Our client is a well-established, dynamic and expanding tour operator who offer various inspirational holiday types throughout Asia. Due to success and expansion now seeking an experienced and driven Business Development Manager for a year’s contract with the possibility of going permanent. This opportunity is ideal for a driven travel professional from a tour operator background with business development and/or account management experience with a passion for Asia, seeking something a little different. Be rewarded for your hard work & apply today!
Each day will not be the same:
- Assisting in the acquisition of new customers and selling additional products, services and destinations to existing ones.
- Source, approach and win new business opportunities within the European travel market place
- Establish relationships with new and current partners; building on key relationships
- Responsible for delivering growth with existing partners in existing and new destinations
- Delivering a programme of planned activity, sales calls, training and promotional activity as defined by yearly sales targets and annual marketing plans
- Sourcing new sales markets within Europe and sales channels
- Coordinate and conduct training with all key accounts
- Switch sell agents from competitors
- Research and develop pricing and product strategies suitable to specific markets and new business opportunities
- Complete yearly sales plans, monthly reports and process documents
- Attending trade shows.
Essential Requirements
- Experience in business development within the travel industry ideally a tour operator
- Experience working in the European market and travel experience throughout Asia is highly desirable.
- Ability to build relationships
- Must have excellent communication skills and be commercially-minded
- Strong negotiator and confident at presenting with a proven ability to grow business in a B2B environment.
Benefits
- Lucrative salary
- Generous bonus
- Pension
- Travel perks
- Varied job role
- Career development
- Opportunity to work for a forward thinking tour operator within a friendly team in which you will be rewarded for your hard work.
