Galileo GDS Foundation Certificate
The essential course for a travel consultant which will help make air reservations and issue a ticket using Galileo GDS
Description
Travel enthusiasts who want to advance their careers in the reservation and ticketing industries should take this course. The learner is introduced to the fascinating world of travel software, which has now complemented the manual labor performed by many travel industry professionals around the world. All the necessary information for effectively using the Galileo GDS will be covered in the course. An interactive simulation is used to display each command required to create a booking file. The course begins with basic formats that can be used on a live GDS environment and gradually progresses into the skill sets required to build a booking file. The quick and easy steps will help you encode and decode cities, airports, countries, airlines, and their equipment with ease. The course covers both mandatory and optional elements that are required to build the booking file. This course will ensure that you make informed choices while working in a real-world setting. These simple steps will help you transition into this discipline with ease. You can move on to working on other GDS, such as WorldSpan, Sabre, and Amadeus if you are familiar with the formats of Galileo GDS through a comparative method. Your career as a business analyst, GDS instructor, and customer support representative at a hotel or travel agency will all be enhanced by taking this course.
The course includes:
Two job aids that will help you remember the formats easily.
A link to access the four-letter SSR Codes used by the aviation industry.
The course is taught by a travel industry expert who has worked on multiple GDS for over 24 years, and the instructor is always ready to answer any questions or any challenges you may face while scripting on the GDS.
What You Will Learn!
- Learn the history of Galileo and its journey into Travelport.
- Identify quick and easy steps to remember Galileo formats.
- Identify the mandatory elements to build a booking file.
- List the optional elements that can be added to a booking file.
- Quote the best prices for a passenger itinerary.
- Learn how to issue a ticket from filed fares in a booking file.
Who Should Attend!
- Galileo GDS Foundation Certification is for those learners who have some basic understanding of the tourism industry.
- Anyone who wants to know how actual supporting sytems of a travel graphical user interphase (GUI)
- Software professionals who are into travel coding and want to know how to create a booking file for further testing
- Complete handholding for a beginner at Galileo GDS.