Travel Consultant

Travel Consultant, Chester

Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum
Location: Chester (CH1)
Date posted: 24/02/2011 15:25:13
Reference: Totaljobs/CCW7195

Do you enjoy selling specialists sectors of the travel industry? Working as Travel Consultant but looking for more of a specialist role? This is a fantastic role of Travel Consultant but within the luxury trade.

Reservations Consultant / Travel Consultant required for this busy, luxury travel company, located in Chester.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Working as a Travel Consultant you will need to provide a professional, friendly and informative sales service to the customers that is focused on offering the highest level of customer service possible. To offer expert product knowledge and to tailor a clients requirements.

Job Responsibilities for this Luxury Travel role:
* To deliver sales and targets by maximising profit and potential sales opportunities at all times.
* Offer a service that is focused on selling through excellent use of product knowledge and matching to customer needs
* Pro-active use of the systems to enable you to tailor a quotation for the client.
* Manage key accounts to develop strong repeat business
* Provide moral support to team and other departments
* Contribute to team meetings in a positive fashion, taking into consideration others points of view
* Attend out of hours social events with suppliers, fairs and agent/client events
* Build relationships with clients and agents to ensure we are able to pro-actively sell
* Able to work to and exceed targets


EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
This is an excellent position working for a Travel Company in Chester, progressing well in your career. The successful candidate should be suitably experienced, possessing a high level of customer service and passion for travel. A strong sales background is required for this role. Some CRS (e.g. Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus, Worldspan) experience would be preferred.

THE PACKAGE:
In return you will be offered a competitive basic salary, plus bonuses and benefits.

INTERESTED?
For this Luxury Travel Consultant role, please call christine 0161 923 6120 or email christine@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk