Go with Tourism and IHG Hotels & Resorts have partnered to bring free learning and upskilling opportunities to New Zealand’s tourism and hospitality workforce.

The IHG Skills Academy, a virtual learning platform, was launched in the UK last October and offers free online education, courses and opportunities for people looking to build their confidence, get employment ready and explore their career options in the sector.

As well as having access to global resources and learning modules, people who mention “Go with Tourism” during their registration will gain access to a New Zealand-specific ‘playlist’ of curated content.

Educating and upskilling our industry, and rangatahi hoping to kickstart their careers, is a crucial factor in maintaining a successful and sustainable workforce. Go with Tourism are very excited to help IHG promote this wonderful platform across Aotearoa. We will:

• Introduce the Skills Academy to secondary schools across the country.
• Encourage jobseekers to work on skills that will help them find employment.
• Ask businesses to share and utilise the platform with their staff.
• Promote tourism and hospitality learning and upskilling for everyone!

To help incentivise the sharing of this wonderful platform amongst tourism and hospitality workers, students, teachers and jobseekers, IHG Hotels & Resorts have offered Kiwis the chance to win a fantastic competition that encourages learning: whoever completes the most learning modules on the IHG Skills Academy between 1 and 30 April 2023 will receive 50,000 points that can be used on one night in an IHG hotel or towards a longer stay!

Ready to learn and win? Sign up for the IHG Skills Academy today! ihgskillsacademy.com

Written by Helen Shaw, Marketing Communications Manager