Raise Your Career Profile
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- Further your knowledge and use 11 competencies needed to succeed in the Canadian Corporate Travel Management profession.
- Increase your earning power: CTE’s earn 7% to 10% more than their non-certified counterparts.*
- Improve your business card: 60% of CTE’s hold the manager or supervisor position in their organization.
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*According to the 2008 Travel Management Professional Report, travel management professionals at all levels of the CTE designation earn between 7% to 10% more than those who do not have it.
Learn the Fundamentals of Business Travel Management & Earn Your CTE Designation
Here’s the perfect course to ensure that you have the foundation you need to be successful in corporate travel management—GBTA’s Fundamentals of Business Travel Management. This intensive course focuses on the basics of business travel management—how to maximize cost containment, improve efficiency, understand industry technology, and create a managed travel culture in a company—all with a focus on helping you understand how to set and implement
travel policies and to create a strong ROI for your company’s managed travel program.
What is the CTE Designation?
The CTE designation shows your commitment and knowledge of the business travel industry. Once you successfully complete the Fundamentals of Business Travel Management course, either as a one-day workshop or online, you will be eligible to earn the Corporate Travel Expert ℠ (CTE)designation by passing the CTE exam. Carrying the CTE designation following your name shows that you have mastered the fundamental tenets of corporate travel management.
Who Should Become a CTE?
You will benefit by taking the ‘Fundamentals’ course if:
- You are new to corporate travel management
- You are in corporate travel sales and need to better understand what your clients do
- You are a student interested in pursuing a career in business travel
- You job is in another discipline, such as procurement, but you need a solid understanding of business travel management practices.
- You work in a related field, such as meeting planning or travel agency and you want to expand your professional expertise or widen your career options.
Take Fundamentals Online!
Learn at your own pace in the convenience of your home or office. Feel free to take the fundamentals course online whenever (and wherever) you want. The 2011 Interactive Online Forum will be available in Second Quarter 2011. To pre-register for this online course, please email fschumacher@gbta.org.
Take the One-Day Workshop!
The Fundamentals workshop is offered throughout the year in cities across Canada. For more information, please email fschumacher@gbta.org.
Take Fundamentals with Your Colleagues
Bring along your department or division. For more information, please email fschumacher@gbta.org.