[Hiring] Travel Counselor @American Express Global Business Travel

Role Description

As a Travel Counselor, you’ll join our highly skilled remote team, providing outstanding service to our corporate business clients. Please kindly note this role is to work for our After Hours team in a shared customer environment.

• Advise and arrange travel for corporate business customers (both individuals and groups)
• Conduct analysis and research on travel options, and pro-actively anticipate traveler needs to sell additional services
• Arrange and book domestic and international business travel, in a variety of complexity, for air, road, rail, and accommodations
• Use of Amadeus Global Distribution System - Refreshment training may be provided
• Ensure compliance to customers’ agreed travel policy, service provider policies, and regulatory requirements
• Use positive telephone service techniques and act on special customer requests
• Collaborate within your team to coach, mentor, and provide constructive feedback to improve service levels

Qualifications

• Passion for excellence in client service, including proactive anticipation of needs
• Native GDS expertise (Amadeus) >> 1 year minimum experience
• Professional communication in English (written and verbal) is a must; Spanish and any additional European language could be considered a plus
• Attention to detail
• Act with integrity, and look after personal traveler information
• Possess a strong understanding of the travel industry (background in business travel, leisure travel, or airline reservation)
• Resolving customer issues quickly and independently / with supplier
• Teamwork and openness to feedback

Benefits

• Flexible benefits tailored to each country starting the day you do, including health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources
• Travel perks with a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals
• Access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first
• Championing Inclusion through global INclusion Groups to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action
• And much more!