TRAVEL AGENT OPERATIONS STUDIES PROFESSIONAL - Ultimate Level

TRAVEL AGENT COURSE - A CAREER AS A LEISURE AND BUSINESS TRAVEL AGENT 

Do you want a job as a Travel Agent?  Would like to study a travel course with practical skills? Would you like to study Travel Agent Training Course? 

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Learn the knowledge and practical skills  that are required for a professional Travel Agent career.  Learn the aspects of both Leisure and Business Travel career paths in the confront of your own home, no matter where you are in the world.  

This worldwide recognised qualification and training required by many travel, airline and airport industry leading employers gives candidates to gain competence in booking Airline, Hotel and Car Hire, Travel Agents, Tour Operators, Railways and other Travel Services to book and create Reservations. In addition to this, Air Travel Information, Passport, Visas and Health for Worldwide Destinations for customers and passengers allowing the agent to gather live accurate information from all service providers.

The Ultimate Travel Operations is both course-base materials and e-learning with hands-on practice training allows the candidate to confidently gain knowledge, familiarity and hands-on experience to equip for your newly found career  within  the Travel Industry.  

Candidates will learn the theory and be able to put into practice using simulated systems such as

1. Travel Agency Operations an essential introduction to the Industry and the key areas;  
2. Fundamentals covering key aspects of travel information; 
3. Airfares and Ticketing familiarity to ticketing principles for different passengers scenarios.  
4. Sabre Airline and Travel Reservations hands on experience of one of the popular reservation systems used in the industry.
5. Business Travel Management the key aspects of business travel implemented by the leading business travel companies in the world. Check the emulated Sabre availability with airlines, hotels and car hire companies and book reservations with great efficiency.

The Ultimate in Travel Operations Professional given candidates an advantage to a foothold in the travel industry with well equipped career skills and confidentially book reservations for passengers, customers and clients for some of the well established organisations.

WHAT IS COVERED IN THE COURSE? 

This course provides you with in the following:

Part 1 - Travel Operations 

This course provides you with in the following:

Lesson 1 - The role of Travel Agents

Lesson 2 - Types of Travel Agents

Lesson 3 - Purpose of Travel

Lesson 4 - Travel Agents Office Procedures

Lesson 5 - Travel Products and Services

Lesson 6 - Selling skills

Lesson 7 - Travel Fundamentals 

Lesson 8 -  Sources of Information

Lesson 8 - A Career as a Travel Agent.

For a career that is sustainable and would like to work for some of the most long standing Travel Agencies, Specialist Retail Travel or Tour Operators and the Business Travel companies,  Airline Fares & Ticketing is the course for you.  You will learner how to search, find and select the correct fare for different passenger scenarios, familiarise with Airline Geography, discover Airport City Codes for numerous Destinations around the World, the baggage allowance systems available to passengers and much more.  

Part 2 - Fares and Ticketing Level 1 Professional

You will gain the following competences and knowledge of:

• Passenger Itinerary
• Encode and Decode Airports/Cities, Airline
• Encode  and Decode Country and Currency Codes
• IATA Areas and Sub-Areas
• Fare Basis Codes
• Global Indicators for Passenger Routings
• Interpret Fare Rules
• Fare Quotation for Specific Passenger Routings
• Best Special Fares for Passengers
• Worldwide Currencies using Rates of Exchange
• Normal Fares for One Way, Return and Circle Trip Routes using
• Construct  Complex Passenger Fares
• Data Entries on Electronic Tickets
• Applicable Taxes, Fees and Charges for specific
• Passenger Journeys
• Baggage Allowance for the Passenger’s Journey
• Calculate Child and Infant Fares
• Electronic ticket Information
• Automated Ticket and Boarding Passes
• Multiple Purpose Documents 

This worldwide recognised qualification and GDS training system is  required by many Travel Agencies or Tour Operators leading employers and available in Amadeus, Galileo or Sabre GDS systems.  Your course will give you hands-on practical experience on the  following aspects:

Part 3 - Travel and Airline Reservations including Eurostar

WHAT IS COVERED IN THE COURSE?

This course provides you with hands-on practice in the following:

Travel and Airline Reservations

• Lesson 1-1 — Introduction, Sign In and Out
• Lesson 2 — Encode and Decode
• Lesson 3 - Timetable Display & Return Timetable
• Lesson 4 - Flight Availability  and Returns
• Lesson 4 - Schedule Displays
• Lesson 5 - Book flights from availability
• Lesson 6 - Priority waitlist from availability
• Lesson 7 - Passenger Name Record Review
• Lesson 8 - Similar Passenger Name Record List
• Lesson 9 - Passenger Name Record Elements
• Lesson 10 - Create & Complete Passenger Name Record
• Lesson 11- Passenger Name Record with Multiple Passengers
• Lesson 12 - Passenger Name Record with Remarks or Other Service Info
• Lesson 13- Passenger Name Record with Special Service Requests
• Lesson 14 - Passenger Name Record with Frequent Flyer
• Lesson 15 -Passenger Name Record with Seating Messages
• Lesson 16 - Passenger Name Record Creation Forms of Payment
• Lesson 17 - Passenger Name Record Creation OSI Messages
• Lesson 18 - Passenger Name Record Creation Service Request Messages
• Lesson 19 - Passenger Name Record Security Information
• Lesson 20 - Passenger Name Record Addresses
• Lesson 21 - Seat Maps
• Lesson 22- Assign Specific Seat Maps
• Lesson 23 - Seat Assigned by Preference
• Lesson 24 - Itinerary Modification - Cancel Segments
• Lesson 25 - Itinerary Modification - Rebook Segments
• Lesson 26 - Itinerary Modification - Rebook for New Bookings Codes
• Lesson 27 - Passenger Name Record Cancelling Elements
• Lesson 28 - Passenger Name Record Changing Elements
• Lesson 29 - Availability Access Types
• Lesson 30 - Building Connections and Minimum Connections Times
• Lesson 31 - Fare Display Overview
• Lesson 32 - Multi-Airline Fare Displays
• Lesson 33 - Carrier Specific Fare Displays
• Lesson 34 - Introduction to Fare Notes
• Lesson 35 - Itinerary Pricing
• Lesson 36 - Itinerary Best Buy
• Lesson 37 - Introduction to Ticketing
• Lesson 38 - Queues count & Placement
• Lesson 39 - Queues Access
• Lesson 40 - References & Sources
• And much more…

Car Hire Reservations

• Lesson 1 — Car Location Lists
• Lesson 2 — Display and Book from Multi-Company Car Availability
• Lesson 3 — Display and Book from Single-Company Car Availability
• Lesson 4 — Direct Car Availability Entries
• Lesson 5 — Car Availability Options
• Lesson 6 — Car Sell Options and Direct Car Sell
• Lesson 7 — Car Segment Modify Entries
• Lesson 8 — Car Rate Features, Car Terms, Car Policy
• And much more…

Hotel Reservations

• Lesson -1 — Hotel Location Lists
• Lesson 2 — Display Multi-Property Hotel Availability
• Lesson 3 — Display and Book from Single Property Hotel Availability
• Lesson 4 — Direct Hotel Availability Entries
• Lesson 5 — Hotel Display Options
• Lesson 6 — Hotel Points of Reference
• Lesson 7 — Hotel Features Entries
• Lesson 8 — Hotel Sell Options and Chain-Specific Help Pages
• Lesson 9 — Booking a Hotel Directly and from a Location List
• Lesson 10 — Change, Add to, Delete from, and Cancel Hotel Segments And much more…

Eurostar Reservations

• Lesson 1 - Eurostar encode and decode
• Lesson 2 - Eurostar Availability and Selling
• Lesson 3 - Fares and Pricing
• Lesson 4 - Eurostar Booking Files
• Lesson 5 - Eurostar Seats

Course includes:

Air Appendix Resource Pack  

• Travel geography 
• Introduction to Airfares and Ticketing 
• Knowledge of Global Distribution Systems 
• Travel Operations

Part  5 - Reservations and Departure Control Check-in Reservation System

• Air Transport Industry 
• Sabre Global Distribution System
• Passenger Name Record Booking File 
• Flight Availability Listing 
• Airline Optional Services 
• Fares and Ticketing 
• Introduction to Departure Control Check In System
• Departure Control Check-in Functions
• Departure control Services and Seating

There are Quizzes at the end of each Assessment learnt. This computerised reservation training course - Sabre includes a personal log in to sign on and sign off the Sabre emulator reservation system to gain access and start training.

You will receive 6 Certificates:

• Travel Agency Operations
• Fares and Ticketing Professional - Level 1
• GDS Travel and Airlines, Eurostar Reservations - either Amadeus or Sabre 
• GDS Reservations and Departure Control Check-in Reservation System
• GDS Business Travel Management Professional - either Amadeus or Sabre 

An official industry worldwide recognised Certificate of Global Distribution System Training from Viasinc.  This is a professional certification recognised by the Travel  industry in both Leisure and Business Sectors. 

The course includes:

• An agent sign on and sign off login
• 150 hours of hand-on interactive time on simulated systems allocated time to complete your course within 6 months
• 6 months access to  your account and practice outside of your course
• Lessons and Drills (Quizzes) with immediate feedback on interactive training
• Final assessment on each GDS training 
• An official industry worldwide recognised Certificate of Global Distribution System Training from Viasinc.
• Your course includes a refurnished Columbus World Travel Atlas
• Your course includes a refurnished Tourist Attractions Book 
• Air Appendix Resource Pack 
• Dedicated tutor with continuous support & guidance throughout your course

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONALISM FOR THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY!