Executive Travel Advisor

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Executive Travel Advisor arranging air, hotel, ground transportation, and executive travel services for CTM’s VIP business travelers. Managing reservations, client needs, vendors, and travel disruptions.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide travel services for VIP/Executive business travelers
  • Arrange domestic and international air, ground transportation, hotel, rail, car, car service, seat assignments, and other requested accommodations
  • Communicate with customers to determine destinations, transportation, dates, financial considerations, accommodations, and services
  • Interpret client instructions and assemble accurate travel arrangements
  • Understand international travel fares, pricing, resources, and documentation requirements
  • Manage upgrades and loyalty programs and follow through on service delivery
  • Anticipate client needs and execute accurate travel plans while resolving unexpected obstacles
  • Compute travel-service costs using GDS and other booking tools
  • Quality-control reservations before queuing for ticketing or quality control
  • Resolve customer service issues through leadership or vendor representatives and obtain approval when needed
  • Review, prioritize, summarize, and respond to correspondence and materials
  • Communicate itineraries, fare rules, confirmation numbers, cancellation policies, upgrades, preferences, industry updates, travel policies, and other required information
  • Maintain reservations in a completed state and monitor queues and tasks throughout the workday
  • Ensure team tasks are completed or reassigned by end of shift
  • Identify process-improvement opportunities with leadership
  • Collect customer payments according to client and CTM policies
  • Read daily briefings and industry announcements
  • Participate in training opportunities
  • Maintain working knowledge of GDS and account-specific products including CTM Advisor, Online Booking Tool, iQCX, Finisher, and Banx
  • Maintain productivity goals
  • Foster strong interdepartmental communication, team spirit, and customer service
  • Develop relationships with executive administrators, executive travelers, and vendors
  • Work outside regular shift during special events or crises
  • Monitor executive travelers' flights using Preview, Flight Stats, or PNR Monitor
  • Book personal travel for executives, family members, and travel companions
  • Arrange small corporate group travel and secure special group rates
  • Conduct initial introductions and interviews for executive traveler profiles and maintain profile updates
  • Mentor new or less experienced Travel Consultants
  • Maintain regular and reliable attendance and perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent is required
  • Minimum of 2 years travel counselor experience booking corporate/business travel
  • Experience with Sabre GDS required
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Ability to do basic math
  • Ability to read and interpret information and documents
  • Strong interpersonal skills and capability to work effectively with all levels
  • Professional written and verbal communication
  • Ability to meet deadlines and handle and prioritize simultaneous requests
  • Creative and analytical thinking with strong problem-solving and consultative skills
  • Calm under pressure; proactive contributor and eager to learn
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong communication and customer service skills
  • Working knowledge of technology and PC literacy
  • Proficient on GDS
  • Strong ability to prioritize and multi-task
  • Geography knowledge
  • Ability to keep business information confidential
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standard situations
  • Must maintain regular and reliable attendance

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)
  • Bereavement Leave
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous match per pay period
  • Student Loan Payment Match
  • Flexible work environments, including onsite, hybrid, or fully virtual arrangements depending on role, location, and business needs
  • Walking and fitness challenges
  • Volunteer experiences