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Canadian Travel Specialist, Glasgow

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Salary
£16500 - £30000 per annum
Closing date
22 May 2019

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

Job Details

Are you a travel professional looking for a new & exciting travel position, progressing in your travel career?
USA & Canada Specialist required for this specialist Tour Operator, located in central Glasgow.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
We are looking for experienced, full time reservations travel consultants with a passion for selling holidays and a passion for delivering the highest standard of customer service. The successful candidate will need a flair for selling & a passion for the travel Industry. They must be willing to work hard & thrive in a target driven environment.

Key responsibilities in this role:
- Sell tailor-made holidays including flights, hotels & ancillary products via telephone & email.
- Exceed sales targets.
- Maintain high standard of Customer Service.
- Deal with customer service and any pre-departure issues.
- Deliver on performance objectives.
- Achieve outbound up-sell call target for ancillary sales.
- Service existing bookings as required including, but not limited to, carrying out amendments, providing information on relevant charges, confirm bookings and adding additional content.
- Become fully knowledgeable about the products, destinations and services offered.
- Take responsibility to resolve problems ensuring that issues are followed through and escalated if necessary.


EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
The successful candidate will be travel sales orientated and motivated with relevant sales experience within the travel industry.
It is an advantage to have a good geographical and product knowledge of USA & Canada, as well as experience in tailor making travel itineraries to perfectly match the customer needs.
You will have the ability to prioritise workload, demonstrating good organisational skills, be able to work well under pressure, at busier times and able to work well, independently in this fast-paced environment, working within this lovely, friendly & close-knit team.
Some working knowledge of GDS is preferred but not essential.


THE PACKAGE:
There is a competitive salary, with excellent commission & bonus, as well as an excellent benefits package. Full training will be provided.
Salary is £16.5K Plus excellent commission and OTE. This is a fantastic role for a company who is City Centre based and offered excellent benefits

INTERESTED?
If you're interested in applying for this exciting position, please send your CV to christine@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk or call Christine on 0141 248 5222

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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