Corporate Travel Agent Job Description
Corporate Travel Agent Duties & Responsibilities
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Corporate Travel Agent Qualifications
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Corporate Travel Agent Job Description
- Participate fully as a team member to assist, as needed, in completing all functions related to servicing the client, including ticket processing, clerical functions, prepaid tickets, debit memos
- Is fully informed and stays abreast of all airline rules and regulations tariffs and other industry requirements and accurately applies this information when making travel arrangements
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience working as a corporate travel agent
- Have high accuracy and attention to detail
- 100% Paid for Insurance Premiums
- A 401k plan with 50% company match!
- Frequently required to view items at an extremely close range and must be able to adjust and readjust focus
- A base salary plus unlimited sales incentives – the more you sell, the more you earn!
- Global conferences and award balls
- Leadership career pathways
- Are fully proficient with
- Knowledgeable on all types of ticketing, exchanges, and voiding of tickets
- Are familiar with group and conference travel arrangements and preferred vendor programs
- Have the ability to work independently and in the team—keep pace with others on the team for independent work and help the team out with mass bookings
- Strong sales background including experience working toward goals and/or on commission
- Professional & service-oriented mentality
Corporate Travel Agent Job Description
- A base salary of 30K plus unlimited sales incentives – the more you sell, the more you earn!
- Assist travelers and planners with complex itineraries
- Provide online and agent assist reservation fulfillment
- Thoroughly train online booking tool users
- Compile and submit weekly ARC report
- Review, negotiate and make recommendations with event contracts
- Monitor and support corporate travel department email and telephones
- Maintain traveler profiles
- Experience in Corporate Travel highly desirable
- Discounted travel and fantastic incentives from the world's top travel providers
- Experience to predict potential travel disruptions and offer alternatives
- ARC Specialist
- Ability to maintain work volume and quality consistent with Executive Assistants
- 1 - 3 years of travel agent experience
- Familiarity with GDS (Sabre or Apollo) systems and working with scripts helpful
- Must have a minimum of 5 years experience with using SABRE GDS system
Corporate Travel Agent Job Description
- Minimum of 2+ years on Sabre required
- Enter data into our software and maintain client profiles
- FCM Corporate Travel Agents will receive a base of $40,000 plus uncapped monthly incentives
- 2-5 years experience in Corporate Travel
- Experience with complex international fares
- Experience with complex ticketing & exchanges
- 2-5 years experience in Corporate required
- Compile and submit weekly ARC report as needed
- Arranges domestic and international travel while adhering to company travel policies
- Directly engage with employees across our organization, from campus and experienced professionals to senior & executive managers, to assess & maintain their travel needs and preferences
- Minimum 5+ years of Corporate VIP Travel Counselor experience
- Minimum 3+ years of International expertise
- Sabre GDS expertise
- Knowledge of international exchange rate calculation and taxes
- International Air Ticketing experience
- GetThere experience
Corporate Travel Agent Job Description
- Leverage our online booking systems to book hotel accommodations, train, car rental, car service and flights (including private air transportation)
- Partner with your travelers to ensure all necessary travel documents are obtained in advance of travel deadlines, including passports, visas, or any required clearances
- Build standardized procedures and comprehensive checklists for travel arrangements
- Have the opportunity to review current processes and bring ideas forward to improve upon them
- Ability to work flexible hours and shifts as determined by business need and client call volume
- A base salary plus unlimited sales incentives – the more you sell, the more you earn! Average earnings for first and second year consultants are between $45,000-$50,000 annually
- Assists Travel Agents as needed – hold for airline, email invoices
- Provides routine clerical assistance
- Verifies, sort, post, and check claims, bills, invoices, and vouchers
- Receives outgoing mail and apply correct postage
- Sabre proficient
- Experience with complex international fares strongly recommended
- Experience with complex ticketing & exchanges is preferred
- Sabre skills preferred
- Familiarity with GDS systems, online booking tool concepts, and working with scripts helpful
- High school diploma or equivalent and completion of an accredited travel school program preferred
Corporate Travel Agent Job Description
- Sabre GDS Skills
- Books domestic reservations for air travel, hotel and car rentals, following up when necessary to complete the reservation
- Responds to requests for domestic price quotations utilizing automated system(s) for domestic itineraries
- Responds to requests for international price quotations utilizing automated system(s) for international itineraries
- Providing resolution for escalated issues
- Effectively communicating and working with internal and external customers
- Exercising sound independent judgement
- Upholding quality processes, policies and protocols
- Establishing and maintaining positive relationships
- Guide travelers to make the best financial trip choices for the company and implement company standards
- 2+ years experience in a travel agency or in-house travel department
- Proficient with ticketing, calculating refunds and exchanges, refunds and voids
- Proficient using Sabre
- Proficient using the Concur online booking tool
- Must be able to work under pressure and juggle priorities
- Can fulfil request passports, Visa