Our mission is to empower our students through education and work toward building a community of knowledgeable, ethical, and passionate travel professionals dedicated to the highest standards of service, innovation, and excellence.
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A collaborative industry effort created in 1964, The Travel Institute has continuously evolved to maintain its role as the global leader and gold standard in travel industry education and certification in support of individual and industry success. A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization operating exclusively for educational purposes, The Travel Institute works with industry leaders to deliver relevant, meaningful and rigorous coursework.
Using proctored, closed-book testing to ensure its graduates earn credentials that demonstrate the highest standards of expertise and service, The Travel Institute has more than 30,000 Certified Travel Associate (CTA®), Certified Travel Counselor (CTC®), and Certified Travel Industry Executive (CTIE®) graduates and is the approved provider of travel industry civilian occupation training for U.S. military. It also administers the Travel Agent Proficiency, or TAP®, exam to confirm students new to the industry demonstrate a mastery of travel industry basics. Countless individuals, agency owners and managers, and educational institutions utilize our award-winning TRIPKITSM introductory program as their training tool of choice. A trusted partner to industry suppliers and educational institutions, we have trained hundreds of thousands more through additional courses, webinars, and in its online Education Hub content. Throughout North America, many successful agents and high-profile leaders credit their success to coursework from The Travel Institute.
