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Senior Travel Consultant

Employer
DCV Specialist Recruitment
Location
Kingston
Salary
£20,000 - £25,000 DOE + Incentives & Overtime
Closing date
12 Apr 2019

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

Job Details

Job description for position:         

Senior Sales Consultant

Based in Richmond

Job Type: Full Time

Department: Sales

Salary: Basic salary (according to experience) + incentive on sales + overtime

We are looking for enthusiastic individual that has a drive to succeed in sales, and a passion for and knowledge of Italy.

Using their destination knowledge, our Senior Sales Consultants sell individually designed tailor-made itineraries for our discerning clients. The successful candidate will have previous sales experience, preferably 5 years or more. In addition, the ability to deliver excellent customer service is paramount.

Experience and skills required:

  • At least 5 years’ experience in selling up market Holidays to Italy.
  • Good knowledge of Italy and its Hotels and Products
  • Knowledge of GDS booking systems (preferably Sabre)
  • To be able to work well in a team and under pressure
  • To have good excel and word skills
  • Experience in tailor made holidays construction
  • Attention to detail
  • Preferably an English person or someone with perfect spoken and written English as second language.

 

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Selling Holidays to Direct customers over the phone and via email enquiries.
  • To provide professional holidays quotes and follow up to ensure highest level of conversion.
  •  Selling Holidays to Travel Agents over the phone and via email enquiries.
  • To process bookings data accurately and manage relation with clients
  • During downturn periods, (Sept-Dec) ad –hoc responsibilities in general tasks that are needed for the business to get ready for the following selling year. Web information updates, Hotels information updates and Bench Marketing etc..

Company

DCV is a specialist recruitment agency providing Permanent, Contract & Interim staffing solutions throughout the UK and Worldwide.

Our many areas of expertise within Travel include:

Specialist Tailor-made Consultants

Business Travel Consultants

Sales Consultants

Administration & Operations Consultant

Ticketing Consultants

Product Managers

Commercial Managers

Marketing Managers

Account Managers

Business Development Managers

Finance Controllers

To name just a few of the travel backgrounds within the Travel Industry we deal with

Our Senior Consultants and Resource’s specialise in The Travel Industry with over 22 years’ experience by offering both candidates and clients an unrivalled recruitment service.

DCV Specialist Recruitment work in collaboration with its clients to provide a consultative service aligned to their business goals. This industry focused approach has enabled DCV to forge business partnerships with SME’s, Corporate & Blue Chip Travel Organisations across the globe.

DCV Specialist Recruitment has a targeted approach when sourcing candidates, enabling us to provide our clients with the most qualified and experienced candidates within the market place providing quality at all times.

Our candidate attraction strategy is be-spoke to each client to ensure that we resource Travel professionals from the background desired, coupled with the skills and experience to deliver results. These attraction methods include but are not exhaustive off:

  • Our Database
  • Traditional client specific Head Hunting
  • Niche Job boards
  • Social networking
  • Travel Industry specific publications
  • Referrals

The delivery of our service is harnessed by our Skilled Consultants and our Resource Team, all of whom have a wealth of experience within the Travel Industry sector.

Contact us

DCV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Biz Space

575-599 Maxted Road

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7DX

Telephone number : 01442 270 711

 

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