Global Travel Collection (GTC), part of Internova Travel Group, is the most influential collection of international luxury travel agencies. More than 1,500 GTC advisors are industry leaders in providing premium travel services to leisure travelers, corporate executives and the entertainment industry. GTC’s combined global reach and leverage translate into value, recognition and preferential treatment for its world traveler clients.
Responsibilities
The Travel Support Specialist is responsible for handling daily inquiries from advisors, providing assistance in resolving support-related queries, and offering ticketing support. This includes managing domestic and complex international air reservations to ensure seamless travel solutions.
- Provide expert support for inquiries related to Sabre GDS navigation, Sabre formats, Sabre Profiles, CSL, Advisor Portal, and Intranet.
- Deliver high-quality customer service and day-to-day operational support to Advisors and internal partners.
- Research, analyze, and troubleshoot Service Desk inquiries to resolution.
- Work within a Service Desk environment to action, monitor, or reassign ticketed requests as appropriate.
- Handle inbound calls, emails, and remote desktop sessions, in person assistance, managing issues from initial contact through resolution.
- Ensure timely responses in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLA), including a 60-minute response standard.
- Escalate complex or high-impact issues to higher-level support and collaborate with internal teams, departments, and external vendors as needed.
- Facilitate and resolve rejected ARC (Airline Reporting Corporation) errors from daily queue lists, when applicable.
- Guide and assist Advisors with ticketing functions, including new sales, exchanges, and GDS profile management.
- Serve as backup coverage for the Advisor Support Coverage Desk, supporting Corporate and Leisure Independent Contractors during absences.
- Support Paid Services on an ad hoc basis, as business needs require.
- Maintain strong working relationships with Independent Contractors, Altour contacts, and GTC support teams to ensure seamless communication and service delivery.
- Proficient Sabre with 5 years of experience.
- Experience with multiple GDS platforms, with Travelport Plus experience preferred.
- Deep knowledge of Sabre formats, air ticketing, hotel, cars, and non-arc invoicing.
- Knowledge of international reservation process
- Ability to handle difficult situations with little or no guidance knows when to escalate to a leader.
- Good understanding of key GTC initiatives and employs good communication skills.
- Client Base knowledge a plus.
PAY AND BENEFITS
Our benefit offerings include choice of two medical plans and two dental plans, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs), company-paid life insurance and AD&D, optional additional life insurance and AD&D, disability insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off, 401k Plan with company match, discounted employee travel options, access to LinkedIn Learning webinars and courses. Discounted pet insurance and auto, home, & renters insurance.
The salary range on this job posting/advertising has been developed to give applicants a wide range to comply with pay transparency laws in all states and geographical areas. Many factors, such as years of experience, geographical location, budget etc. are considered when determining the starting rate of pay. The salary range posted represents the pay range for U.S. candidates. If the job posting indicates that the role is available for international candidate consideration, the salary range will be based on the local market for the country where the candidate would be working.
This role may be eligible for an incentive, commission, bonus, or a discretionary bonus program based on the company’s financial goal achievement and individual performance.
Internova Travel Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make employment decisions without regard to age, race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and gender identity or any other protected class.
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Skills Required
- Five years of proficient Sabre GDS experience
- Experience with multiple GDS platforms
- Travelport Plus experience
- Deep knowledge of Sabre formats, air ticketing, hotels, cars, and non-ARC invoicing
- Knowledge of international reservation processes
- Ability to handle difficult situations independently and recognize when to escalate
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of key GTC initiatives
- Client base knowledge
What We Do
Internova Travel Group is one of the largest travel services companies in the world with a collection of leading brands delivering high-touch, personal travel expertise to leisure and corporate clients. Internova manages leisure, business and franchise firms through a portfolio of distinctive divisions. Internova represents more than 100,000 travel advisors in over 6,000 company-owned and affiliated locations predominantly in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with a presence in more than 80 countries.
