We are seeking an experienced Travel Business Development Manager to join a highly successful travel company based in the North of England.
This well established travel company offers a range of travel products for the clients. This exciting role is ideal for an agent sales manager, business development manager or b2b sales professional seeking a rewarding career with a forward thinking travel company.
Travel Business Development Manager Duties:
- Establish and develop positive relationships with all travel retail partners in the area.
- Educate, train and service the needs of key trade accounts.
- Support accounts by attending trade events including overseas conferences.
- Maintain a close working relationship with the trade office team, and include them in your plans so that they can provide support with sales calls, training, road shows and consumer events
- Host FAM trips and entertain key accounts, whilst ensuring there is appropriate follow up to maximise all available sales opportunities
- Engender a positive relationship with the trade team with constant inclusion / liaison over your accounts.
- Play a proactive role in shaping retail PR messaging by working in conjunction with our PR consultants and trade marketing teams.
- Provide input and creative contribution to all marketing strategies and media including Facebook.
Travel Business Development Manager – Essential Requirements:
- Experience within business development in the leisure travel industry is essential within a similar role.
- Self motivated with excellent customer service standards.
- Excellent relationship management skills.
Travel Business Development Manager – Benefits
- Career progression.
- Opportunity to host FAMs.
- Opportunity to support and visit our charity projects in Zambia.
- Bonus.
- Company contribution to pension scheme and healthcare.
- Company events including summer and Christmas parties.
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