Tui is welcoming students to 20 of its UK and Ireland branches to shadow agents as they gauge their interest in a career in travel.
The taster sessions will take place across the country, from Sheffield to Southampton and Plymouth to Peterborough, as part of Tui’s National Apprenticeship Week programme.
In 2016, the UK’s largest tour operator committed to taking on 2,000 apprentices by 2020.
Each store will open its door to students from the local area to give them a feel for retail and the world of holidays.
The students will be given an introduction to Tui holidays, its retail stores and agents, and shown their booking systems. They will also take part in role play activity and will shadow retail agents as they book holidays for customers before being given an opportunity to try out what they’ve learnt and help customers.
Caroline Kitcher, HR director at Tui UK & Ireland, said: “It’s really great to be able to welcome students in to our stores during National Apprenticeship Week and get them excited about travel and retail. It’s a fantastic industry to work in and we hope to be able to welcome some of these young people back in on our apprenticeship scheme.
“We’re really proud of our commitment to apprenticeships, training more than 5,500 people on the scheme since the year 2000. Working for Tui can open up a world of opportunities and we pride ourselves on providing our people with quality training and development, and exciting career prospects both nationally and internationally.”
Tui is looking to employ apprentices across its engineering, IT and retail arms and has pledged to develop a pilot apprenticeship standard and has launched the UK’s first degree-level apprenticeship in the travel sector in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire.
The company says it is looking for a passion for holidays and a focus on providing unrivalled professionalism and service to its customers from applicants.