Group Air Advisor
Location
Connecticut
Posted
81 days ago
Salary
$45K - $65K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Group Air Advisor
Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Group
• Provide travel services for meeting and incentive attendees, including arranging domestic and international air, rail, ground transportation, hotel, and 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. • Communicate with customer in verbal and written form regarding their meeting or incentive trip, paying close attention to the policies and parameters unique to each program. • Arrange all travel related services. Including, but not limited to, bookings, such as air, rail, car, car service, hotel, seat assignments, and any other accommodations requested by the client. • Understanding of international travel, including fares and pricing, available resources and travel documentation requirements. • Be consultative with customer, adhering to organization’s guidelines. • Assist customers with various needs, such as travel changes, split forms of payments and special requests, including any necessary problem solving. • Quality Control each reservation before queuing to the relevant ticketing/quality control queue. • Ability to quickly assess information, anticipate issues and outcomes, and make effective decisions including ability to draw clear conclusions. • 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. • Responsible for insuring that all tasks within their team are completed or re-assigned by end of shift. • Work independently and with leadership team when necessary to make effective decisions, including resolving customer service issues. • Collect payment from customer for travel services according to Client’s Travel or Meeting Policy and Travel and Transport 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.
Job Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
- 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
- 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
- Three medical plan offerings including a High Deductible Health Plan, HMO plan (available in select states) and a Co-Pay medical plan.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with company core contribution and match, on a per pay period basis if enrolled in the HDHP medical plan.
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Dependent Care Savings Account.
- 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)
- Maternity benefits utilizing company paid STD, plus Parental Leave (4 weeks) to provide time for recovery, baby bonding, and enjoying your family time.
- Bereavement Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous match per pay period
- Student Loan Payment Match
