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Travel Advisor - South/South East Asia

Travel Trade Recruitment
Posted 18 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job requires up to 3 years of experience in tailor-making holidays to South and/or Southeast Asia.
  • The position offers a salary range of £33-40k, with the potential for an additional team bonus of up to £4.2k.
  • The role involves working within a travel team to provide exceptional service and meet challenging booking targets.
  • Candidates should possess strong communication skills, a passion for travel, and a customer-focused approach.
  • Training will be provided, along with benefits such as a familiarization trip, annual flight allowance, and a pension contribution.

Do you have up to 3 years experience tailor making holidays to South and/or Southeast?

We are working with a niche company who are looking for someone to join their team, someone who has a real passion for this part of the world

JOB PURPOSE

Help customers have a genuine travel experience as part of their holidays in South and Southeast Asia.

MAIN ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Working within an experienced Travel Team to provide top-class service that builds upon clients' understanding of their needs.
  • Use the framework of the sales process to create an adventure, communicate the value, build excitement, and provide reflection. You will be expected to meet top-level (challenging) booking targets while receivingexcellent customer satisfaction scores & developing long-term relationships that ensure clients return for future holidays and generate referrals.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Work with the rest of the Travel Team to improve the service provided.
  • Help the Product Team to improve the holiday 'product' provided.
  • Support the marketing teams to produce content.
  • Build relationships with our Travel Agent partners.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • A passion for, and strong knowledge of, South and South East Asia - Japan would be a bonus
  • Relevant travel industry sales experience, ideally with 2-3 years of selling holidays to South and/or South East Asia.
  • A desire to focus on sales within your medium-term career progression.
  • Natural communication skills, with an ability to build relationships.
  • Excellent telephone communication skills.
  • A customer-focused approach.
  • A positive and energetic outlook, with a willingness to put yourself out of your comfort zone.
  • Good organisation skills
  • Good general literacy.
  • A desire to learn and be proactive in doing so.
  • A passion for providing something extraordinary.

TRAINING THAT WILL BE GIVEN:

  • The job will start with a month's intensive training, focusing on the company sales process and helping our customers push their comfort zones and have a holiday adventure.

The package:

Salary will depend on the level of experience but will fall within the below range:

£33-40k + up to £4.2k Team Bonus

  • One two-week familiarisation trip per year
  • Annual personal flight allowance to one of our destinations
  • 23 days holiday each full calendar year, in addition to the usual statutory holidays.???
  • A day off for your birthday
  • Pension Contribution of 3%
  • Employee Assistance platform with access to free GP and counselling services, an optional healthcare plan, and discounted shopping
  • Regular team lunches and socials

WORK HOURS:

9-5.30 Monday to Friday, with the following stipulations:

  • Work one Saturday in eight with a weekday off in lieu
  • Hybrid - 4 Days office, 1 day wfh

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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.