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Groups and Flights Travel Executive

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Salary
£20000 - £260000 per annum + Additional Company Benefits
Closing date
5 Apr 2019

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

Job Details

Are you from an Events, MICE or travel sales background? Do you have experience of arranging meetings, events and conferences? Have you got specialist knowledge of handling group bookings for a variety of meetings, incentives, conferences and events including accommodation, flights, transfers, tailor-made itineraries, and tickets? Are you looking to work for a renowned Travel company in the Manchester area? This could be the perfect role!

Job Details:
*Providing accurate quotations and selling MICE group packages.
*Venue sourcing and advising the best available products to match an enquiry.
*Managing changes to bookings e.g. flight and accommodation amendments and handling all administration.
*Responsibility for maintaining own product knowledge through a variety of learning resources
*Taking responsibility for growing the in-house business through regular communication with DMC partners and hotel contacts to build strong working relationships.
*Problem solving when clients arrive in the resort.
*Attending head office and supplier events to engage with suppliers to build on relationships and product knowledge
*Other reasonable duties as directed by the Groups Manager.
*This role may involve occasional overseas travel on educational and familiarisation trips.

Experience required:
*Experience of working in Travel Sales or in the MICE industry
*Experience selling or working within conferencing and events.
*Experience of Group reservations (ideally specialist groups such as sport and hospitality groups)
*GDS experience (preferably GAL) - to obtain best possible flight options
*Have experience of putting together complex tailor-made enquiries to a variety of worldwide destinations
*Microsoft packages, competent IT skills

Package:
The successful candidate can expect an attractive salary dependent on experience. You will be part of an expanding business, with the opportunity for career progression.

Interested?

To apply for the role please contact Gemma at Travel Trade Recruitment on 01619236120 or email 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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