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 By Michael Gross
President, Co-CEO
Global Travel International, Inc. (GTI) is the pioneer of the Home-Based travel agent. Our highly trained travel professionals make us a world leader in the travel industry. Our excellent relationships with travel suppliers and our superior technological programs that locate the best rates, afford GTI agents the ability to offer services, benefits and rates that cannot be matched.
Now, more than 13 years old, GTI has grown to be one of the largest and most prestigious travel agencies in the United States. Our state-of-the-art facility located in Maitland, FL boasts over 120 reservations and support specialists dedicated to providing a combination of high-tech and high-touch assistance to our travel agent base.
GTI offers the perfect solution for newcomers, long-time industry veterans, part-time, full-time and everyone else in between. Our agents profit from several proprietary GTI programs that include:
Training:
• Our own Global Tutor program — Providing in-depth audio welcome sessions with a downloadable manual that helps each agent get started with GTI including booking policies and procedures.
• Global Tutor On-Demand program — Providing agents with an online learning experience in an environment that allows them to learn at their pace 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
• Weekly Supplier Teleconferences — Weekly supplier hosted teleconferences for product and destination training. These are also available on-demand.
Marketing:
• GTI’s exclusive Agent Marketing Campaigns — This turnkey program gives agents the ability to start marketing to their clients immediately.
• GTI’s Marketing Toolkit — A fully loaded electronic and print marketing program for agents, including business cards, invitations, post cards, flyers, brochures, business cards and more.
• Vacation.com access — Agents can take advantage of GTI’s affiliation with VCOM including their Engagement marketing program.
Technology:
• GTI’s ResMax — GTI agents receive personalized customer facing Web-based booking engine that offers the best air, car rental, hotel, cruise and package rates.
• Agent Only Web site — GTI agents receive access to their proprietary agent only Web site to manage their account, make reservations and conduct research.
• Advanced Booking Technology — GTI offers GDS and Web-based advanced booking tools including GlobalManager, a customized version of ClientBase Plus.
Other:
• Accounting — Only GTI has an on-site accounting group dedicated to collecting and processing your commissions
• Agent Services — Only GTI has a tollfree agent services group whose only role is to support you, the outside agent.
• Bonus Commissions up to $2,000 each year — Only GTI offers agents access to bonus commissions and additional program upgrades.
• Marketing Services — An on-site marketing services team, including graphic designers and copywriters, ensure agents have current and exciting marketing material.
• Agent Community — GTI provides an online Agent Community that includes a blog and Agent Forum.
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