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Meeting & Events Travel Consultant

Employer
Platinum Travel Recruitment
Location
Nationwide, South, South West, North, Scotland
Salary
£24k + bonus + perks
Closing date
1 Mar 2023

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

Job Details

We are seeking an experienced Meeting & Events Travel Consultant working remotely for a highly successful travel company. This exciting role involves for servicing and customers globally with groups, meetings, and event enquiries, via phone and email.

Ideal for a travel professional with meetings and events experience seeking career progression and something a little different.

Meeting & Events Travel Consultant Duties:

  • Looking after customer travel needs from first enquiry to travel completed.
  • Servicing bookings from start to finish, including post booking activities .
  • Arranging large scale flights for customers travelling from various destinations into event which are being organised.
  • Utilising outbound calling, up-selling and cross-selling, along with other techniques, to maximise revenue.
  • Focusing on group flight and hotel bookings.
  • Partnering with Destination Management Companies and event providers to offer additional products globally.
  • Building relationships with and working alongside internal partners such as Product, Finance, and Commercial.

Essential Experience:

  • Meetings and Events experience is essential (bonus from a travel industry background)
  • Experience in the groups trip travel sector
  • Focused on providing excellent service to customers
  • Sales driven
  • Keen to develop new skills and happy to try something new
  • Amadeus or other GDS knowledge would be beneficial but not essential
  • Language skills – German, French, Dutch, Italian, or Spanish – ideal but not essential

Generous perks are on offer, monthly months, sociable working hours, remote working, pension, travel perks and many more benefits.

Please note only suitable candidates with events/meetings experience will be considered for this post. Travel industry and groups experience is highly desirable.

www.platinumtravelrecruitment.co.uk

Company

Our Story – Travel Recruitment Specialists

Platinum Travel Recruitment have become recognised specialists within the travel industry for many years. Our consultants possess a profound depth of knowledge of the travel industry having worked within travel, with an array of contacts throughout the UK and beyond. 

This is just one of the factors that allows us to provide a superior recruitment service. We ensure that our clients have access to the cream of the crop within the travel industry and candidates can enjoy exciting career-enhancing opportunities. The services that we provide to our clients and candidates show that we are not just recruiters; we are HR professionals, career advisors and experts in the travel industry.

Having two offices strategically placed in the Midlands and Surrey, close to London, this enables us to service a large geographical area and provide that face to face contact for both clients and job seekers.

Strategic in our thinking with a responsive approach to future needs, we think far beyond the conventional recruitment process by conducting a thorough analysis of both our candidates and clients.

Our experienced consultants manage the full recruitment process, screen and test each potential applicant matching the job specifications ensuring time is not wasted on unsuitable candidates. Our open, honest and committed approach will ensure that you reach your goals. So, let’s link up and chat what success means to you.

 

Why use Platinum Travel Recruitment?

Employers

Ability to supply professional pre-scanned travel candidates screened from consultants with years of experience in the travel industry.

Quality applicants rather then quantity.

We appreciate locating the right candidate can be a challenge. We save you time and money on locating candidates by short listing, database searching, head hunting and advertising the vacancies at no cost.

With our strong marketing prescience we are able to target the best applicants right from the outset.

Interviews are only organised for applicants clients wish to see free of charge. Once the candidate is placed a competitive fee will be charged with free trial periods for candidates starting with your organisation.

Many clients use us on an exclusive basis as we listen to requirements and offer the highest level of customer satisfaction whilst understanding your business needs.

If you are looking to expand your company or need recruitment advice feel free to call us on 0208 942 4103

Candidates

Assistance with the interview and application process

Our experienced and qualified consultants will listen to your requirements in locating the right role and progress your career

Able to provide free career advice on your next move

We have a range of roles including Reservations, Business Travel, Marketing, Product, Management plus more many more exciting opportunities to enhance your career.

Our service is free and kept strictly confidential.

Utilise your experience and achieve your goal – send us your CV today

Company info
Website
Telephone
07715365415
Location
Coombe Croft, Howell Hill Grove
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 3ER
GB

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