January 2025
Recognizing Human Trafficking Awareness Month!
Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry
ICHRIE has partnered with Protect All Children from Trafficking, PACT, to provide FREE Human Trafficking preventions modules and certificates of completion on Preventing and Responding to Human Trafficking for: Hoteliers and Travel Professionals for you and your students!
Did you know that trafficking is a crime that takes place 365 days a year?
Join ICHRIE and PACT to help raise awareness of Human Trafficking!
Visit the ICHRIE Advance Learning Management System (LMS) under can Human Trafficking Prevention on the course catalog. They can be used to complement curriculum for hospitality, event management, tourism and any course or presentation where students will learn about engaging with the public. Both modules provide a printable certificate of completion at the end of the course – something we are hoping you can share with your students as a “added value” of completion.
Instructions for Accessing these ICHRIE Advance Modules
| Members Instructions Accessing Anti-Human Trafficking Modules |
Non-Members Instructions Accessing Anti-Human Trafficking Modules |
Learning objectives for each module:
Preventing and Responding to Human Trafficking for Hoteliers
This free 30-minute online training program developed by PACT in collaboration with the American Hotel and Lodging Association and Marriott International discuss the intersection between human trafficking and the hotel industry. PACT also offers free tools and resources that can be used in conjunction with the training to help companies combat trafficking and inform clients and suppliers of their commitment to child protection.
Additional Resources in the module:
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International Tourism Partnership (ITP) Guidelines for Checking Recruitment Agencies
Learning objectives:
After completing this module, you should be able to:
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Define human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children
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Understand the difference between labor and sex trafficking
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Recognize signs of trafficking
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React to a suspected incidence of trafficking at your property
Travel Training for Managers and Professionals
This 25-minute online training developed by PACT, with the input of a committee of travel professionals, addresses the issue of human trafficking and discusses the intersections between human trafficking and the How Companies Can End Human Trafficking (non-travel version) Specifically tailored for travel professionals in the travel management industry, corporate travel managers, and the meeting and events industry.
Additional Resources in the module:
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How Companies Can End Human Trafficking (travel company version)
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PACT Anti Trafficking Policies
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Learning objectives:
After completing this module, you will have an understanding of the following topics:
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Section 1: Definition and Impact of Human Trafficking
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Section 2: Sex Trafficking
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Section 3: Labor Trafficking
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Section 4: How to Take Action
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Section 5: Disrupting Human Traffickers
For this and other learning modules, visit: ICHRIE Advance
