Travel Counselor

American Express Global Business Travel; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Travel perks

Learning platform access

Inclusion groups

Job summary

American Express Global Travel is seeking a Traveler Counsellor in Bangalore, India, to deliver exceptional travel services for corporate clients. You will manage end-to-end bookings across air, rail, hotel, and car, using GDS tools and maintaining policy compliance.

The role requires a proactive client-centric mindset, strong communication, and the ability to work in a high-touch, team-based environment. You will provide consultative travel solutions, meet KPIs, and mentor junior colleagues

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of fares and ticketing rules for air, rail, hotel travel.
• Knowledge and experience of air, rail, hotel and car booking.
• Proficient in one or more GDS systems: Sabre, Apollo, Galileo, Amadeus.
• Experience in a high-touch service environment with measurable performance.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Background in Travel industry, business travel, leisure or airline reservations.
• Passion for excellence in client service and professional communication.
• Detail-oriented with ability to handle confidential traveler information.
• Problem solving with a process-improvement mindset.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt quickly to change.
• Learning agility and openness to feedback.
• Understanding of travel trends and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Travel Counsellor for corporate accounts, delivering exceptional travel service.
• Handle end-to-end booking for air, rail, hotel, and car using multiple GDS platforms.
• Provide consultative advice, solutions and recommendations while ensuring policy compliance.
• Support multi-channel inquiries via phone, email, or chat, achieving CSAT and KPIs.
• Mentor junior team members and share best practices to improve performance.
• Maintain strong client relations and proactive sales of hotel and car services.

Job description

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and - through their work - can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

Overview of Role: The Traveler Counsellor role at GBT is to deliver exceptional travel service experience for our Corporate Business Customers. By working together as a high performing team, our Travel Counsellors provide exceptional traveler care, first call resolution and the highest quality of customer service to GBT corporate clients. It is a high touch service environment, where you will have true accountability for the service relationship and customer experience, by providing creative and timely travel solutions, using available tools and technology as needed, while maximizing supplier revenue. The role will form part of a highly skilled team of Corporate Travel Counsellors located virtually from home, at one of our Business Travel Centers or on-site at client locations. The role will report to a Team Coach.

Key Responsibilities

Operating in a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week team, with variable shift opportunities for days, nights and weekends. Act as Travel Advisor and Consultant to a single or multiple Corporate Business accounts with the willingness to jump in and flexibility in shifts to meet client needs Act as the point of sale on all Domestic & International travel requirements, arranging both routine and complex travel for air, rail, car, and Hotel accommodation, utilizing one or multiple Global Distribution Systems (GDS), Sabre, Apollo, Galileo, Amadeus. Provide consultative advice, solutions and recommendations. Additionally, pro-actively selling additional service for our travelers (e.g. Hotel and Car), whilst ensuring adherence to the customers agreed travel policy and requirements Complying with all legal standard requirements, which include mandatory training, compliance and sanctions Deliver expectations on individual/shared team goals and support all business Key Performance Indicators. Proactively review your metrics to check on and improve performance Follow internal compliance and regulatory requirements for all customers and locations supported Manage the end-to-end booking process through the ticketing and order fulfillment, either over the telephone, via messaging or via email or back office systems and servicing platforms. Operate in a telephony servicing environment where you are accountable to key performance indicators of success, such as customer satisfaction (CSAT), key productivity metrics (for example call adherence and call service metrics), and driving key partnerships and sale of preferred air and hotel partners Operate in a Multi-Channel servicing environment where you are accountable to key performance indicators of success, such as customer satisfaction (CSAT), key productivity metrics (for example call adherence and call service metrics) Use positive telephone service techniques; act on special customer requests and maintain excellent client relations Meeting the servicing of your nominated account or clients travel requirements, whilst adhering to your nominated call schedule daily, and reporting any variances in the workforce management scheduling tool to your Team Coach Coach, develop and mentor more junior Travel Counsellor colleagues in the team as needed Express enthusiasm and energy within the organization and always act according to company ethics, values and Compliance guidelines.

Additional Accountabilities

Working phone, email or chat booking air, rail, hotel and car rental Investigates/action Travel Counsellors reservations/PNR for ticketing, quality/accuracy, client escalations or lowest fare (e.g., CSI/CSR, Trailblazer)

Key Qualifications and Attributes

• Detailed understanding of fares and ticketing rules, for car, air, hotel travel
• Knowledge and experience of: Air, rail, hotel, car booking
• Calculating and Processing exchanges
• High proficiency in one or multiple GDS Sabre, Apollo, Galileo, Amadeus
• Experience working in a high touch service environment where performance is measured
• Experience working in a team
• Background in Business Travel, leisure or airline reservation required
• Passion for Excellence in Client Service
• Excellent Professional Communication – both written and verbal
• Detail-oriented - ability to act with integrity, and deal sensitively with personal and confidential traveler information
• Ability to research and resolve customer service and traveler issues independently and /or with supplier
• Problem Solving, with a process improvement mindset
• Able to work under pressure, with a sense of urgency while maintaining a professional rapport and multi-task, accepting and adapting to change quickly and professionally
• Ability to positively influence team and peers
• Learning agility and ability to act on constructive feedback
• Possess a strong understanding of travel trends and industry best practices

Location Bangalore, India

Work and life

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT.
• You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
• And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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