Group Air Agent – Fixed Term Contract

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Group Air Agent arranging meeting and group travel reservations for ALTOUR, a global corporate travel management company. Handling customer inquiries, fares, ticketing, and PNRs.

Responsibilities:

  • Handle reservations for meeting/group travel within the specifications outlined for each group movement
  • Service inbound calls and/or emails from customers arranging travel to attend meeting/group events
  • Create reservations consistent with callers’ needs and unique meeting/group travel requirements
  • Seek the lowest applicable fare using the GDS or block space
  • Follow company procedures, guidelines, and standards for customer service, building PNRs and profiles, ticketing, front room CRS productivity, attendance, accuracy of work, and invoicing
  • Keep the immediate supervisor informed of significant matters
  • Perform duties as required or requested

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5 years travel agency experience
  • At least 3 years in group/meeting travel
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in the travel industry
  • Proficiency in Sabre Diplomacy
  • Courteous, professional telephone manner
  • Superior problem-solving skills
  • Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Basic Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Word, Teams, and Excel
  • Ability to share best practices and ideas with peers and leaders
  • Ability to support peers in decision making
  • Knows when to escalate to a leader
  • Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, verbally and in writing, as appropriate for the audience
  • Strong conflict resolution skills

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Discretionary 5% management bonus plan
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Perkbox (staff discount platform)
  • Medicash Private Health Plan
  • BUPA Private Dental Plan
  • Life assurance
  • Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme
  • Group income protection cover