Catherine Salonga, Travel Consultant

Catherine Salonga

Travel Consultant

KANOO GROUP

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administrarion
Experience
12 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months

Travel Consultant at KANOO GROUP
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2013

Flight bookings
System: Sabre System
Visa, Car and Hotel Arrangement

Travel Consultant at GOLDAMAN SACHS – American Express
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2013

Flight bookings
System: Sabre, Mystifly,
Visa, Car and Hotel arrangement

Travel Coordinator at SUPREME FOOD GROUP
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2013

travel consultant

Travel Consultant at AMERICAN EXPRESS (AMEX) EXL SERVICE
  • Philippines
  • January 2012 to January 2015

Flight, hotel, car bookings
Villa bookings
Dubai Visa Arrangement
Marhaba Arrangement : Lounge and Transfer
Ticketing
DFS and ESJ flight bookings
E-mails and calls
Ok to Board
System: Sabre, Oracle, Mystifly
Encoding using Supreme Data Base
Country: Middle East, Asia Pacific, America, Europe and Africa

SPECIALIST at UNITED AIRLINES
  • Kuwait
  • October 2005 to January 2005

Customers: Business, Pleasure and Corporate
Reservation: Flights, Mileage Plus Award tickets and agency bookings.
United Airlines Line of Business: General Reservation, International Reservation, Mileage Plus award reservation and Travel Agency Support desk
Providing Excellent Customer Service
Responsible in booking the travelers flight itineraries for their Domestic and International Reservations
Responsible in booking Mileage Plus award reservation for premium passengers of United Airlines (Saver and Standard award)
Handles: Pricing of their itineraries, ticketing and re-issuance of their ticket
Assisting travel agencies booked reservations for their corporate accounts.
Responsible for giving favors for travel agencies corporate accounts these includes (seats assignments, revalidation of their ticktes, name correction, Buy Y, Free selling of segments, , priority waitlist, and G space conversion)
Providing waivers for travel agencies corporate accounts like (penalty waiver, minimum and maximum stay waiver, advance purchase waivers, name change waivers, and ticket time limit waivers
Responsible for escalation for refund claims
Handles customer complaints and provide necessary action for both benefits of the travelers and the United Airlines
Knowledge of GDS system like Apollo and Sabre

Travel Consultant at SCHLUMBERGER COMPANY
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Flight Bookings
System: Sabre, E-travel, Get There,
Hotel and Car Rental
Visa, OK to Board
Ticketing
E-mails and calls
LPO’s and XO
Dubai Visa arrangement outbound and inbound

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administrarion
  • at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
  • March 2001

I took Business Administration Major in Economics. I was a schoolar from first to fourth year college. I was a member of our volleyball varsity team.

Specialties & Skills

Hotel Reservations
Administration
Microsoft Office
Customer Service Skills
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR
QUARK XPRESS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TROUBLESHOOTING

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Sabre Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Emirates Aviation College
Date Attended:
March 2013

Hobbies

  • sports
    Varsity player of our school in college