Maria Sousa
Email: ********@************.***
Address:
City: Andrews Air Force Base
State: MD
Zip: 20762
Country: USA
Phone: 301-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Energetic, motivated Travel Consultant who is highly organized and skilled at balancing the needs of clients in both personal and professional capacities.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from A.C.T Travel School, Pompano Beach FL 1/2001 to 8/1988 (Travel Industry)
High School Dipolma from A.C.T. Travel School, Pompano Beach FL 1/2001 to 11/2012
High School Dipolma from, Pompano Beach FL 1/2001 to 11/2012
Job History / Details:
Summary
Energetic, motivated Travel Consultant who is highly organized and skilled at balancing the needs of clients in both personal and professional capacities.
Highlights
Offer 20 years of cross functional sales and customer service experience throughout the travel industry in small and large agency environments.
Provide complex travel consultation with a demonstrated knowledge of domestic and International travel.
Maintain an excellent track record for effectively managing and growing leisure clients.
provide general staff supervision and advanced agent training on computerized systems operation.
Maintain exceptional research, time management and problem resolution skills.
Effectively communicate with people of all ages and cultural origin; fluent in English and Portuguese.
Experience
July 1995 to August 2012
AAA Travel Agency Portland, Maine
Senior Travel Consultant
November 1989 to July 1995
World Travel of Portland Portland, Maine
Travel Consultant
August 1988 to October 1989
The Travel Store Presque Isle, Maine
Travel Consultant
Education
1995 CTC Certification Portland, Maine
Certified Travel Consultant
1988 A.C.T. Travel School Pompano Beach, Florida
Diploma Travel Industry,
Disney College of Knowledge, August 1995
CLIA Selling Courses
Sandals Specialist
Caribbean and European Specialist
Uniworld RiverCruise Specialist
Royal Caribbean Specialist
Holland America Specialist
Princess Specialist
Costa Rica Specialist
TRAVEL SYSTEM
Appollo, Datas II and System One
Accomplishments
Experience in broad areas of corporate and leisure travel including air/train/cruise travel and hotel reservations, coordination of US and International escorted travel, e-ticketing and boarding pass processing.
Acting as a liaison between the client and the airline/airport personnel to provide timely information concerning flight schedules, connections, ticket exchanges, payments and refunds.
Establishing, growing and maintaining leisure and corporate accounts, significantly exceeding monthly sales goals.
Planning and coordinating promotional campaigns for leisure travel.