Description
Create unforgettable group travel experiences and turn your destination expertise into a rewarding career!
- Join a thriving specialist travel company with exciting growth plans
- Enjoy incredible famils, ongoing training and career progression
- Showcase your creativity, product knowledge and negotiation skills
THE COMPANY
Our client is a successful and growing niche travel company renowned for its destination expertise, innovative travel products and exceptional customer experiences.
With a strong reputation for creating memorable journeys, they are looking for an experienced Groups Destination Specialist to join their passionate team and help expand their groups and events portfolio.
If you love discovering exciting travel experiences, building supplier relationships and creating products that stand out from the competition, this could be your next career move!
THE ROLE
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your groups travel experience, commercial flair and creativity to develop exciting group and event products across the South Pacific.
Working closely with suppliers, sales and marketing teams, you'll play a key role in expanding the company's product offering, driving bookings and delivering exceptional group travel experiences.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Research, source and develop innovative group travel and event products across key destinations
- Negotiate competitive rates, exclusive deals and value-added inclusions with suppliers
- Create appealing group packages that maximise bookings, room nights and profitability
- Build and maintain strong relationships with hotels, resorts, tourism operators and destination partners
- Develop new supplier partnerships to expand the South Pacific product portfolio
- Work collaboratively with internal teams to deliver outstanding group experiences
- Partner with marketing to develop exciting campaigns that drive group bookings and sales growth
- Ensure group departures, product information and pricing are accurately loaded across internal systems and websites
- Provide product knowledge, training and ongoing support to sales teams
- Respond promptly and professionally to group enquiries, quotations and bookings
- Liaise with suppliers and group hosts before and after departures to ensure seamless travel experiences
- Proactively resolve issues and deliver exceptional customer service
- Build lasting relationships that encourage repeat bookings and referrals
WHAT'S ON OFFER
This is your chance to join a growing travel company where your ideas, expertise and contribution will be genuinely valued.
- $80K + Super
- Incredible famils to experience exciting destinations firsthand
- Ongoing product training and professional development
- Genuine career progression opportunities
- Opportunity to develop innovative group travel products
- Work with passionate destination experts and industry professionals
- Supportive, collaborative team environment
- Be part of a successful business with exciting growth opportunities
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
We're looking for a creative and highly organised travel professional who thrives on developing exceptional group travel experiences.
- Minimum 2–3 years' experience in a hands-on Groups experience in a similar tourism role
- Strong knowledge of group travel products, contracting and supplier negotiations
- Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
- Confidence working across multiple booking systems
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle competing priorities
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to customer service
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach and genuine passion for travel
Experience with South Pacific destinations and group product development will be highly regarded.
If you're passionate about group travel, love developing exciting products and want to be part of a growing specialist travel company, we'd love to hear from you!
APPLY NOW or reach out to our Travel Division for a confidential chat.
Email employment@aaappointments.com.au or call our offices:
NSW/ACT: 02 9231 6377
VIC/SA/WA/TAS: 03 9670 2577
QLD/NT: 07 3229 9600
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