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Senior Business Travel Consultant

Employer
Platinum Travel Recruitment
Location
London (North), London (Greater), Central London, Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire
Salary
£30k-£35k + benefits NEG, DOE
Closing date
20 Mar 2019

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Sector
Business Travel
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Sales

Job Details

Our client is a global and successful travel company with offices across the world. Due to remarkable growth now seeking an experienced Senior Business Travel Consultant to join its friendly and busy team. This dynamic and forward thinking travel firm offer award winning lifestyle management, VIP travel, events, concierge and a wide range of travel services to clients.

This role is ideal for an experienced business travel professional seeking something a little different in which you will be rewarded a generous salary, benefits package and career growth.

This exciting business travel role entails a wide range of tasks in which no day will be the same, this includes:

  • Handling all travel requests from a wide variety of business travel clients
  • Researching worldwide itineraries via GDS to make propositions to clients that are both efficient and cost-effective
  • Building rapport and strong relationships with clients and offering advice in all aspects of Business Travel
  • Cooperate with clients to determine their needs and advise them appropriate destination, modes of transportations, travel dates, costs and accommodations.
  • Dealing with cancellations and amendments, including schedule changes and refunds.
  • Checking & arranging Passport & Visa requirements
  • Amend existing bookings and recalculating airfares accurately
  • Ticketing
  • Management of Corporate Membership Accounts

Essential Experience:

  • Experience in business travel is essential
  • Capable of managing a variety of corporate accounts in a fast paced environment
  • A strong, methodical and accurate work ethic to service all bookings from initial enquiry through to invoice and ticketing
  • Exceptional customer service, to include proactive travel advice and demonstrable cost savings to our clients
  • Ability to calculate and manage Air, Eurostar & Rail refunds
  • Experienced in using a GDS i.e, Amadeus, Worldspan, Galileo or Sabre.
  • Knowledge of net and published fares
  • Qualified to IATA levels 1 and 2, 3 Virgin Atlantic Fare and Ticketing
  • Excellent Telephone skills and proficient in use of Word and Excel

Generous benefits are on offer including a generous salary, pension, travel perks, career growth, plus many more.

 

Give your travel career a boost and send us your CV today!

 

To apply click APPLY NOW, any questions give us a call on 020 8393 9925 and our dedicated team can assist in locating the right opportunity for you.

www.platinumtravelrecruitment.co.uk

Company

Our Story – Travel Recruitment Specialists

Platinum Travel Recruitment have become recognised specialists within the travel industry for many years. Our consultants possess a profound depth of knowledge of the travel industry having worked within travel, with an array of contacts throughout the UK and beyond. 

This is just one of the factors that allows us to provide a superior recruitment service. We ensure that our clients have access to the cream of the crop within the travel industry and candidates can enjoy exciting career-enhancing opportunities. The services that we provide to our clients and candidates show that we are not just recruiters; we are HR professionals, career advisors and experts in the travel industry.

Having two offices strategically placed in the Midlands and Surrey, close to London, this enables us to service a large geographical area and provide that face to face contact for both clients and job seekers.

Strategic in our thinking with a responsive approach to future needs, we think far beyond the conventional recruitment process by conducting a thorough analysis of both our candidates and clients.

Our experienced consultants manage the full recruitment process, screen and test each potential applicant matching the job specifications ensuring time is not wasted on unsuitable candidates. Our open, honest and committed approach will ensure that you reach your goals. So, let’s link up and chat what success means to you.

 

Why use Platinum Travel Recruitment?

Employers

Ability to supply professional pre-scanned travel candidates screened from consultants with years of experience in the travel industry.

Quality applicants rather then quantity.

We appreciate locating the right candidate can be a challenge. We save you time and money on locating candidates by short listing, database searching, head hunting and advertising the vacancies at no cost.

With our strong marketing prescience we are able to target the best applicants right from the outset.

Interviews are only organised for applicants clients wish to see free of charge. Once the candidate is placed a competitive fee will be charged with free trial periods for candidates starting with your organisation.

Many clients use us on an exclusive basis as we listen to requirements and offer the highest level of customer satisfaction whilst understanding your business needs.

If you are looking to expand your company or need recruitment advice feel free to call us on 0208 942 4103

Candidates

Assistance with the interview and application process

Our experienced and qualified consultants will listen to your requirements in locating the right role and progress your career

Able to provide free career advice on your next move

We have a range of roles including Reservations, Business Travel, Marketing, Product, Management plus more many more exciting opportunities to enhance your career.

Our service is free and kept strictly confidential.

Utilise your experience and achieve your goal – send us your CV today

Company info
Website
Telephone
07715365415
Location
Coombe Croft, Howell Hill Grove
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 3ER
GB

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