Data Analytics (Air Commerce) Placement

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About Travelport

Travelport, listed on the New York Stock Exchange with revenue exceeding $2.2bn in 2015, is the world’s only true Travel Commerce Platform, providing distribution, technology, payment and mobile solutions for the global travel and tourism industry.

With a presence in over 170 countries, our platform facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers, such as airlines and hotel chains, with online and offline travel buyers. Travelport enables real time access to fares from approximately 400 airlines globally, including low-cost carriers and flagship carriers such as British Airways and Delta Air Lines. In addition, it provides the inventory of over 650,000 unique hotel properties, over 35,000 car rental locations, cruiseline and tour operators and major rail networks.

Data Analytics (Air Commerce) Placement

Recently voted as the 18th best medium-sized employer by Rate My Placement, Travelport is offering talented, innovative and ambitious students the opportunity to undertake challenging and rewarding 12-13 month work placements with us as part of their degree. From day one as an intern, you will be given real responsibility, with your work directly impacting Travelport’s success. As a valued member of our team, you will work alongside experienced professionals on a variety of activities to help deliver against key department initiatives and strategic projects. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in charity activities recognized company-wide which has proven to be successful with our previous Interns raising an astonishing £11,716 for their chosen charities.

2018 will mark the sixth year that Travelport has hired a Data Analytics intern into the Air Commerce team. You will see from the following quote that our programme provides you with every opportunity to apply the knowledge you have gained from university to real business situations, whilst developing a deeper understanding of how global businesses operate. 

“The amount of responsibility I have been given far exceeds what I was expecting, I had no idea that I would have such an influence on the business or that the work I do would be so valuable. I have a substantial amount of real responsibilities; the work that I produce investigates problems, influences business decisions therefore producing revenue for the business.” – Data Analytics Intern

What might your role involve?

• Researching and analysing raw data to identify key performance trends
• Researching and analysing individual airline performance, with a focus on elements such as number of bookings, country of sale, ticket value, route popularity and whether bookings were made through Travelport systems or those of our competitors
• Analysing and reporting on commercial agreements
• Reporting on company products using in-house systems and making recommendations based on your findings
• Identifying company trends, best practice, benefits and deficiencies, and presenting findings effectively
• Maintaining and continually improving intelligent databases
• Using raw data to build versatile Excel models, in order to produce detailed reports
• Using attention to detail in order to highlight potential anomalies in the structure of data and when reporting

What is Travelport looking for?

Data Analytics Interns must:

• Be working towards a 2:1 or above in a relevant degree
• Have a strong interest in data analysis
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office, in particular Microsoft Excel
• Be able to work independently
• Be able to work effectively with colleagues
• Have a high degree of numerical accuracy
• Be well organized with the ability to multi-task
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be proactive and resourceful, with an enthusiastic and driven approach
• Be able to deal effectively with a steep learning curve
• Have strong attention to detail
• Be commercially aware; travel or airline knowledge useful

Context/Environment

• Travelport is a global company, with offices in Europe, The Middle East and Africa, Americas and Asia Pacific regions
• Based in Travelport Headquarters, Langley, UK
• Fast paced environment with exposure to global colleagues
• Needs to work with colleagues from various teams, based in the 4 primary regional hub locations (UK, Atlanta/Denver, Dubai, Singapore/Sydney) and other global locations
• Team is highly professional, with a strong work ethic, and emphasis on quality and well-presented deliverables
• Dynamic and rapidly evolving travel distribution industry

Company Benefits

• Free on-site secure parking
• Free shuttle bus from/to Slough Train station and Hatton Cross Tube station
• Subsidised restaurant on-site
• Discounted gym memberships and employee pricing for top brands are available
• Free health and travel insurance on offer
• Subsidised social events on offer

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