Internship Program

The Anthony Travel Internship program works as a mutually beneficial relationship between the company and the intern allowing both parties to grow and prosper. Our internship program will allow you to work with leaders in the sports industry, including Disney Sports Attractions, Ironman, the University of Notre Dame, and numerous National Olympic Governing Bodies, just to name a few.

Actual duties during your tenure as an intern will help you to transition from college to the professional world, by allowing you to gain experience in sales, marketing, event management and all other tasks relating to sports tourism. The experience and contacts made at Anthony Travel will provide key ingredients to a successful career in the sports industry, and can open doors to you in the fields of tourism, event planning, marketing, technology and various other arenas.

I welcome you to consider coming on board for a semester and becoming part of the Anthony Travel Sports Team.

John Anthony
President and CEO, Anthony Travel

The internship program at Anthony Travel focuses on three key values: professional socialization, the sharing of experiences and ideas, and increasing your skill set. Some of the duties include:

Event Coordination

• Customer service support:
  • Creatively determine how we can serve clients better.
  • Assist with customer calls and email requests.
• Assist in developing and executing specific procedures as they relate to the execution of events - from marketing efforts to the reservation process to the event fulfillment process.
• Analyze and challenge current processes. Offer suggestions to streamline procedures.
• Assist in distributing information on events to the sales staff.
• Work with the Event Managers and Intern Supervisor in developing and distributing marketing materials to promote our event packages and offerings.
• Will be required to learn and manage fully all areas of the Blackbird System.
• Build rooming lists and manage room blocks in the Blackbird System to maximize utilization and minimize risk.
• Maintain and update event manifests, such as rooming lists, tour manifests, air manifests, specific component lists, etc.
• Verify rooming list accuracy and other quality control items.
• Assist with audit and reconciliation of hotel and other event bills.
• Assist with sales and event reporting.
• Create and input Meet 'n' Greet data. Compile event summary information. Assist with management of qualified/eliminated teams. Maintain historic sales reporting on the event.
• Support the Event Manager and Event Coordinator with their needs and responsibilities, as necessary.

Marketing and Sales

• Website support: generate new ideas, help assure website is accurate and up-to-date and being used effectively.
• Provide suggestions on how to best generate sales for a given event.
• Work with Event Manager and Event Coordinator to initiate outbound calls, prepare and send e-mail blasts, and implement other sales tactics.
• Gain a working knowledge on all office events and services and answer incoming sales calls.
• Sell Anthony Travel services to current and potential customers mainly through phone and e-mail communications. Identify opportunities to cross-sell Anthony Travel services.

Reporting Relationships

• Report to the assigned Event Manager and Coordinator for daily work.
• Provide support to all Event Managers and Event Coordinators.

Working Conditions (legal)

• Work will be split between a climate controlled office environment for 90% of the time and the outside for 10% of the time, which includes driving or flying to major customers or potential customers in all types of weather including rain and snow.
• Work will be from eight to ten hours per day, five days a week. Some days will consist of early and/or late meetings with customers and staff members. This is a highly competitive field and will require weekend duties at times.

During my internship search, I wanted to find an organization that incorporated sports, tourism, and event planning, however, my main goal was to find an organization that continually grows their employees. Thankfully, my internship with Anthony Travel was all I hoped for. We were responsible for housing all qualified teams and spectators in a three week turnaround! The summer flew by because my manager kept me busy and I was constantly learning.

When I returned to school, multiple classmates approached me to hear more about my experience with Anthony Travel. I found that schoolwork and group projects became much easier to juggle because I had a new viewpoint to learn from.

I have found Anthony Travel is a place where management truly encourages individual and professional growth, involves you in the entire event management process, and maintains an extremely fun working environment!!