Travel Sales & Operations Associate

Due to success and growth of the company my client, a North Hampshire based travel company are currently on the lookout for a Travel Sales and Operations Associate to support the entire business with their travel sales, product development and operations experience. You will be a highly experienced travel professional, you will be responsible for the leisure sales within the company and support the implementation and management of marketing campaigns to increase company awareness. This role comes with a great basic salary, OTE, working hours and flexibility.



THE JOB:
● Travel sales (including travel retail)
● Support the entire business with travel sales, product development and operations experience
● Assist in outbound operations by overseeing all business and administration aspects, such as sales, tour operations, travel trade support, including bookings & reservations
● Drive and enhance business growth, revenues and profitability, utilising:
o sales expertise
o product & destination knowledge
o a wealth of channels and technology
● Manage reservations, airfares & ticketing (IATA) as a GDS expert, including:
o queues, refunds, rebooking, changes, contingency management (e.g. cancelled / missed flights), ADM investigation etc.
● Continually enhance personal knowledge in relation to new destinations, travel products & services Worldwide
● Support the implementation and management of marketing campaigns and initiatives to increase company awareness online and offline basis, demonstrating skills across social media and email marketing

EXPERIENCE:
● Highly experienced in travel sales
● Extensively experienced in travel and tourism (including operations)
● Creative and strategic thinker
● Complex problem-solver
● Excellent in communication of all sorts
● Experienced and knowledgeable in travel products & development
● Track record of driving business growth
● Track record of client and partnership engagement
* Essential GDS (Amadeus and/or Worldspan) experience and the ability to use the GDS extensively without help and supervision required

THE PACKAGE:
The successful candidate will be rewarded with a great basic salary in the region of £20000 - £25000 which will be dependent on experience, you can also expect great commission and company benefits,

INTERESTED?
If you would like to be considered for this exciting new role please follow the instructions and click "apply" send your CV directly to Helenc@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk or call Helen Cassin on 01293 850647 for more information.