All you need to know to become a corporate travel manager
As business travel continues to grow and is
expected to rebound post-COVID-19
, more people are considering shifting career path towards
corporate travel management
. In recent years, more companies of all sizes have been shifting from unmanaged to managed business travel. Where previously HR staff or office managers would carry the burden of managing all travel arrangements, it has become more commonplace to engage in-house travel managers and use the services of travel management companies (TMCs) to do this.
This has ultimately helped companies reduce their travel costs, better manage the time of other members of staff and increase the efficiency of the travel planning process.
This field has also gained a lot of popularity from people working or looking to start a career in the travel industry because corporate travel managers are known to receive significantly better average salaries than their leisure travel counterparts. According to the
American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA)
, corporate travel managers can earn over $10,000 per year more. According to the
US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
, a travel agent’s median annual salary in 2020 was $42,350.