Scholarships are open for those working in the New Zealand travel industry who want to start 2024 by accelerating their career through the Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) mentoring programme.

The TIME mentees who graduated on Wednesday were Jaime Mclaughlin, Air New Zealand, mentor, Deb Gyde; and Kerrie Hudson, YOU Travel, mentor, Andrew Gay (Hudson was the recipient of an NCL scholarship).

Seven new mentees joined the programme: Amanda Debenham, Discover the World Marketing; Hebron Canlas, Kiwi Travel Insurance ( recipient of Allianz Partners scholarship); Kirsty Latham, ITA (recipient of Allianz Partners scholarship); Nikita Glogoski, Cover More; Robyn Oretsky, Tandem Travel; Selese Rowe, Travel Managers (recipient of Aussie Specialist scholarship); Sofia Buetow Yubrin, Tandem Travel.

Also introduced during the evening was the recipient of the Inclusive Tourism Scholarship Maree Robinson-Olsson from The Walshe Group.

A total of 24 mentees have graduated since TIME was launched in NZ in late 2019 and there are currently 10 mentees on the TIME journey.

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The Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) has reiterated its need to attract more mentors for the programme.

TIME NZ chair Andrew Gay says the lack of mentors is now impacting on the number of mentees who can go through the programme. ‘It’s holding us back,’ he says.