Long haul Travel Specialist homebased

Long Haul Travel Specialist homebased A fantastic opportunity to join this successful, award-winning, tour operator based in the North West of England as a Long Haul Travel Specialist with a focus on India. You will be using your specialist long haul travel knowledge of India to create truly bespoke, extraordinary experiences to India . You will be an experienced Travel Consultant, with the expertise to create detailed long haul tailor-made itineraries to India. This role can be fully homebased but training will be required at the companies head office. The salary package is £25k to £29k with monthly commission and will be working Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm with Saturdays on a rota along with the opportunity to travel on the most fabulous fam trips!Long Haul Travel Specialist homebased - Role & Responsibilities:

• Respond in an efficient and timely manner to calls and emails from trade partners and direct customers
• Liaise with suppliers to obtain rates & source product for bespoke tailor-made enquiries.
• Be pro-active in using your specialist long haul knowledge in India to support conversion of enquiries into sales.
• Manage the end to end sales & customer service journey, ensuring customers are notified of any operational changes affecting their holiday.
• Handle any issues arising in an efficient customer focused way, ensuring a satisfactory outcome.
• Provide an exceptional service to all customers via all channels.
• Support product team with input and feedback on product knowledge, pricing information and competitor analysis.

Long Haul Travel Specialist homebased - Skills & Experience Required:

• Proven expertise in a travel tailor-made sales role, with a background in tour operations.
• Strong knowledge of India is essential through own travelling and / or of putting together bespoke itineraries.
• Experience of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Good knowledge of supplier contracts and costing itineraries.
• Working knowledge of a travel GDS - Amadeus or Galileo
• Ability to manage workload and prioritise effectively.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Flexible approach, with a pro-active creative approach to problem solving

Long Haul Travel Specialist - Additional Information:

• Basic salary of £25k to £29k plus monthly commission
• 9 to 5.30 Monday to Saturdays , Saturdays on rota
• Fam trips
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Fantastic opportunity to join this ultra successful, prestigious travel company.

Please apply for the position of Long Haul Travel Specialist online or email your cv to

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