Travel Goods Specialist Certificate Training Program
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"Welcome to the Travel Goods Specialist Certificate Training Program. We're excited to be offering retailers the opportunity to become Certified Travel Goods Specialists. This training program will allow you to get information about servicing your travel consumers in an easy and efficient manner, and at your own pace and schedule. On behalf of TGA, thank you for participating in this opportunity to learn how to better meet the needs of your customers by becoming a Certified Travel Goods Specialist." |
- Michele Marini Pittenger, President, Travel Goods Association
There are three modules:
- Module I: Identifying the Travel Customer's Needs and Desires
- Module II: Product Design, Features, Materials and Construction
- Module III: How to Prepare, How to Travel and What to do When Things Go Wrong
What others are saying:
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"In today's fast-paced retail market, new salespeople need to be up-to-speed and hit the ground running soon after they are hired. The TGA Certificate training program will not only help you better service our traveling customers, it will also help establish industry standards. The Travel Goods Specialist Certificate Program is a valuable industry asset, and I am proud of TGA for developing and supporting it. The travel goods industry will be more cohesive and more effective as a result."
- Ricky Schlesinger, Chair, TGA Board of Directors
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"This is a great opportunity for retailers! Our subject matter team of experts did an excellent job of developing effective and relevant information for the training modules - one that will become a baseline for helping customers select the appropriate travel products for their needs. Any retailer serious about being an expert in travel goods should take advantage of this important TGA member benefit."
-Frank Fine, Chair, Curriculum Committee, Travel Goods Specialist Certificate Program
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