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Luxury Travel Consultant

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Salary
£18000 - £25000 per annum
Closing date
20 Nov 2019

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Sector
Travel Agency
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Customer Service

Job Details

Established luxury travel company operating as both a travel agency and a tour operator, based in central Ipswich, are seeking an experienced and passionate Travel Consultant to join their reputable team. This is a lovely opportunity, servicing high net worth individuals requiring tailor made travel arrangements to worldwide destinations. A highly competitive starting salary, which is negotiable dependent on experience, and excellent Monday - Friday working hours.
JOB DESCRIPTION
This company's small team has been led for 25 years by same management team and has a well-regarded position within the trade as a respected provider of luxury end travel services. Above all the company is known for a flexible client driven approach to the provision of the highest quality travel products.
Your main duties will be:
- Answer inbound calls and make outbound calls to customers and suppliers.
- Establish customer expectations and budget prior to processing the quote.
- Provide packages that are "tailor-made" to suit the individual needs of our clients and follow up.
- Become fully conversant with all products, destinations and services offered by the Company.
- Recommend and sell all available products in order to maximise revenue and meet targets.
- Resolve problems ensuring that issues are followed through and escalated if necessary.
- Attend training sessions and meetings where applicable.
- Share knowledge and offer expertise on all aspects of the product range.
- Service existing bookings as required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
The ideal candidate will have a solid background as a Travel Consultant, ideally with experience of booking luxury, high-end holidays. Systems experience of Galileo and Dolphin is highly advantageous. However, this is also very much about the person, the destination knowledge and the passion for travel, so there is flexibility on the experience required should you be able to demonstrate an aptitude and commitment to this opportunity. In addition you will have:
- A methodical approach with particular attention to detail
- Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
- The ability to prioritise workload, demonstrating good organisational skills
- Enthusiasm, self-motivation & ability to multi-task
- Approachable character with the ability to develop a rapport with customers
- Extensive personal travel experiences

THE PACAKGE:
Salary depends very much on experience and is negotiable but within the region of £17pa - £25k pa and there are excellent working hours Monday - Friday 0900-1730. You will be working within a small friendly team, for an established company with a lovely product to work on.

INTERESTED?
Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV. For further information please contact Ryan on 01214509776 or email ryan@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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