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Travel Consultant

Travel Trade Recruitment
Posted 14 days ago, valid for 24 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B37 7YN, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • An experienced travel professional is sought for a role in a tour operator's team in South Birmingham or for remote work.
  • Candidates should have experience in sales within the travel industry, particularly with GDS, and have traveled to Long Haul destinations.
  • The role involves taking phone enquiries, providing excellent customer service, quoting holidays, and achieving monthly performance targets.
  • The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, be sales-driven, and possess in-depth knowledge of Long Haul destinations.
  • The position offers a competitive salary of up to £26,000, with an OTE of up to £32,000, and requires prior experience in the travel industry.

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 Birmingham team at Travel Trade Recruitment on or email

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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.