Experienced Travel Planner

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa CME Recruitment Full time

CME Recruitment is seeking a highly skilled Experienced Travel Planner to join our client's team. Based in Cape Town, this permanent, full-time role offers a hybrid office/home working arrangement (upon successful completion of probation) and requires someone with a deep understanding of the Indian Subcontinent.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in crafting bespoke travel itineraries and possess excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with clients. They will also be able to work independently and as part of a team, fostering good working relationships with colleagues and trade partners.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Curation of high-quality, tailor-made itineraries for a wide range of traveler segments
  • End-to-end sales process including planning, costing, refining, and confirming itineraries; through to post-travel communications
  • Conversion of warm sales leads via email, telephone, and video calls
  • High-quality presentation of travel itineraries customized to the client's unique requirements, along with supply of relevant supporting information and advice
  • Delivery of gold-standard client service at all stages of the sales process to engender repeat and referral business
  • Proactive expansion of product knowledge keeping abreast of latest industry developments to ensure expertise across our specialist product portfolio
  • Maintain up-to-date commercial knowledge of properties, flight routings, and logistics
  • Foster good working relationships with colleagues and trade partners; and exhibit a strong team ethic

Salary: R680,000 - R780,000 per annum

About the Role: As an Experienced Travel Planner, you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional travel experiences to clients. Your passion for the Indian Subcontinent and ability to craft bespoke itineraries will enable you to exceed client expectations and drive sales growth.

Requirements:

  • 4 years' experience as a Luxury Travel Consultant
  • First-hand knowledge of the Indian Subcontinent with extensive independent travel within this region – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan
  • Experience working with complex Indian Subcontinent itineraries
  • Experience in tailor-made travel environments
  • Sales performance in a target-driven environment
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Advanced levels of IT literacy
  • Knowledge of destinations in luxury wildlife/nature and cultural experiences
  • GDS/flight operating systems

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