Training for industry professionals to strengthen sustainable tourism

Upcoming Courses

Courses and learning opportunities from TrainingAid and partners

Sustainable Business Strategy
GSTC Sustainable Hotel Course

The GSTC Sustainable Hotels Course is designed for hospitality and accommodation professionals, and provides practical insights into sustainability practices for hotels.

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Destination Stewardship, Sustainable Development
GSTC Sustainable Tourism Training

The Sustainable Tourism Training by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) offers practical insights to help improve sustainability practices, and an opportunity to earn Certificate in Sustainable Tourism.

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Destination Stewardship, Sustainable Development
Capacitación en Turismo Sostenible del GSTC

El GSTC Programa de Capacitación en Turismo Sostenible tiene por objetivo entregar conocimientos y herramientas que permitan comprender desde una visión práctica, cómo implementar acciones sostenibles en empresas y destinos turísticos.

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Sustainable Business Strategy
Sustainability Management for Tourism Businesses

Designed for professionals leading or engaged in sustainability management at tourism businesses, this course provides practical guidance on applying key sustainability management principles and techniques, and useful tools for managing, monitoring and continuously improving sustainability practices.

Scheduled Live Session Times

  • Week 1: Monday, April 25th; Wednesday, April 27th; Friday, April 29th
  • Week 2: Wednesday, May 4th; Friday, May 6th
  • Week 3: Wednesday, May 11th; Friday, May 13th
  • Week 4: Wednesday, May 20th; Friday, May 22nd

*The live sessions are scheduled for 12:00 - 13:30 CEST (UTC+2). Please be sure to check the correct time in your local time zone.

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Destination Stewardship, Sustainable Development
GSTC Sustainable Tourism Training

The Sustainable Tourism Training by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) offers practical insights to help improve sustainability practices, and an opportunity to earn Certificate in Sustainable Tourism.

Facilitated
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Sustainable Business Strategy
GSTC Sustainable Hotel Course

The GSTC Sustainable Hotels Course is designed for hospitality and accommodation professionals, and provides practical insights into sustainability practices for hotels.

Facilitated
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Destination Stewardship, Sustainable Development
GSTC Sustainable Tourism Training

The Sustainable Tourism Training by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) offers practical insights to help improve sustainability practices, and an opportunity to earn Certificate in Sustainable Tourism.

Facilitated
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Destination Stewardship, Sustainable Development
Capacitación en Turismo Sostenible del GSTC

El GSTC Programa de Capacitación en Turismo Sostenible tiene por objetivo entregar conocimientos y herramientas que permitan comprender desde una visión práctica, cómo implementar acciones sostenibles en empresas y destinos turísticos.

Facilitated
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Sustainable Business Strategy
Sustainability Management for Tourism Businesses

Designed for professionals leading or engaged in sustainability management at tourism businesses, this course provides practical guidance on applying key sustainability management principles and techniques, and useful tools for managing, monitoring and continuously improving sustainability practices.

Scheduled Live Session Times

  • Week 1: Monday, October 3rd; Wednesday, October 5th; Friday, October 7th
  • Week 2: Wednesday, October 12th; Friday, October 14th
  • Week 3: Wednesday, October 19th; Friday, October 21st
  • Week 4: Wednesday, October 26th; Friday, October 28th

*The live sessions are scheduled for 12:00 - 13:30 CEST (UTC+2). Please be sure to check the correct time in your local time zone.

Facilitated
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Sustainable Business Strategy
GSTC Sustainable Hotel Course

The GSTC Sustainable Hotels Course is designed for hospitality and accommodation professionals, and provides practical insights into sustainability practices for hotels.

Facilitated
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Practical training solutions tailored to your needs

Does your tourism organization need training support, advice, or technical assistance? We’re here to help you find, develop, and implement the right training solutions for your needs.
In house training

In-house training

Regardless of the size or scope of your tourism business - from a small local team to a large international organization - we will help you empower your employees and colleagues with sustainability knowledge.
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Stakeholder training

Stakeholder training

We will support your destination’s sustainability commitment by enhancing your capacity building offers to your destination and community stakeholders, focused on skills that strengthen sustainable tourism.
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Blended training solutions

Adapt a solution

For businesses, destinations and other industry organizations seeking a unique mix of solutions, we’re available to discuss additional ideas and suggestions on how to make the most of your investment in training.
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Know your why

How will training benefit your sustainability journey?

As you seek your paths, advance in your career, and achieve wider impacts, you will encounter new challenges, unexpected roadblocks and even deadends. 

The knowledge and experience you collect along the way will be your most valuable companion, helping you navigate through your ongoing journeys.  

That’s why we believe learning never stops.

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How will training benefit your sustainability journey?

Resources and Tools:

sustainable development, business best practices, climate action & more

How-to Guides

Useful tools
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Tourism How-to Guides

Case Studies

Best practices
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Tourism Case Studies

Expert Panels

Examples & stories
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Tourism Expert Panels

Video Lessons

Presentations
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Tourism Video Lessons

Solution oriented training management

Our Expertise: capacity building for sustainable tourism

We are a specialized tourism training company, focused on professional development and capacity building for industry networks, destinations and organizations. By facilitating training opportunities, we help strengthen sustainable tourism.
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Training Strategy

We can help you execute training strategies that focus on interactive and dynamic people-centered approaches to learning.
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Content Design

As tourism training specialists, we offer expertise in instructional design that facilitates effective learning and promotes engagement.
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Program Management

We have a proven track record on developing, delivering and managing training in areas focused on sustainability and tourism.
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Learning Solutions

We provide technical knowledge of e-learning tools and platforms, including implementing tailored solutions for tourism businesses and destinations.
We’re your strategic learning partner.
Work with us to advance your organization’s sustainability training goals.
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The stories that matter to us

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tourism as a positive force for local communities
Sustainable Development
Tourism as a Positive Force for Local Communities
We’ve asked industry trailblazers and change makers to share their own experiences, highlighting concrete examples of how tourism can be a positive force for local communities. These examples and stories serve as important reminders of the potential that tourism has to transform communities for better, and of our collective responsibility to use that power wisely.
Resilience and Sustainability in Tourism Businesses
Sustainable Business Strategy
Key Factors for Resilience and Sustainability in Tourism Businesses
For organizations (such as tourism businesses), the concept of resilience is a key part of what makes them stronger, and better prepared to respond to and recover from shocks (including - but NOT limited to - the COVID19 pandemic). To become resilient, businesses need both good planning and operational approaches ("hard factors"), and good people and relationship management approaches ("soft factors").