An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-established, dynamic and forward thinking luxury travel company as a Retail Travel Manager due to success and expansion near the Tonbridge area. This travel company offers a wide range of holiday types across the globe to travellers from luxury tailormade travel to adventure packages. This role is ideal for an existing travel consultant from a tour operator or travel agency seeking career development and to work sociable working hours.
Each day will not be the same, duties include:
* Managing and motivating a team of travel sales consultants
* Product training
* Offering a cutting edge customer service
* Building relationships with customers
* Participating in exciting and inspirational FAM trips to increase product knowledge
* Responsible for the delivery and service for all aspects of the reservations process for clients travelling
* Holiday planning, educational / familiarisation trips and staff travel
* Team meetings and 1:1 meetings
* Manage promotions
* Enhance team’s product knowledge and ability to work effectively
* Arrange product training as well as relevant information and training for all ancillary products.
Essential Requirements:
* Must have experience within the travel industry either from a travel agency or tour operator either as a manager, team leader or supervisor
* Able to build a rapport with customers.
* Excellent communication skills
Benefits:
* Lucrative salary which is negotiable
* Unrivalled training and personal development programmes to grow a lifelong career
* Sociable working hours
* Enhanced parental leave
* Financial support
* Birthday meal
* Discounted gym
* Discount card for food outlets
* Social events
* Pension
* FAM Trips
* Travel perks
* Career progression
* Friendly & busy team
* State of the art offices
* Varied job role
Locations ideal for this role include Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden, Tonbridge, Paddock, Maidstone and Staplehurst.
Give your travel career a boost and apply today!!