Travel Advisor

About the role

Provide travel services for business travelers, including arranging domestic and international air, ground transportation, hotel, and any other travel services as requested. Utilize communication skills and teamwork to deliver optimum service and achieve high customer satisfaction, as well as develop strong collaborative relationships with clients and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with customer in verbal and written form to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.
• Arrange all travel related services, including bookings such as air, rail, car, car service, hotel, seat assignments, and any other accommodations requested by the client.
• Understand simple international travel, including fares and pricing, available resources and travel documentation requirements.
• Compute cost of travel related services using the GDS (Global Distribution System) or other booking tools and resources.
• Assist customers with various needs, such as travel changes and special requests, including any necessary problem solving.
• Quality Control each reservation before queuing to the relevant ticketing/quality control queue.
• Escalate to leadership for guidance when necessary.
• Review incoming correspondence and materials as needed; prioritize, summarize, and respond in a timely manner.
• Maintain all reservations in a completed state regardless of if authorization to ticket received at time of call.
• Monitor assigned queues and tasks throughout the workday to ensure reservations and tasks are accurate and complete.
• Create and update passenger profiles to properly service each traveler.
• Collect payment from customer for travel services according to Client’s Travel Policy and CTM Policy and Procedures.
• Read daily briefings and industry announcements to keep abreast of industry developments.
• Participate in training opportunities to maintain and expand travel knowledge and customer service skills.
• Maintain a comprehensive working knowledge of GDS and any other product used for specific account being handled (i.e. CTMAdvisor, Online Booking Tool, iQCX, Banx, etc.).
• Maintain productivity goals as set by leadership.
• Ensure strong intra departmental communication, display positive team spirit, and ensure exemplary customer service.
• Develop supportive relationships with clients and demonstrate superior customer service.
• Maintain a good attendance record.
• May serve on a dedicated account(s) or specialty area.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 2 years travel counselor experience booking corporate/business travel.
• Experience with Sabre GDS required.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and capability to work effectively with all levels.
• Demonstrates professionalism and skills to maintain positive image.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to keep confidential any information, observations, or viewpoints regarding business matters.
• High degree of motivation with driving sense of responsibility, accountability, and responsiveness.
• Working knowledge of technology and PC literacy.
• Proficient on GDS.
• Strong ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Geography knowledge.
• Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standard situations.

Benefits

We provide competitive and comprehensive benefits programs, tailored to each part of the globe our people work in. From walking and fitness challenges to volunteer experiences, flexible work environments, generous leave programs and retirement plan options, we offer ways to support you in every stage of living your best life.

• Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Robust Wellness Program with incentives available to save money on your medical insurance premiums
• Supplemental Life; Accident; Cancer; Critical Illness; Identity Theft Protection and Legal Coverage
• Dental Insurance Plan
• Vision Insurance Plan
• 9 Company Paid Holidays including the day after Thanksgiving
• Generous paid time off programs for vacation and sick days
• Employee Assistance Plan with access to Talk Space Therapy
• Family Medical Leave
• Paid Parental Leave (4 weeks)
• Bereavement Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous match per pay period

Pay

USD $40,000.00 - USD $60,000.00 /Yr.