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The Institute of Hospitality has formed a strategic alliance with Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) to increase access to work-based learning for hospitality talents at all stages of their careers.

Over 800 approved training centres across the UK and abroad will be able to choose, for the first time, from a full suite of hospitality training programmes from entry level to advanced management diplomas.

Peter Ducker, chief executive of the Institute of Hospitality, said: “We see this alliance as a timely and important solution for work-based hospitality education. 

“It provides a one-stop shop that makes it easy for employers to access high-quality training for their teams at all career stages, wherever they are in the UK.”

Stephen Vickers, chief executive, VTCT, said: “We are delighted to collaborate with the Institute, the world’s pre-eminent professional body for the hospitality industry.

“Together we will work with employers to meet people’s qualification needs, from their first graduation as skilled craft-workers up to their later senior management roles within the hospitality and tourism industries, which account for some 2.7 million jobs in the UK.”

The VTCT is a registered educational charity set up to develop and provide high quality education and qualifications for the service industries. The Institute of Hospitality a body for individual managers and aspiring managers working and studying in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry.