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Travel Agency Manager

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Hampshire, England
Salary
£28000 - £30000 per annum
Closing date
15 Nov 2024
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Sector
Travel Agency
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Management

Job Details

Are you a Travel Agency Manager or maybe looking to step into a management role? Our Hampshire based client is looking for a Retail Manager to join their team.

This is a challenging position requiring quick thinking and a flexible approach, working in a small and friendly team environment. We place customer service before short term profit, and you will use and apply your in-depth knowledge of the travel industry and longhaul market to the full, to provide our customers with the very best holiday experience.

The Job:

  • Converting walk-in, web-driven, email and phone enquiries into bookings
  • Sourcing, creating and booking travel itineraries.
  • Managing and administering bookings through to holiday completion
  • Maintaining customer contact from initial enquiry to holiday completion and beyond
  • Working closely with UK tour operators and our overseas partners
  • Managing a portfolio of regular group bookings (typically 5 - 20 people) to events worldwide.
  • Representing the company at local shows and events
  • Developing and implementing retail marketing strategies, including social media posting and website updating
  • Controlling mountains of paperwork

Skills Required:

  • In-depth knowledge of the longhaul market
  • Extensive travel agency experience
  • Direct customer sales and relationship building
  • Creating tailormade itineraries
  • Organising group travel
  • Extensive travel in Asia, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
  • Other specialist interests (e.g. skiing, sport) with travel business potential
  • Proven record of converting leads into bookings
  • Proven travel management experience
  • Ability to inspire confidence in customers and suppliers.
  • Enthusiastic and self-motivated team player
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

The Package:

  • £28,000 - £30,000
  • Working hours Tuesday - Saturday

Interested:

  • If you would like to apply for the above vacancy, please click 'APPLY' or email your cv to helen@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
United Kingdom

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