Booking specialist
| Highest | $3,750 / mo · Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Experience | 0–1 yrs |
| Degree | Not required |
| First paycheck | 4 years of study + several weeks on-the-job training |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $3,750max |
| United Arab EmiratesIELTS 5.5–6.5 · $10–25k | $3,550 |
| Saudi ArabiaIELTS 6.5 · 0 (grant) | $3,550 |
| QatarIELTS 7.0 (raqobatbardosh) · USD 74–87k (to’liq xarajat) | $3,550 |
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $3,400 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $2,800 |
What does the day look like?
Most of your day is at a screen: you enter, confirm, and error-check hotel, transfer, flight, and activity bookings in CRS, GDS, or PMS systems. You may work in Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo/Travelport, Oracle OPERA, SynXis, the Booking.com extranet, or an operator's own database. You modify and cancel bookings, chase supplier confirmations, align costs to budget, and issue vouchers, itineraries, and invoices.
Roughly 60–75% of the time is search and data entry, 15–25% is email or phone with hotels and DMC partners, and 5–15% is admin such as reports and payment checks. This is back-office work, not guest-facing hospitality. In the UK, expect 37–40 hours a week, often including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays on a rota. DMC back-office is usually weekday hours but deadline-driven before departures. On-call and night shifts are not typical for entry DMC reservation assistants; they are common in airline or hotel central reservations.
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