Africa Travel Consultant

Sell Africa. Shape Africa. Grow with Africa.

Do you live and breathe Africa? Can you craft a migration safari in the Serengeti as easily as you can plan a family adventure in Botswana or a beach escape in Mozambique?

Due to growth and demand for the iconic Africa Platinum Travel Recruitment are exclusively collaborating with a fabulous and forward thinking travel company now seeking an experienced Luxury Tailormade Africa Travel Consultant to join its growing and supportive team.

With a great reputation in the industry with financial backing, this tour operator offers career progression with the opportunity not to just sell Africa but to also be involved with product.

Great opportunity for an existing Africa Travel Specialist seeking their next step in their travel career.

If you're an experienced Africa Travel Consultant looking for more autonomy, creativity, and genuine career progression - this is it.

Africa Travel Consultant Duties:

* Designing and selling luxury tailormade holidays across East & Southern Africa - including Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, and the Indian Ocean Islands.

* Creating everything from iconic safaris and small-group tours to complex family itineraries and honeymoons.

* Getting involved in product development, not just selling it, but helping to shape it, build supplier relationships and bring new ideas to the table.

* Delivering exceptional, consultative customer service from first enquiry to post-travel.

* Utilising your destination expertise and GDS skills to create seamless, cutting-edge itineraries.

Africa Travel Consultant - Essential Requirements:

* Proven background working for a specialist tour operator - essential.

* Strong, recent sales experience selling Africa as a primary destination.

* Outstanding product knowledge across East and Southern Africa.

* A natural sales closer with a passion for luxury tailor-made travel.

* GDS experience is ideal but not essential.

Africa Travel Consultant - Benefits:

* Generous salary and commission

* Involvement in product - not just sales

* Hybrid working in London or remote (UK only) working available

* Sociable working hours

* FAM Trips

* Travel perks

* Career growth

* Pension

* Supportive team

This company invests in its people, its product and its future. If you are an Africa Specialist ready for your next step up - where your expertise is truly valued - we want to hear from you.

Please note: Only candidates with tour operator experience selling Africa will be considered