Wednesday October 18 2006
NOW offering ON-Line Training - Virtual Classroom
The Travel Academy is pleased to announce it now offers On Line Training - Virtual Classroom.
You can view our classroom and speak with our instructors at your home computer as if you were in class. If traveling is not an option, now you too can enjoy the many opportunities and benefits available to our graduates. You will need to be available during regular class times, have Windows XP and a headset. The cost is the same as our regular program.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES UPDATE
The Travel Academy is finalizing another agreement with one of the largest travel agency organizations in the world to hire our graduates, bi-monthly on a national level! They have hired over 2,000 travel agents each of the last 2 years. We are also finalizing arrangements with another national airline to recruit directly from our classroom for flight attendants, reservation/ticket/gate agents. They will actually be in our classroom preparing our students to be hired on a national level. These are in addition to the many other arrangements and jobs available for our graduates. We are having our Bi-Monthly Hiring Fair, October 18, numerous travel companies will be in our office to interview and hire our graduates. There are always more jobs available than we have graduates … We cannot graduate students fast enough!
RECENT GRADUATE QUOTES:
"My experience was that I made a smart move! From reading about The Travel Academy I was excited and looked forward to all of the opportunities. Now that I am done I see all the opportunities and I actually feel torn as to which job I should take. I can't say enough about Curt, Cindy and Lori because they will do anything for you to make it happen." -Suzy W.Dekalb, IL, August 06
"It totally changed my outlook on my future. The Academy filled in the blanks in my mind and gave me any answer to the questions everyone asks themselves: "What am I going to do with my life?!" I now confidently know the answer. Thank you so much!! (Sorry if that sounded like a Hallmark, but it's the truth.)" -Danielle T. St. Cloud, MN, August 06
TRAVEL INDUSTRY GROWTH UPDATE:
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second largest travel Management Company, today announced a sizeable increase in sales volume for the first six months of 2006.
Stayover visitor and cruise passengers to Jamaica are up 17.7% and 15.2%, respectively, over the same period a year ago, totaling 2.08 million through August, according to figures released by the Jamaica Tourist Board.
The US Department of Commerce reported a 7.7% gain in U.S. departures to Europe in June, the largest one-month gain in U.S. traffic since Sept. 2004 and virtually tying the record set in 2001. Overall transatlantic travel grew in August, the top nine carriers reporting an average traffic increase of 1.7% for the month. The figures represent a slowdown from the previous two months, which together averaged 5.5% growth in traffic. A peak-season record for U.S. transatlantic travel is expected for the May-to-September period, exceeding records set in 2000.
FEW SEATS REMAIN FOR 2006 CLASSES
| October 30 | 8 Wks Mon-Thurs 8:15a to 12:15 |
3 Seats Open |
| November 13 |
6 Wks Mon-Fri 1:15p to 5:15 |
5 Seats Open |
Let us know how we can Make your Dreams Happen.
Curt Armstrong
President
The Travel Academy
7900 International Drive Suite 10
Bloomington, MN 55425
952-854-7161-B
curt.armstrong@thetravelacademy.com
www.thetravelacademy.com
