Tour Consultant at African Touch Safaris

Job Summary

A leading travel agent is looking for competent self-driven and result oriented professional to fill in current Tour consultant position.

Job Roles

Position duties will include but not limited to the following;

Sales/Business Devt Function

Sales revenue generation & Business development through;

• New tours accounts/Groups
• Activation of Old tours Accounts
• Account Management/Relationship management
• Lead generation and prospecting
• Negotiating for contracts sign off and best prices with corporate/institutional tours clients
• Marketing other Company products & Services

Tours Management Function-

• Tour Financials- Costing, Profitability & Negotiating for best rates
• Developing of complex itineraries
• Tour quotations
• Tour Coordination & Closures
• Tour planning
• Client Briefings
• Presentations
• Destination management
• Ground coordination

Requirements

• Bachelors in Tourism/Travel Management
• Widely traveled worldwide –on Fam trips, travel Exhibitions abroad and locally
• Experience with costing for holidays and outbound vacations
• Team leader –ability to grow and lead a capable team while motivating them
• Widely networked with industry supplier hotels and Destination Management Companies
• Trendy: Social media savvy with online marketing skills
• Polished and well-spoken and smart appearance.
• Great public speaker with oral presentation skills
• The ability to get on well with people of all ages and backgrounds
• Experience in dealing with corporate clients
• Good working knowledge of one or more foreign languages
• Excellent ‘people’ skills and problem solving skills
• The ability to deal calmly with emergencies
• Proven track record of consistently attaining goals, personal accountability in owning results, and cooperatively working with others to improve skills
• International travel work experience & passion for travel strongly preferred
• Ability to drive customer loyalty and build lasting customer relationship
• Self-motivated and not afraid to close the sale
• Experience in high volume inbound calling and strong closing skills needed to reach individual goals
• Should be focused on end-results and able to learn both systems and product quickly and efficiently
• Competent proficiency on MS Office products including Excel and Outlook and able to master new technologies.
• Strong communication skills – speaks clearly and persuasively in a positive way

You would be responsible for the group throughout their tour, working from early morning until late in the evening, including weekends. You could be on call 24 hours a day. Should be prepared to work late hours and also on holidays if need be.