online travel agent courses canada
What do travel agencies look for when hiring a travel agent?
What kind of prerequsites does one need and do online courses count? This is for Canada
The travel industry is ever changing. Some agencies hire people who have travel experience. They will train you so long as you have been to many different destinations and can speak about the places because you know best, you have been there. www.mytravel.ca is one such company.
Others prefer you have some experience in the industry so they do not have to train you. Essentially, you should have strong keyboarding skills, ability to problem solve, multi task, be very organized, work unsupervised, know world geography, have a basic sense of history, have a great memory, read a fair amount, be able to retain large amounts of information, know basic airport and airline codes, know how to upsale a vacation, meet sales quota’s, have a pleasant telephone manner and be responsible.
As for online courses, it is up to the individual agency to check out these courses and decide your knowledge base from your resume and interview.
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