Also called: Travel Program Manager
Manages a company's business travel: booking rules, airline deals, budgets and keeping travelers safe.
You negotiate discounted fares with an airline, track down employees stuck abroad during a storm and review why travel spending jumped.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business or hospitality; GTP certification exists.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Hospitality Management, Business Administration.
Growing about average. Recovered after pandemic travel cuts.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI booking tools handle routine trips; airline deals, budgets and rescuing stuck travelers stay human.
Classes: Geography, Business elective, Spanish or another world language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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