Corporate Travel Consultant Job Description
Corporate Travel Consultant Duties & Responsibilities
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Corporate Travel Consultant Qualifications
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Corporate Travel Consultant Job Description
- Exceptional communication skills including the ability to listen and empathize to anyone in any situation
- Ability to analyze a customer based on history and make relevant offers
- Excellent ability to maintain composure with customer while striving toward superior customer service
- Effective questioning and listening
- Act as a liaison, provide product/services information and resolve any emerging problems that our customers might face
- Have a customer orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of characters
- Establish and develop relationships with customers and co-workers
- Booking flights, hotels, trains, cars for VIP Customers
- Multiple pre booking for VIP customers
- Waiting list
- Reminders to PA
- Daily follow up
- VIP Profile
- Registration to Loyalty program, book and issue Miles tickets
- Flight tracking to follow the traveler
- Private booking for VIP’s Family members
Corporate Travel Consultant Job Description
- Ensure the control and monitoring of VIP bookings
- Respect VIP processes implemented by the Team leader
- Identify claims/issues and take the lead to find a solution and ensure a good communication with PA and/or VIP
- Inform PA and/or VIP concerning VISA requirement
- Obtain the company mandated 52 hours per year of training with Expeditors related classes and/or industry classes and seminars to remain current of travel trends
- Your will create the offer, and make sure all involved suppliers deliver offers quickly
- You will provide support to our corporate customers and suppliers, building and maintaining excellent client relations
- You will research and solve problems related to reservations, providing priority wait-listing, preferred seat selection and upgrade management as requested by customers
- You will make recommendations regarding efficient and alternate routes, lowest available fares, booking classes, exchange rates and travel products and services
- You may also follow up on customer service issues and find resolutions and may assist with visa and/or passport processing, voids, refunds, exchanges and split ticketing
- We believe in the Scientific Method
- We act as One Team
- Available to work Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm AEDT
- Minimum of two (2) + years active Travel Consultant experience or recent travel school graduates
- Last but not least you will liaise with client corporations and contracted and preferred suppliers to find good solutions for both sides
- Provide consultative multi-country/multi-carrier routings for best fares and preferred carrier usage
Corporate Travel Consultant Job Description
- Ensure optimum customer service while coordinating client travel policy responsibilities
- Can fulfill basic requests regarding necessary regulations (DOT, TSA, passports, visas)
- Prepare thorough trip itineraries as requested by individual travelers using preferred vendors
- Provide multi-media and technical support
- Research all client needs to the fullest extent and counsel appropriately
- User help desk – HRG products
- Exceptional Sabre skills
- Must have the ability to effectively multi-task while maintaining professional rapport with corporate clients
- Candidates should possess decisive and successful problem solving skills
- Consistently provide the highest level of customer service and integrity
- Minimum 2 years' relevant work experience in Corporate Travel for day shift, at least 5 years' experience in Travel for night shift
- Excellent knowledge of GDS system is a MUST
- Minimum 2 years' relevant work experience in Corporate Travel for day shift, at least 5 years' experience in Travel for night shift (home based)
- College graduate (Associate at minimum preferred)
- We are Transparent
- GDS system experience is REQUIRED
Corporate Travel Consultant Job Description
- Serve as a customer liaison between clients and contracted and preferred suppliers
- Minimum of 5 + years active Travel Consultant experience in the past 2 years
- Must be able to take direction and work well in a team atmosphere independently in the absence of supervision
- Managing bookings for air, hotel and car hire organising transfers, travel insurance and visas for business travellers
- Previous business/corporate travel experience preferred
- A good, recent working knowledge of Sabre/GDS to include fares and ticketing - this is a must-have
- Fares and Ticketing expertise - ideally with certification too
- A warm and friendly telephone manner, to inspire confidence and build rapport
- Transacting all clients travel requirements (domestic and international), in a timely, accurate, friendly and helpful manner in accordance with minimum standards - including international and domestic airfares
- You will consistently provide the highest level of customer service and integrity
- GDS system experience is REQUIRED (SABRE, Apollo, or Amadeus)
- Designated home office space REQUIRED
- RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES REQUIRED
- Minimum of 2 years Sabre GDS experience
- Personal Windows-based computer with monitor, speakers and anti-virus software
- Experience with GDS systems, ability to read, define and apply fare rules, taxes and hub utilization
Corporate Travel Consultant Job Description
- You will adhere to company service guidelines, promote and sell corporate-contracts and preferred suppliers
- You will effectively use all technology systems and tools to ensure consistency and adherence to processes and procedures
- You will research and solve problems related to reservations
- You will use proper documentation for each call or email
- You will make recommendations to clients, , efficient and alternate routes, lowest available fares, booking class, exchange rates, and travel products and services
- You will serve as a customer liaison between clients and contracted/preferred suppliers
- Monitor and manage email air folder and GDS queues for program
- Appropriately responds to customers inquiries
- Seeks assistance from others for the resolution as appropriate
- Offers suggestions to the customer and anticipates needs
- Meeting Planner Experience preferred
- Experience with meeting planner tools a plus
- Strong time management and organisational skills including multi-tasking and prioritization of workloads, the ability to follow through on commitments to both customers and to the organisation
- Canadian residency REQUIRED
- Minimum 2 years strong international reservations experience
- Experience in a corporate online support center and/or corporate travel consultant experience