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Ismail Mosa

Birmingham,West Midlands

Summary

Travel professional with extensive experience planning first-class personal and commercial experiences and understanding of evolving travel trends. Focused on meeting client requirements with well-prepared arrangements and itineraries meticulously matching varying budgets. Organised Travel Consultant equipped to curate award-winning itineraries and travel packages. Maintains loyal client base with individualized service and superior sales strategy. Exceptional negotiator with commitment to client satisfaction. Motivated student with passion for travel and entertainment. Charismatic communicator utilises previous travel experience to promote local and international travel opportunities.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Business Travel Consultant

FCM Travel Solutions
Birmingham
07.2022 - Current
  • Currently working at FCM making bookings for Flights, Hotels, car hire, Transfers, rail Local and EU, and low-cost Airlines and ferry
  • Reservation and ticketing
  • Responded to clients' questions, issues and complaints, thinking creatively to formulate effective solutions.
  • Verified customer passports and documentation to travel.
  • Conducted calls professionally and politely to maintain excellent service standards.
  • Advised customers on visas and travel safety.
  • Resolved complaints, cancellations and refunds with mutually beneficial solutions.
  • Tracked flight prices to secure best-possible prices for customer trips.
  • Used travel agency software to explore customer's purchasing options, offering clear comparisons and securing best-possible deals.
  • Informed clients about cancellation policy and associated penalties.
  • Used destination knowledge to enhance customer trips with local recommendations.
  • Processed payments and established payment plans on behalf of customers, offering multiple methods to maximise sales.
  • Recommended hotel packages and initiatives to customers for increased business profits.
  • Invoiced customers and chased up unpaid bookings to avoid payment delays and balancing issues.
  • Accommodated client requests for customisations or modifications as best as possible.
  • Maximised sales profits using proven upselling and cross-selling techniques.
  • Negotiated corporate reservation rates to meet client budget requirements.
  • Utilised business travel expertise to design cost-effective corporate trips.
  • Resolved last-minute emergency travel difficulties through [Action] to maintain [Result].
  • Increased customer retention rate by 95% by demonstrating exemplary customer service and rapport-building practices.

Business travel consultant

Capita Travel and Events
Derby
04.2018 - 06.2022
  • Taking care of clients needs and exceed their expectations giving them best services taking care of their needs
  • Additional Information
  • Key Qualifications
  • Knowledge of Galileo booking and Amadeus ticketing
  • From creation of booking to ticketing
  • Experience in ticketing Amadeus exchanges
  • Name correction, schedule changes, upgrades and EMD.
  • Ticketing using Amadeus
  • Working on schedule changes, issuing of tickets
  • Working on Q
  • Making sure TST are matching due to ticketing deadline
  • Issuing of tickets on IT fares, cruises fares, published, CAT 35
  • Special fares from airlines
  • Fare building manual and historical fares

Sales executive

Home n Away Holidays
Leicester
04.2017 - 04.2018
  • Doing bookings and selling tickets to client via email, phone and walk in Giving them best fares and value for their money
  • IT fares, Global fares and cat 35
  • Best customer care and giving them options for different airlines

Sales And Booking Manager

Global tours and travel limited
01.2003 - 01.2018

I have been working using Galileo GDS

  • My duties and responsibilities were
  • Bookings for clients for both Business and leisure travel
  • My duties were to create bookings; ticketing, fare quite and advise best fares for value of their money
  • I was also responsible for getting group fares from the airlines
  • Checking fare rules, Keeping clients promptly informed of any changes and offering suitable alternatives when appropriate
  • I was arranging insurance, car hires; Flights; land transportation, refunds; upgrades
  • Was arranging BSP Billings
  • Adhere to fare rules to avoid Adm
  • Network with Airlines, Hotel chains, tourists attractions and other destinations to create deals that saved clients almost 25% per trip
  • I have UK Driving which enables me to travel far to meet clients that need special needs too

Skills

  • Fares and ticketing processes
  • Business travel
  • Flight and hotel reservations
  • Luxury travel arrangements
  • Fares knowledge
  • Accommodation reservation management
  • Travel itinerary management
  • Travel sales
  • International reservations
  • Global travel regulations
  • Tourism trend analysis
  • Ticket selling system
  • Destination research
  • Booking administration
  • Client needs assessment
  • Galileo GDS
  • Itinerary creation
  • Geographical knowledge
  • Ticket sales reporting
  • Travel safety compliance
  • Galileo
  • Amadeus
  • Trainline
  • Cat35

Certification

AMADEUS (5 years) Customer Service (10+ years) Call Centre Customer Support (6 years) Customer Service (10+ years) Call Centre Customer Support Customer Service Call Centre Customer Support Customer CareCertifications and LicensesCustomer care with solihall college

Additional Information

  • Ismail Mosa, Business travel consultantBirminghamTo give the best services and efficient ticketing working under pressureWilling to relocate: Anywhere

Timeline

Business Travel Consultant

FCM Travel Solutions
07.2022 - Current

Business travel consultant

Capita Travel and Events
04.2018 - 06.2022

Sales executive

Home n Away Holidays
04.2017 - 04.2018

Sales And Booking Manager

Global tours and travel limited
01.2003 - 01.2018
Ismail Mosa