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Travel Consultant - Tour Operations

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland
Salary
Market Rate
Closing date
17 Jun 2019

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

Job Details

Reservations consultant required for an initial 12 months maternity cover contract! Do you have travel industry experience and looking for a new challenge, within a busy, successful tour operator? Specialist Travel Consultant required for this successful tour operator in Edinburgh. The key role here is to sell tailor-made, Worldwide City Breaks to clients, whilst delivering the highest standard of service & customer care.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Remain committed to providing the highest standard of customer service, whilst selling Worldwide City Break's to clients, perfectly matching their needs.
- Sell to direct clients and travel agents, via telephone and email with enquiries generated via this company's various marketing activities.
- Use your travel industry and destination / product knowledge to suggest appropriate tailor-made travel.
- Make firm booking, taking payments, always in a friendly & efficient manner.
- Use GDS and an in-house reservations system, daily (training can be provided if needs be).

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
The successful candidate will be suitably experienced, using their travel industry skills and destination / product knowledge, daily. It is an advantage to have experience in selling Worldwide destinations, city breaks and an advantage to have Galileo knowledge - training can be provided though.
This company pride themselves on the reputation they hold and the enthusiasm of their bright, committed team so an individual who would feel they fit this environment would be perfect. It is important to possess and use the highest standard of customer service, to have a strong telephone manner, strong communication skills and to have the ability to put the customer first. Commitment and enthusiasm are key attributes for this role & business.

THE PACKAGE:
There is a competitive basic salary on offer here, with commission / bonus is addition. The key hours are Monday - Friday with Saturday's worked on a fair, rota basis, averaging at 39.5 hours per week. This company truly are a lovely, friendly and successful business so this is an excellent personal & professional progression opportunity for you.

INTERESTED?
If you're keen to be considered for this excellent role, please send your CV to Lisah@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk or call Lisa 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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