International Guide Academy

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The International Guide Academy, Inc. (IGA) is approved and regulated by the Colorado Division of Private Occupational Schools, Department of Higher Education. IGA is also recognized by the International Association of Tour Managers (London), the World Tourism Organization (Madrid), and the National Tour Association (Lexington, KY, USA). The Academy has been written about in various newspapers throughout the world, recognized on the Job Monkey and Cruise Job Finders web sites as having an excellent training and free lifetime placement assistance program and was listed by Frommers as one of the "Top 100 addresses to have in the Tourism industry."

The International Guide Academy, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, USA is worldwide recognized international training center specializing in training and certifying professional International Tour Managers and Tour Guides. The program was started in 1973 in Australia, and then the programs were conducted in Hong Kong and later in London. The company has been in the USA since 1988 and in 2007 expanded to holding courses in Mexico. In 2009 additional programs in the Spanish language, conducting a program in China, and an International Tour Manager certification program conducted while at sea aboard the NCL Spirit were all conducted. Now in 2010, IGA continues its program availability, with a course in Ottawa, Canada.

The Academy instructors are all certified (CITM and/or CTG) in their respective fields and bring over 300 years of travel industry experience to the classroom. All of the instructors are International Guide Academy graduates and are currently employed as Tour Managers and/or Tour Guides, many owning their own companies. All have international experience. Most of the instructors have a Master's Degree or higher.