Asia & Pacific Travel Designer. Luxury Private Travel Company are looking for a candidate, with a great love and an extensive knowledge of Asia, to join their friendly team of travel enthusiasts. You will be empathetic and inquisitive, and will harness these qualities to form a deep understanding of your customers; enabling you to craft highly personalised holidays in Asia.
Candidate Requirements:
* Deep passion for Asia and extensive knowledge obtained from personal travels to the continent
* You value positive-impact, responsible, sustainable travel
* Embrace diversity and eagerness to be part of a close supportive team of colleagues, including business partners
* Good listener and empathetic communicator, in relation to colleagues and customers)
* Open-minded and keen to learn
* Thrives solving problems and maintains calm under pressure
* Motivated and driven
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
The role:
* Guest communication via video call, email and telephone; cultivating relationships and achieving a deep understanding and rapport with the client
* Curation of bespoke travel itineraries which aim to immerse the client in the destination while following responsible travel practices
* Competently close sales and manage pipeline, working effectively with the CRM and company systems and best practices
* Deal with any operational situations in collaboration with wider team and external partners at the destinations.
* Assist the marketing team with the production of editorial content
* Build long-lasting, caring relationships with suppliers on the ground at the destinations
* Source exciting new travel product
* Travel even more in Asia! And then return and educate your colleagues on the destinations you visited!
Basic Salary : £28600 plus generous commission structure of £50,000 - £90,000 (first 6 months includes a commission top-up to ensure you earn minimum £38,000 p.a while you’re mastering the role)
Working Hours : Monday – Friday. 10am – 6pm. 3 days in the office 2 from home. London.
Benefits Include :
* Flexible working
* Mental Well-being Support
* Learning and Development
* 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
* Work bank holidays and take other days off instead in order to embrace everyone’s beliefs, culture and identity
* Lots of organised socials events
* Dress however you feel most comfortable
* Dog-friendly office
If you would like to apply for this exciting opportunity to become an Asia Travel Designer please send your CV with a travel profile detailing where you have personally travelled in Asia. Email to harri@candm.co.uk or visit the C&M Travel Recruitment website job reference 58785