Travel Business Development Manager
Travel Business Development Manager
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Explore is an adventure travel expert focused on sustainable small group holidays which create stories to tell for a lifetime. From classic group tours and family adventures to walking wildlife and cycling trips. With around 100 countries to choose from our customers explore the world with us.Join us on our journey creating extraordinary travel experiences for all.
At the heart of all of this is a passion to travel responsibly. We aim to always be welcomed back for communities and cultures to benefit and wildlife to flourish. In a complicated world thats full of potential we strive to be better than yesterday.
We put people at the heart of everything we do and are proud of the extensive benefits we offer.
This role is remote/home based and is a fulltime position however work/life balance is important to us and so we are open to discussion on flexible working patterns (minimum 4 days per week).
The geographic region is covering the north of the UK includingMidlands Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Salary: 35000 OTE of up to 3500 car and fuelallowance
About the role:
We are looking for a business development/sales professionalto join our growing team and support the growth of our travel agency partners. As a face of Explore in the trade market you will be responsible for promoting our destinations growing existing business and developing new sales opportunities. You will create and apply an effective sales strategy offering unparalleled support to our agency partners collaborate with other teams around the business and add to the continued success of the Explore brand.
Three to fourdays each week you will be travelling throughout your regionmaking sales calls by appointment with targeted agency partners this will involve sales updates marketing discussions and training with a sales objective for each meeting which will be followed up in a timely manner. One to two admin days each week will involve stats reporting follow up emails/calls from sales visits creating and answering social posts canva marketing activity training webinars responding to trade emails personal development training plus diary planning.
You will also be required to spend 2 days every 68 weeks atour head office in Farnborough Hampshire (expenses will be reimbursed).
If you have plenty of incredible travel stories to share then this could be the role for you. We are looking for your application to demonstrate:
- Customerfocused approach with a can do attitude.
- Experience in a business development or sales rolewith an existing travel industry network.
- Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships while using your initiative to increase demand across our 350 trips worldwide.
- Good knowledge of the touring sector with a passion for adventure travel and the Explore product range.
- Excellent knowledge of the UK travel industry with established contacts.
- Commercially minded with proven ability to deliver against set targets.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build rapport and communicate effectively at all levels.
- Results driven team player who can work independently.
- Excellent communication verbal and written with acute attention to detail.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Exceptional time management and planning skills.
- Confident with deliveringpresentations and training in product features and benefits.
- Competent using MS Office (inc Teams) & Zoom.
- Experience and skills with creating content and posting on social media platforms (Tik Tok Insta LinkedIn Hablo Facebook).
- Problem solving experience with the ability to overcome objections with favourable resolution.
You must be willing to work flexible hours (including evenings and weekends as required)to support extensive travel plus events representation predominantly within the UK with some international as required.
We aim to be better than yesterday and our values will be close to your heart.
Diversity is to be celebrated. Life would be dreary and change would be slow if we all thought the same way. We challenge our ideas each other and our business partners always with respect and kindness.
Explore is part of Hotelplan Group a wellestablished and diverse family of specialist tour operators with a long tradition of developing and operating marketleading experiences. The family comprises ski walking and Laplandholidays with Inghams andSantas Lapland; adventure travel with Explore; and selfguided holidays withInntravel. Sustainability and responsible tourism is at the core of everything we do and should be a passion for everyone employed by the group.
Employment Type
Full Time
