karim youssef abd el ghafour osman
Senior Ticketing Operations Executive at Nirvana
Imbaba, Giza, EgyptWork Experience
Team leader online support (in charge)Full Time
May 2023 - Present -2 yrs, 1 month
Egypt , Giza
- Job Details:-Handle escalated customer issues and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and loyalty. -Monitor system performance and troubleshoot any issues. -Develop and implement training to ensure team proficiency on flight portal. -Provide guidance and support to team members in resolving complex customer problems. -Monitor team performance metrics and identify areas for improvement. -Collaborate with other departments IT, Operations) to resolve technical or operational issues affecting flight booking systems and customer support. -Work with the development team to integrate supplier APls into our booking engine and other systems. -Handles all correspondences related to schedule changes and keeps the stakeholders Corporate Agencies, GSAs, Sales Support) informed. -Keep updated on GDS/Airlines updates and new policies to provide accurate and timely information to customers and team members.
Senior Ticketing Operations ExecutiveFull Time
Apr 2022 - Present -3 yrs, 2 months
Egypt , Giza
- Job Details:-Act as the first point of contact for our corporate companies regarding all travel-related inquiries. -Ability to assist and coach customers on the online booking tool. -Research and solve issues, providing priority wait-listing, preferred seat selection, and upgrade management as needed. -Recommend alternate routes, lowest available fares, booking class, exchange rates and travel products/services. -Issuance, reissuance and refund air ticket through GDS platforms. -Assist in booking highly complex multiple leg international itineraries, prepare thorough trip itineraries by using preferred vendors. -Collecting payments and report financial statements and documents. -Develop relationships with agencies through day-to-day interactions.
Corporate Travel ConsultantFull Time
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022 -4 months
- Job Details:-Issuance, reissuance and refund air ticket through GDS platforms. -Ensure all queues and bookings updates were regularly checked from schedule changes, confirmed wait-list, time-limits .. etc. -Report any clarifying, discrepancies with respective GDS / Airlines account managers. -Fulfill all requests regarding necessary regulations (Travel restrictions, passports, visas, etc.) -Handled complaints, unhappy clients, missed flights, and other last-minute problems. -Develop strong relationships with corporate clients through providing exceptional customer service. -Regularly update a database contains corporate clients profile and their travel information. -Reach the revenue and profit targets.
SME - Travel ConsultantFull Time
First Travel
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 -8 months
- Job Details:-Support floor agents on how requests are done and also for why. -Provide airline policies, handle & Calculate fare quotes Via GDS platforms. -Trying to get the best availability on hotels, suppliers and DMC rates. -Focus on the customer experience and ensure high levels of client satisfaction. -Responding promptly to customer inquiries from re-issue, refund and exceptions on their tickets if any with airlines. -Develop plans to enhance the performance of the team, including coaching, mentoring, counselling, training, etc.
Operations SpecialistFull Time
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020 -1 yr
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:Handled customer service issues, including unhappy clients, missed flights, overbooked hotels, mistakes in the itinerary, and other last-minute problems. Contact with airlines in order to handling any issue of our website bookings, ADMs or ACMs and inquiries Supports all agency agents to ensure they properly handled client requests and fulfilled their duties as expected. Uses Salesforce system to handling agency requests. Managed daily office's corporate correspondence and their inquiries.
Travel Consultant and Customer serviceFull Time
Nov 2017 - Jul 2019 -1 yr, 8 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:Booked flight, hotel and car arrangements via E-mail and phone. Coordinate transportation, accommodations, and itineraries for domestic and international trips for clients based on client’s needs, budgets, and expectations. Achieves personal sales targets in line with KPI objectives. Educated clients on travel requirements for international destinations and handle all customer requests to ensure overall customer satisfaction. Provided information about other tour packages/offers of the agency. Increased business through leveraging excellent customer service and sales negotiation skills to upsell products.
Education
BA from Faculty of Tourism and Hotels in Tourism studies
Helwan UniversityJan 2007 - Jan 2011 - 4 yr
Activities
Member at Resala Charity
Volunteering
Apr 2009 - Present -16 yrs, 2 months
Achievements
Skills
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
AdvancedGerman
Intermediate
Training & Certifications
Sabre Course (Basic)
Sabre Red·2022Galileo Course
Flyin co.·2019English Course
S.Y.E Center·2017Amadues Course
Nazih Training Center·2017