C&M Travel Recruitment
Account Manager
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Travel Trade Account Manager
Travel Trade Account Manager required by an established representation business to work closely with Tourism clients to maximise their visibility and connections in the travel industry. Circa 35K. Hybrid working.
Account Manager Responsibilities:
- Represent destinations professionally, enhancing their visibility, reputation, and commercial presence within the travel sector.
- Build strong relationships with tour operators, airlines, tourism organisations, travel agents, media, and strategic industry partners to generate sales and marketing opportunities.
- Expand existing accounts while identifying new business opportunities across leisure and business tourism.
- Plan and manage trade shows, consumer events, joint promotions, sales activities, and client visits throughout the UK and Europe.
- Coordinate meetings, travel arrangements, accommodation, and hospitality for visiting clients, followed by reporting and evaluation of results.
- Prepare regular market updates, sales reports, and account reviews, monitoring performance against agreed targets and KPIs.
- Develop promotional campaigns, partnerships, and familiarisation trips, including organisation, participant management, and follow-up activity.
- Work closely with PR colleagues to maximise travel-trade and consumer media exposure.
- Support and develop junior account staff while managing budgets, deadlines, and multiple priorities.
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Account Manager Experience & Skills:
- Minimum three years’ experience in Account Management or Partnership Marketing within travel.
- Excellent communication, sales, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
- Established contacts within the UK travel trade, particularly tour operators, airlines, and travel agents.
- Strong IT skills, including CRM systems, email marketing platforms, Microsoft Office, social media, and Photoshop.
- Demonstrable ability to manage accounts, budgets, campaigns, targets, and measurable commercial results.
- Excellent organisational, analytical, and time-management abilities.
- Comfortable working independently, remotely, and travelling when required.
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If you would like to apply for this brand-new Travel Trade Account Manager position and your experience fits the criteria mentioned above, please send your CV to mark@candm.co.uk.
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