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Account Executive

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Salary
Up to £16665 per annum + Average OTE £20-21k, exceptional benefits
Closing date
21 Feb 2019

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

Job Details

Have you worked in a Travel Sales environment and are looking to do something a bit different in travel? Leading group travel specialist are seeking customer service motivated Account Executives, with target driven experience to join their successful team in Blackpool, making group travel reservations and pro-actively developing business. This is an excellent varied opportunity with a competitive starting salary of £16,665pa, OTE of £23k pa - £26k pa and Monday-Friday office hours!

JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Take enquiries from existing clients to organise group travel to UK, Europe and Worldwide
- To provide exceptional reliable customer service to clients from enquiry through to post travel, and to engage in, ensuring the successful resolution of any client related travel issues
- To liaise effectively with commercial, support departments, external contacts to ensure each element of the customer experience (itinerary, transport, accommodation, visits etc) is delivered effectively
- To liaise closely with and build effective relationships with the account management team and designated accounts
- Achieve growth in enquiries, bookings, revenue and profit
- Book and organise group tours, liaising with suppliers
- Pro-actively seek to build business, nurturing relationships with existing clients to increase business as well as pro-actively contacting potential new clients
- Support the achievement of the Groups tours commercial aims by maintaining profitability of Tour Opportunities through the sales process.
- Develop and maintain an awareness of the company products, destinations, and marketing activity and systems / procedures to deliver an effective service to the customers.
- Working Mon-Fri office hours 0900-1700

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
If you have a background in travel sales then we are keen to hear from you! You will have experience of reaching and exceeding targets through excellent customer service. You will be good at building long term relationships and be able to multi-task, as you will be combining duties or making group reservations, balanced with pro-actively business development.

THE PACKAGE:
This company offers an excellent basic salary of £16,665pa dependent on experience with a first year OTE of £20K. With experience, you could earn around £26k pa! Excellent working hours and further benefits.

INTERESTED?
Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV or contact Gemma at Travel Trade Recruitment 0161 9236120 gemma@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

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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