Specialist Travel Consultant - MIddle East and North Africa

Specialist Travel Consultant (Middle East and North Africa). Experiential Travel Company are looking for a candidate, with a great love and an extensive knowledge of these regions 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 countries such as Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Oman.

Candidate Requirements:

• Deep passion for the above countries and extensive knowledge obtained from personal travels there
• You value positive-impact, responsible, sustainable travel
• Good listener and empathetic communicator
• 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! And then return and educate your colleagues on the destinations you visited!

Basic Salary : £29,000 - £38,000 DOE

Working Hours : Monday – Friday. 9am-6pm. 3 days in the office 2 from home. London.

Benefits Include :

• Flexible working including working from abroad allowance
• Learning and Development
• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Lots of organised socials events
• Dress however you feel most comfortable

If you would like to apply for this exciting opportunity to become a Specialist Travel Consultant please send your CV with an accompanying cover letter detailing where you have personally travelled in the Middle East and North Africa and why you would like to become a Travel Consultant. CV's without the additional information requested will not be considered. Email to mark@candm.co.uk