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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Flights Reservations Consultant to work for a leading travel company in Chester. If you are currently using a GDS system and want to specialise in airfares, then this could be the role for you! Dealing directly with Tour Operators and Travel Agencies, this is a great step for an experienced Reservations Consultant to join a brilliant, close-knit team! This role is based on a full-time basis, offering a competitive salary and additional company benefits. This role can be hybrid based Chester or fully homebased for the right candidate!
Job Description:
- Working in a small, friendly, experienced team of consultants
- Communicating with tour operators and travel agencies daily to assist them in booking multi-trip itineraries
- Making reservations for worldwide airfares
- Identifying and sourcing different flight options to increase margins
- Building strong relationships with trade agents
- Following up on sales leads
- Ticketing flights in a timely manner
- Completing amending, cancellation and refunding duties
- Using Travelport as the main GDS system
Experience Required:
- Experience using a GDS system, ideally Travelport
- Previous travel industry experience is essential!
- Comfortable booking multi-trip itineraries
- Great customer service
- A business travel background or a tour operation background is desirable
The Package:
- Holidays 20 days per annum pro rata plus stat holidays, rising to 25 with service (pro-rata for part-time)
- Health care incentive after 6 months
- FAM trips after first year - one per annum
- Pension Scheme
- Discounted Rates
- Uncapped commission
- Friendly hours, Mon - Fri normal office hours, 1 in 4 Saturdays on a rota basis
- Competitive salary of 28k DOE plus uncapped OTE. Realistic earnings 45k per year on average
Interested?
If this sounds like your next role, please contact Gemma at Travel Trade Recruitment on (phone number removed) or (url removed)
