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Travel Consultant

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Surrey, England
Salary
£20000 - £25000 per annum + Bonus
Closing date
5 Jul 2023

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

Job Details

Are you experienced within the Travel Industry or looking for your first exciting opportunity within Travel? Are you based in Surrey and looking to join a local / family run company? We have the role for you!!!!

We are working with an independent tour operator (based in Surrey) who specialise in educational, specialist interest and group tours throughout Europe, who are looking for a Group Travel Specialist to join their small team.

This role involves arranging all aspects of a tour such as planning the itinerary, preparing quotations, and liaising with clients and suppliers. Working on customised tours from a worldwide inbound market and assisting in the development of the business in accordance with the business plan. To provide high-quality customer service to all clients through the provision of tailor-made tours in

Europe.

The job:

  • To design itineraries tailor-made for clients' requirements.
  • To prepare quotations.
  • To source relevant product and review suppliers.
  • To ensure the smooth operations of all groups i.e. booking all services, issuing vouchers, invoicing clients.
  • To maintain good relations with all clients and suppliers.
  • To achieve the costed profit margins for all tours and to aim to overachieve whenever possible.
  • To assist with developing itineraries, and producing "sample" itineraries that can be used as a basis for new quotations.
  • To provide emergency cover outside office hours as required.

The Person:

  • Experience in the Travel Industry (highly desirable)
  • Education to A level/degree level
  • Fluent English (written and spoken)
  • Good Maths skills
  • Computer literate (Excel, Word, email etc)
  • Some relevant experience (not necessarily directly the same, but with transferable skills)
  • Quick learner
  • Professional demeanour
  • Common sense and ability to work independently
  • Good time management skills and ability to work on lots of different
    projects at the same time
  • A second European language (eg French, German, Spanish or Italian)

The Package:

  • Salary - £23,000 - £25,000
  • Monday - Friday working hours

Interested?

Please click APPLY or contact kelly@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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