Travel Consultant

Travel Trade Recruitment

Posted 12 hours ago, valid for 14 days

Birmingham, West Midlands B37 7YN, England

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The job is for an experienced travel professional seeking a challenge in the travel industry, specifically with a tour operator in South Birmingham or remote work.
Candidates should have experience in sales within the travel industry, particularly with GDS, and experience traveling to Long Haul destinations.
The role involves taking enquiries, providing excellent customer service, quoting holidays, and working towards monthly performance targets.
The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, be sales driven, and possess excellent product knowledge in Long Haul destinations.
The position offers a competitive salary of up to £26,000 with an OTE of £32,000, and requires candidates to have prior experience in a similar role.

Are you an experienced travel professional who is looking for a new challenge within the travel industry? Have you recently worked within the travel industry in a sales role using GDS and are keen to return to the wonderful world of travel? I am currently recruiting for an amazing tour operator who are looking for people to join their well established team in their South Birmingham, modern office or to work from home. Ideally you will have experience of selling and have personally travelled to Long Haul destinations for this role so that you will have the ability to offer first-hand knowledge of the amazing destinations this company have to offer.

THE JOB: - Taking enquiries over the phone- Ensuring calls are dealt with efficiently and professionally.- 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 long haul 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 PACKAGEThey 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).

INTERESTED:To apply for this exciting new position please follow the link and click 'Apply' with your CV today! Call our Suzanne at Travel Trade Recruitment on or email

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