Travelinfo

Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for an in-house Junior Travel Consultant with an eye for detail and a love for travel and organization. Join the team and bring your experience in domestic and international corporate travel, dealing with multiple trips and clients in a relaxed yet highly-professional environment.
In this role, you will work closely with the company’s Senior Travel Consultant to book, coordinate and manage local and international travel across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the end-to-end travel process including planning, costing, implementing and confirming itineraries, through to post-travel communications.
• Booking of flights, car hire and accommodation on behalf of all local and international travelling company employees.
• Ensure all bookings are completed accurately, efficiently and timeously.
• Secure the best travel deals available in the market in terms of price, quality, timing and other factors specific to the company travel policy.
• Monitor and facilitate the use of company frequent flyer programs, and other applicable rewards and loyalty programs.
• Build a database of reliable accommodation in various cities, locally and internationally.
• Respond to and timeously resolve any issues which may arise with travel suppliers.
• Able to secure, cost and present excellent travel itineraries to management and the team.
• Ensure timeous completion of every travel booking.
• Able to complete and present, inter alia, monthly reports, purchase orders and travel related administration as required for all travel that takes place.
• Contribute to the teams success.

Availability

As soon as possible

Salary

Market related

Required Qualifications

Skills and requirements:

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to produce excellent results consistently, timeously and meeting of deadlines.
• Ability to apply networking and influencing skills.
• Ability to problem solve in a timely and effective manner.
• High sense of accountability towards work.
• Ability to pay attention to detail and have good reporting skills.
• Must have a detailed understanding of the rules and regulations for travel.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English.
• Ability to work under pressure and to handle very large volumes with quick turnaround times.
• Expected to understand the requirements for VISA applications and to complete these applications.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years hands-on experience in local and international corporate travel bookings.
• Must have experience working with Amadeus travel system.

Qualifications:

• Relevant Degree/Diploma in Travel and Tourism.
• Amadeus Certification.

Location

Durban, Umhlanga