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Worldwide Travel Consultant - Home Working or Office based

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Salary
£16000 - £19000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Closing date
20 Feb 2019

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Sector
Tour Operator
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Sales

Job Details

Are you looking for a new exciting role in the Travel Industry? Are you wanting a better work life balance?? My client are a leading Tour Operator based in Birmingham, they are looking for a home working travel consultant to join there busy worldwide team. Do you have GDS skills? If so then this is the role for you!!

My client are looking for someone to have the knowledgeable on Australia and New Zealand and other Worldwide destinations. Be GDS trained, either GAL, Amadeus or Sabre.

Personal Requirements:
*Good communication skills
*Strong customer focus
*Good organisational skills
*Excellent worldwide knowledge and airline knowledge
*Strong computer and written skills
*Able to work as part of a team
*High level of personal presentation
*Able to work under pressure

Main duties:
*To answer calls and ensure that service levels are maintained at all times, calls are answered within a reasonable amount of time and dealt with efficiently and professionally
*Providing general and specific advice about a range of worldwide and European travel destinations
*Ensure that sales potential is maximised on all calls by offering additional services e.g. accommodation, car hire, transfers, tours, excursions, parking, upgrades
*Meet individual targets for sales and commissions.
*Organising and costing complicated travel itineraries and ensuring that all the needs of the customers are met
*Keep an up to date knowledge of fares, checking the Company Intranet daily to see new fare deals
*Making arrangements for transport, accommodation, tours, and activities
*Using the computer database to research information about hotel accommodation fares
*Promoting monthly incentives to customers
*Performing general administration tasks
*Making amendments to bookings in GDS which include date changes, upgrades, changed routing
*Check and action Q's on a daily basis
*Attend weekly staff meetings, general company meetings
*Keep knowledge of products and destinations sold up to date by attending training sessions, completing web based training
*To promote the sales of preferred airlines to customers

**This role can also be office based in Birmingham**


Salary:
£16,000 - £19,000 depending on experience including monthly bonus and incentives

Interested?
Please contact myself Marie Heaven on 0121 450 9776 or send your CV to marie@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk
Alternatively click the link below to apply.

Company

TRAVEL TRADE RECRUITMENT
Travel Trade Recruitment handles vacancies from hundreds of employers each year. We have a wide variety of permanent and temporary job opportunities within all sectors of the travel industry, including business travel, tour operations, retail travel, and reservations.
We want to help you find the ideal travel industry job, make the next career step, and maximise your potential. We do this by finding out about you, as well as what is important to your career goals and lifestyle aspirations.

TRAINING
We also offer CRS training courses in the four major systems of Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus, Worldspan, and can advise which course would enhance your career.
Find more details at www.traveltradetraining.com

VOTED 'BEST UKTRAVEL RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY'
Travel Trade Recruitment won three awards in 2009 for Best Travel Recruitment Consultancy, including 'Best UK Travel Recruitment Consultancy' at the Globe Travel Awards, Star Recruitment Consultancy at the Travel Bulletin Awards, and Travel Recruitment Company of the Year at the recent British Travel Awards. We are an official ABTA Industry Partner, Members of the Institute of Travel and Tourism (IATA) and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

All information supplied to Travel Trade Recruitment will be dealt with confidentiality. Your details will not be passed onto a Client without your specific permission.

Our service to job seekers is completely free. Contact your nearest office and speak our friendly consultants for free advice, or register for our online recruitment services at

www.traveltradejobs.com

London Office
Tel: 0203 887 9444
Email: london@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Birmingham Office
Tel: 0121 222 2624
Email: birmingham@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Manchester Office
Tel: 0161 923 6120
Email: manchester@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Leeds Office
Tel: 0113 394 4147
Email: leeds@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Scottish Division
Tel: 0141 248 5222
Email: scotland@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Temp Division
Tel: 0203 887 9444
Email: temps@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0203 887 9444
Location
3rd Floor, 1 Aldgate
London
EC3N 1RE
GB

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