Travel Sales Executive

The Travel Sales Executive will act as a travel consultant, guiding clients through destination selection, constructing complex travel itineraries, and closing bookings. The ideal candidate possesses strong persuasion skills, excellent geographical knowledge, and a passion for creating memorable travel experiences while consistently driving revenue growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Sales & Revenue Generation: Convert incoming leads, cold calls, and inquiries into confirmed bookings for vacation packages, flights, hotel stays, cruises, and corporate travel.

• Consultative Itinerary Planning: Interact with clients to understand their budget, preferences, and destination goals. Design customized, cost-effective travel plans that maximize client satisfaction.

• Client Relationship Management (CRM): Build and maintain long-term relationships with clients to foster repeat business and referrals. Manage customer data efficiently inside the CRM tool.

• Vendor & Supplier Coordination: Work closely with hotels, tour operators, airlines, and local destination management companies (DMCs) to secure competitive rates and check real-time availability.

• Problem Solving & Support: Provide pre-trip and in-destination support to clients, resolving unexpected changes such as flight cancellations, booking modifications, or travel emergencies.

• Market Awareness: Stay up to date on global travel trends, visa requirement changes, and destination safety advisories.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 0–6 months of experience in sales, ideally within the travel, hospitality, or tourism industry.

• Industry Tools: Familiarity with Global Distribution Systems (GDS) such as Amadeus, Sabre, or Galileo is a massive plus, alongside experience with CRM software.

• Soft Skills: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Proven negotiation abilities and a high level of emotional intelligence to handle picky or stressed travelers.

• Geographical Knowledge: Strong understanding of world geography, popular tourist spots, international flight routes, and basic visa protocols.

• Target-Driven: A self-motivated mindset with a proven track record of meeting or exceeding monthly sales quotas.

• Education: High school diploma required; a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Tourism, Business Administration, or Marketing is preferred.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

A successful Travel Sales Executive is evaluated on:

1. Monthly Sales Volume: Total gross booking value generated.

2. Lead Conversion Rate: Percentage of inquiries turned into paid customers.

3. Customer Retention: Rate of repeat bookings and positive client reviews

• It is a Full Time Telesales / Telemarketing job for candidates with 0 - 1 years of experience.