

We work closely with industry leaders, state and federal government representatives, registered training organisations, industry associations and other key stakeholders as the tourism and hospitality industry continues to rapidly expand in Australia and across the globe.

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CALLING ALL TRAINERS, TEACHERS & TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS. A friendly reminder that Tourism Training Australia and our partners, Learning Vault will be holding the fifth in a series of Webinars, designed to provide participants with a guide on how to deliver their classes and content online.
The 'Micro-credentials: What are they?' webinar will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, 16 June, at 12:00 and will be followed by a 'Q&A on Delivering Content Online', on Tuesday, 23 June at 12:00.
For more see http://ow.ly/7afa50A5HOY

Great to be on the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Video Conference today with Charlotte Tressler, Head of Treasury’s Coronavirus Business Liaison Unit, who answered a question from Tourism Training Australia's Chairman, John Hart, regarding the efforts of the tourism, travel and hospitality advocates regarding governmental capacity caps and border border restrictions.

REMINDER: CALLING ALL TRAINERS, TEACHERS & TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS
Join Tourism Training Australia and our partners, Learning Vault, TOMORROW at 12:00 for the fourth in a series of Webinars, 'Blended Learning in Digital Environment', which has been designed to provide participants with a guide on how to deliver their classes and content online.
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Tourism Training Australia commends the work of the Tourism Restart Taskforce to have timetable for a RESTART of Tourism,

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CALLING ALL TRAINERS, TEACHERS & TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS.
Join Tourism Training Australia and our partners, Learning Vault, this week for the third AND fourth in a series of Webinars, designed to provide participants with a guide on how to deliver their classes and content online. ‘Keeping Evidence of Continuous Online Improvement’ will be held Tuesday, 26 May at 12:00 and 'Blended Learning in Digital Environment', on Thursday, 28 May at 12:00.
For more see http://ow.ly/odeb50zNdsV

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Thanks to the Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers MP, for answering my question regarding whetherr the ALP believes that post September, workers would be better re-skilling or up-skilling rather than staying on job keeper for those employers, including many in the hospitality and tourism industry, who won’t be in a position to offer any real prospect of future work post COVID 19. It was great to hear from his thinking on how Australia can get better with a culture of life long learning and tourism. His full answer will be posted to http://ow.ly/m7fq50zL7yc.

Once again thanks to Paul Nicolaou and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the opportunity,

CALLING ALL TOURISM TEACHERS & TEACHERS
Register to join Tourism Training Australia in partnership with Learning Vault for 'Keeping Evidence of Continuous Improvement in an Online Environment, the third in a series of Webinars to provide tourism teachers and trainers with a guide on how to deliver their classes and content online on Tuesday 26 May, To register and for more information:
https://www.tourismtraining.com.au/new-events

It was great to hear from Will Hodgman, one of our Nation's finest Premiers, in his new role as the Chair, for his plans for the Australian Business Growth Fund (ABGF), in which the Australian Government has committed $100 million in partnership with financial institutions to support small & medium-sized businesses with equity funding.
Talking to Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry members, Will explained that modelled on the United Kingdom’s Business Growth Fund, which has invested some $2.7 billion into 220 Companies across a range of sectors across the economy, the ABGF should play a vital role in the post-COVID-19 recovery. Tourism Training Australia hopes that this will include many capital starved tourism businesses.

URGENT
Action Required for all Tourism training providers by COB on Thursday regarding Advanced payments for NSW Smart and Skilled providers impacted by COVID-19.

See https://mailchi.mp/5116109d950f/covid-19-advanced-payments-for-smart-and-skilled-providers

A cautious welcome to the Australian Government 's Roadmap to a COVIDSafe Australia. Many Hospitality businesses will have required a quicker and less circumspect approach but let's hope the roadmap will at least begin the process of pivoting to a desperately needed recovery for travel, hospitality and tourism

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Thanks to the Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers , for answering my question regarding whether the ALP believes that post September, workers would be better re-skilling or up-skilling rather than staying on job keeper for those employers, including many in the hospitality and tourism industry, who won’t be in a position to offer any real prospect of future work post COVID 19. It was great to hear his thinking on how Australia can get better with a culture of life long learning and tourism. His full answer will be posted to www.tourismtraining.com.au — Thanks to the Shadow Treasurer, **Jim Chalmers**, for answering my question regarding whether the ALP believes that post September, workers would be better re-skilling or up-skilling rather than staying on job keeper for those employers, including many in the hospitality and tourism industry, who won’t be in a position to offer any real prospect of future work post COVID 19. It was great to hear his thinking on how Australia can get better with a culture of life long learning and tourism. His full answer will be posted to **www.tourismtraining.com.au**

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COVID 19

The world is currently in the middle a pandemic called COVID-19 or Coronavirus.

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Facts that everyone should be aware of from the World Health Organisation and Australia’s Federal health Department.

What is COVID-19?
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans. The virus can spread from person to person, but good hygiene can prevent infection In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Visit our COVID-19 Page for further information

Beyond 2020 Government Report

Visit our research page to download the Australian government’s Beyond Tourism 2020 Steering Committee’s report on its vision for the future of the tourism industry.

NEXT EVENT

Tourism Training Australia (TTA) will be holding the third in a series of Webinars about teaching online and what resources and options there are available to do this successfully in this tourism space. The third in the series will be ‘Keeping Evidence of Continuous Online Improvement’, on Tuesday, 26 May at 12:00, where TTA Executive Officer, Julian Harniman, will be joined by online learning experts, Nicholas Robert and Toby Jones from Learning Vault who will be available to answer all your questions live by Zoom Chat during the Webinar. This will be followed by the fourth in the series called 'Blended Learning in Digital Environment' on Thursday, 28 May at 12:00.

UNIT OF COMPETENCY FEEDBACK REQUESTED

Tourism Training Australia Chairman, John Hart, and Julian Harniman, wrote to tourism and hospitality providers inviting their feedback regarding 'Work Safely in Tourism and Hospitality’ during the COVID-19 Pandemic’ that Tourism Training Australia has commissioned.

The Unit of Competency is NOT intended a program for industry stakeholders to deliver to demonstrate work safety.

As is always the case, the Unit of Competency should be seen as an industry standard that all the various programs for work safely in tourism and hospitality during the COVID-19 should have as an outcome.

This will ensure each of the various programs have portability both across all tourism and hospitality sectors and state and local jurisdictions.

Click this Unit of Competency link to see the full draft and provide feedback by Wednesday, 20 May 2020.

OTHER EVENTS

‘Digital Assessment Fundamentals’ Webinar Tuesday, 5 May 2020

The second in the series about teaching online and what resources and options there are available to do this successfully in this tourism space called ‘Digital Assessment Fundamentals', was successfully held on Tuesday, 5 May at 12:00. TTA Executive Officer, Julian Harniman, was again joined by online learning experts, Nicholas Robert and Toby Jones from Learning Vault who shared a few new ideas on how to undertake assessments digitally as well as areas to be mindful of ASQA requirements. Join Tourism Training Australia for the third and fourth in the series which will take place on the Tuesday, 19 May and Tuesday, 26 May respectively.

‘Getting Online 101’ Webinar

‘Getting Online 101’ which is now available to view online was held on Tuesday, 28 April at 12:00. Tourism Training Australia (TTA) Executive Officer, Julian Harniman, was joined by Nicholas Robert and Toby Jones from Learning Vault for the first in a series of Webinars designed to be a step-by-step process of how to go about teaching online and what resources and options there are available to do this successfully in the tourism space.

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TTA Welcomes Economic Support Packages as Tourism Industry Faces Economic meltdown.

02 APRIL, 2020

Tourism Training Australia (TTA) strongly welcomed this week’s announcement that the Morrison Government will provide a historic wage subsidy to around 6 million workers who will receive a flat payment of $1,500 per fortnight through their employer, before tax for up to six months, and whose partners earn less than $3,068 per fortnight, around $79,762 per annum.

For the tourism training sector this means a subsidy, equivalent to around 70 per cent of the national median wage, being paid to training providers. If successful it would see training providers retaining their employees during a time of significant declines in revenue and if they have to close down for up to six months.

The announcement comes at a time when new research from the World Travel & Tourism Council “shows a punishing travel and tourism GDP loss to the world economy of up to $3.4 trillion in 2020 for a sector that employs 330 million people worldwide.” The Asia-Pacific region is expected to be worst hit with up to a possible 49 million jobs at risk. Read More

Vale, Michael Lee.

25 MARCH, 2020

It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Mike Lee passed away early this morning in hospital.

He had recently suffered a non-COVID19-related lung infection and was taken to hospital on Sunday evening.

His wife Di reported that Mike was doing well last night and — true to form — was making a few jokes while she was with him, however sadly his condition worsened during the night and he passed away around 6:30am this morning.

I will continue to be in contact with Di and will keep everyone updated with any information that I receive.

I know many of the members in this group have known Mike and Di for many years. His contribution and passion for the Industry has been inspiring to all. I will personally miss his good cheer and enthusiasm at the many events we attended over a number of years.

I have express my deepest sympathy to Di on all of our behalf — I’m sure you will join me in sending your thoughts and prayers to her and the family during this difficult time.

Rest assured that Mike’s legacy will live on with the continuation of the 350 Club well into the future. When we are able to finally meet again in the coming months, we will certainly raise a glass to his memory. I hope you might be able to do the same wherever you find yourselves in the meantime.

Garry Stokes, TTA Board Member.

New Head for Tourism Training Australia

04 February, 2020

Tourism Training Australia, the leading national industry training advisory body, today announced the appointment of Julian Harniman as its new Executive Officer.

Tourism Training Australia (TTA) was established in 1982 to develop a flexible and effective training system for the tourism and hospitality industry and was led for many years by industry stalwart, the late, great Bill Galvin OAM.

Chairman, John Hart, said that “Julian has been appointed to lead the organisation and ensure the TTA is a powerful voice on travel, tourism and hospitality training.”

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