Our client is a medium sized tours and travel company in Nairobi. They seek to hire a senior tour and travel consultant who will customize and handle end to end tour booking and offer client support in terms of providing the necessary travel requirements and arrangements.
Responsibilities
- Design flexible tour packages, excursions, safaris and other related services in regards to tours to meet the needs of different clients
- Create and sell innovative inbound and outbound tour packages to meet market demand
- Maintain and organize airline contracts, keeping them up to date
- Research and constantly source for interesting product packages to meet consumer demands
- Check and process ticket re-issue’s and fare calculations
- Ensuring airlines fares are loaded correctly and liaising with airlines to rectify
- Respond to enquiries regarding hotels & safaris within 24hrs
- Prepare itineraries to the various destinations of interest
- Keep clients up to date with changes in the travel industry
- Ensure payment for each tour booking is received in advance or proper authorization is received from a corporate prior to credit sale
- Create contact with hotels, car hire, sightseeing attraction and other service providers for best competitive contract rates
- Making follow-ups on tour quotations
- Ensuring that tours quotations are competitive as well as terms & conditions
- Arranging to see vehicles (and if possible be accompanied by customer reps) before start of service to ensure quality and minimize customer complains
Requirements
- Tourism Management Degree / Tours & Travel Degree / Business related degree
- MUST have at least 5 years’ experience as a tour consultant
- Experience in liaising with international travel agents / partners
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Self – motivated, Confident and outgoing personality
- Ability to multi-task and get things done to completion
- A Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent networking and prospecting skills
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply
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