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The primary focus of the Institute's International and Business Development division is to identify and develop commercial opportunities domestically and internationally and to implement a strategy throughout the Institute of both nationalisation and internationalisation.

Nationally, the Institute establishes relationships and training contracts with key clients within the food service, retail food, hotel, travel, resorts, gaming and other related industry sectors. The Division's delivery of work based training programs, through a range of training and assessment strategies, assists with the development of and support to industry and government initiatives, with training also extended to remote locations within Australia and a special focus on Indigenous programs.

The division's International area is responsible for both the recruitment of overseas students into accredited Institute Higher Education Degree and VET programs, for identifying, developing, implementing and managing new offshore opportunities and projects.

The Institutes' international activities have developed strategic partnerships with joint campuses education providers in China, Malaysia and Thailand, operating a Continuing Education and Training Centre (CET) in Singapore in partnership the Singapore Government Workforce Development Agency, with regional forums such as the ASEAN Secretariat, government organisations such as the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, global hotel chains such as Hilton Worldwide, the InterContinental Hotels Group and a range of education and training organisations.