Business Travel Consultant
We are recruiting for a highly experienced Business Travel Consultant to join our expanding global team. This role is on a hybrid working pattern (3 days in the office and 2 days at home) after an initial training period (depending on skills and experience)
Location
London
Employment Type
Full time
Department
Operations Department
Work Location
Hybrid
Experience Level
Extensive experience
Key Responsibilities
- Handle enquiries and reservations from clients, ensuring that they are responded to according to the client company’s travel policy.
- Process E tickets and other required travel documentation in accordance with client profiles.
- Offer advice and options, where appropriate, for each itinerary, including the most cost-effective means of travel.
- Give clients accurate information pertaining to their planned itinerary.
- Carry out full research for each client to ensure that the best possible service is provided and that each client can make a well-informed decision.
- Offer ancillary services to clients such as car hire, hotels, private car transfers, parking etc.
- Confirm all booking information – fares; itineraries; e-ticket details; changes – within specified deadlines.
Skills & Requirements
Experience
- Business travel experience
Attitude & Aptitude
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Excellent attention to detail
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Able to work to strict deadlines
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Able to work as part of a team
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Manage your own time effectively
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Excellent Rapport Builder
Skills & Knowledge
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Fares and Ticketing Knowledge
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Effective telephone skills
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Verbal reasoning skills
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Good written communication skills as job role is predominately email based.
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Good Active Listener
Qualities
- Confident
- Personable
- Able to quickly build trust
- Ambition & drive to do the best
- Proactive
- Adaptable
- Ability to think calmly & laterally
Other Requirements
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Able to work between hours of 8am – 6pm – on a rota basis
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Able to attend out-of-hours training/presentations
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Some bank holiday work may be required
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Home workers – Monthly Office visits
Other Accountabilities
- Put customers first and deliver the best possible service at all times.
- Adhere to all relevant policies, operating procedures and standards at all times.
- Attend staff meetings and training sessions as required.
- Always work with due care and attention to ensure the personal safety of yourself and others.
- Carry out any other role or task that is commensurate with the spirit and purpose of this job description.
- Build and update travelers’ profiles so that their needs and requirements can be met as accurately as possible (offline).
- Be familiar with Gray Dawes preferred suppliers and to offer these when appropriate, for Example Lime, E-Global.
- Ensure that the profile and booking systems are 100% accurate and up to date all the time.
- Monitor and Action personal and Team Queues
- Ensure that all tickets are issued within specified deadlines.
- Calculate and process refunds within 24 hours of a cancellation.
- Arranging hotel billbacks.
- Rail refunds and enquiries
- Give training, advice and support to new members of staff.
- Provide expert support as first-line responders to online queries.
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