About Us: IGA / ITMA Tour Guide and Manager Schools

The International Guide Academy (IGA) is approved and regulated by the Colorado Division of Private Occupational Schools, Department of Higher Education. The 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."

CEO's Message:
Our company is committed to providing the tourism industry with the very best trained International Tour Managers and Tour Guides who turn every tour into a more memorable travel experience.
-----Frank M. Slater, CITM, CTG, Ph.D.

People Overview:
Daniel Slater, President, has 25 years experience in international tourism, business, and education. In addition to Tour Manager and Tour Guide experience, he has owned and operated a tour company and a motorcoach company. His intimate knowledge of what makes a tour successful allows him to train graduates who are tour ready and able to handle every aspect of the job.

Frank M. Slater, Ph.D, owner and CEO, has 48 years experience in international tourism, corporate business and education. He has successfully trained International Tour Managers and Tour Guides worldwide, and his personal commitments and achievements have been recognized by leading authorities and companies throughout the world.

Company Background:
The International Guide Academy of Denver, Colorado, USA is an international training center specializing in training and certifying professional International Tour Managers and Tour Guides. The program was first 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 have all been implemented.

Our Academy instructors are 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. All have international experience. Most of our instructors have a Master's Degree or higher.

The concept of training and certification as an International Tour Manager or Tour Guide has been in place in many other parts of the world, for example: Israel, Italy, China, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, etc. There are a number of cities in the USA requiring certification/license for Tour Guides, such as: New York City, Washington, D.C., Savannah, Raleigh, New Orleans, and more.

We offer the lowest tuition and housing costs, the best curriculum in the industry, and do it in a shorter time frame. Lower cost, Faster, and Better. Could you ask for anything more?

No student left behind. Free lifetime placement assistance for all of its graduates is the policy of the Academy. The tuition covers all books, materials, class training trips, DVD's of each student's presentations, etc.

The picture at right is Frank Slater at Association of Destination Management Executives with Tour Guide Molly, and coach driver Leo. Frank was a speaker at ADME.

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