Our client, a tour company wishes to employ a Senior Group Tour Consultant with experience in the Indian Travel Industry, to join their dynamic team. The right candidate will be responsible for providing quotations for profitable tour products to clients while managing tour operations including the creation of itineraries, negotiating with suppliers and preparing all documents before travel dates. If you seek a position that encompasses a vast range of duties where you will be consistently challenged and rewarded with a market related salary package.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales

• Secure business by developing own sales strategy through existing and new agents
• Build up and maintain agent and supplier relationships
• Source new products
• Work closely with the team to achieve goals

Operations

• Provide and follow up on quotations, creative itineraries and proposals for all market related ADHOC groups, Tour Series and FIT requests
• Capture and confirm bookings in Tourplan
• Negotiate with suppliers for better rates, cancellation policies and FOC’s
• Create co-pilots according to itinerary
• Handling the 24hour emergency phone
• Prepare guide documentation and brief guide before travel date
• Work closely with tour guides whilst on tour

Financial

• Instruct debtors to raise invoice and reconcile supplier invoices for processing
• Assist debtors clerk with invoicing and collection queries
• Reconcile tour guide expense sheets on completion of tours

Qualification and experience

• Matric
• Tertiary qualification in Tourism
• Minimum of three to four years’ experience in a similar role in the Indian Market

Key Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written language skills in English
• Computer literate and MS Office knowledge
• Establish and maintain a good relationship with customers and suppliers
• Constantly promote a positive image of the company internally and externally through quality service
• Stay current on events and changes

If you interested in this position and meet the requirements, then send your CV to

moc.tnitnemtiurceraka@asil

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Posted on 08 May 12:08