worldhost training liverpool city region 2014
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Play Video. WorldHost Training Liverpool City Region 2014. What’s happening this year?. International Festival for Business Open Golf Liverpool Biennial River Festival International Festival of Music Giants For more info go to www.IFB2014.com. What does this mean for the city region?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WorldHost Training Liverpool City Region 2014Play Video
Whats happening this year?International Festival for BusinessOpen GolfLiverpool BiennialRiver FestivalInternational Festival of MusicGiants
For more info go to www.IFB2014.com
What does this mean for the city region?Visitors spend an estimated 3.4bn every year, and supports 46,000 jobs.
The Visitor Economy is set to increase so that by 2020 annual spend of 4.2 billion will be achieved, supporting the creation of 13,000 new jobs
The money coming into the region from tourism feeds back into our local economy and stimulates new business opportunities, investment and regeneration.
To prepare our workforce for the opportunities both today and tomorrow, we need to have the right skills, and an awareness of how important tourism is to our economy
City RegionWorldHost is a high quality training package which was used to train Olympics volunteers in 2012Its managed by People 1st, the Sector Skills Council for hospitality, retail and passenger transportVenues and businesses can become WorldHost accredited Liverpool Airport will be doing thisSeveral funding bids are in place to make this free to employers, including Skills for Growth Bank and ESF.We have set ourselves the target to become the first british WordHost City Region training 3,500 people by July 2014.
WorldHost DeliveryDelivered by a network of 20 quality assured training providersHigh profile businesses are adopting the training, including: Hotels and guest housesRail servicesBus companiesConference venues Liverpool Airport and airport partnersTourist Information Merseytravel Retailersand many more!
5VolunteersApprox. 700 WorldHost trained volunteers will support the International Festival for BusinessA further 100 will support PrideAnother 400+ will support the Giants in July
For info on the role and to join up contact http://www.ifb2014.com/
Volunteers will support the events, signpost visitors, give information, and help manage venues. They give their time without payment to help the events and gain experience and skills.
Over to you!Enjoy your WorldHost session!Remember youre an ambassador for the region!
For further information contact [email protected] or www.merseylearn.net