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SITTPPD003B
Source and package tourism products
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
This unit describes the product planning function for a diverse range of tourism and hospitality packaged products and services and applies to the full range of industry sectors.
The unit applies to the development of new or enhanced packaged tourism products. It describes the generic tourism product packaging process that applies to the development of any style of packaged product for the domestic or international customer and covering any Australian or international destination.
The unit has particular application to inbound and outbound tour wholesalers and to tour operators. Tourism operators might source and package tourism products and services for a range of different products, e.g. brochured touring products, incentive and special interest groups and series tours.
The sourcing and packaging of tourism products and services involves complex itinerary planning, costing and operational coordination. This unit applies to senior tourism and hospitality industry personnel who operate with some level of autonomy or under limited supervision and guidance from others. These roles would include product development coordinator, senior tour coordinator, senior inbound tour coordinator, incentive account manager, account manager for a professional conference organiser, senior operations consultant or manager for a tour operator and owner-operators of any type of tourism business.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to source and package tourism products to meet the needs of particular markets or customers. It requires the ability to create, tailor and cost packages that may include complex itineraries or a wide range of products.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
The unit builds on the more operational skills found in the Tourism Sales and Operations units, such as:
SITTTSL006B Prepare quotations
SITTTSL008B Book and coordinate supplier services.
Negotiating with suppliers for any product component is covered in SITXMGT006A Establish and conduct business relationships.
This unit does not cover the ability to participate in the strategic development of the organisation's product range. SITTPPD001B Research, assess and develop tourism products, takes a more strategic focus to product development and covers the high-level market research and analysis function of product planning.
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