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Reservations Consultant Long Haul

Travel Trade Recruitment
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 13 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job is for an experienced Travel Consultant with knowledge of long-haul destinations, offering a basic salary of up to £26,000 plus commission and benefits.
  • Candidates should have previous experience in a travel sales role using GDS, ideally Amadeus, and have personally traveled to long-haul destinations.
  • The role involves taking enquiries from travel agents, tailor-making itineraries, and achieving monthly performance targets.
  • Applicants must possess strong communication skills and be sales-driven with excellent product knowledge in long-haul travel.
  • The position offers flexible working options, including office, hybrid, or remote work, with sociable hours from Monday to Saturday.

Are you an experienced Travel Consultant who is knowledgeable on long-haul destinations? Have you worked for a Tour Operator in a travel sales role using GDS? If you would like a Travel Consultant role with sociable hours, a good salary package and B2B sales through travel agents, this established independent tour operator who are looking for people to join their team of Travel Advisors in their South Birmingham, modern offices or to work from home. You must have previous experience of reservations on GDS and ideally you will have experience of selling and personally travelled to Long Haul destinations. Basic salary up to £26pa plus commission and other benefits!

THE JOB:

- Taking enquiries over the phone from trad partners and travel agents

- Tailor-making a wide variety of worldwide long-haul itineraries

- Offering excellent customer service.

- Quoting holidays and converting into bookings.

- Specialising in Long Haul destinations

- Promote and sell additional ancillary sales on all bookings to include car hire, excursions, park passes and car parking.

- Working towards monthly performance targets.

- Keeping your product and brand knowledge up to date whilst having in- depth knowledge of the company's brochures and destinations.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

The successful candidate will be an experienced Travel Consultant looking for a new challenge with strong communications skills and the ability to work well under pressure. You will be sales driven and have excellent product knowledge in Long Haul destinations. You will also need experience of GDS ideally Amadeus but will cross train.

THE PACKAGE

They will offer office, hybrid or homeworking. You will receive a competitive salary up to £26,000.00 with an OTE of up to £32,000, travel concessions, educationals and other travel perks. Monday to Saturday (no Sundays). Office based on the outskirts of Birmingham, hybrid and fully remote considered

INTERESTED?

Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV! For any further information please call email If this role is not quite right, but you have Travel Industry experience and are keen to find a new opportunity, please do send your CV, we may have something else that could be perfect for you! Know someone else who might be interested in Travel Industry opportunities? Please share our details!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.