{"id":38348,"date":"2015-08-20T08:24:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T12:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=38348"},"modified":"2015-08-20T08:25:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T12:25:03","slug":"job-travel-consultant-japan-specialist-access-appointments-consultancy-ltd-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/20\/job-travel-consultant-japan-specialist-access-appointments-consultancy-ltd-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Travel Consultant (Japan Specialist) &#8211; Access Appointments Consultancy Ltd. (England)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>,\u00a0curriculum and\u00a0content developer for a\u00a0real estate school<\/em><em>\u00a0based in Virginia.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Travel Consultant (Japan Specialist)<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Posted By: <\/strong>Access Appointments Consultancy Ltd.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Central London, England<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Status:<\/strong>\u00a0Full Time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>A small Japanese travel company based in Central London is currently seeking a suitably-qualified and experienced Japan specialist travel consultant who has extensive knowledge of Japan and customer service experience to work in the outbound leisure section. You will essentially be responsible for creating tailor-made, bespoke holidays and tours, mainly to Japan, but also occasionally other Far East destinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Main Duties Include (but not limited to):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Organizing tailor-made tours and managing bookings, both over the phone and via email<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Arrangement and management of the end-to-end arrangements for clients\u2019 bookings, including tours, rail passes, hotels and transfers, and using the appropriate booking systems and account management applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Preparing all final documentation for client holidays and following up any queries or concerns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Provide customer service in person, and via phone and email to assist with enquiries relating to clients\u2019 tours, or general Japan related enquiries<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Liaising throughout the entire process with suppliers and clients<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Respond quickly and calmly to unforeseen difficulties that may arise on clients\u2019 holidays<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Organize, copy-write, and produce advertising material, as well as in-house proof-reading and editing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Work competently and efficiently, using initiative at all times without direct supervision<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Revise tour itineraries and prepare new tour itineraries annually as well as cost-calculation to ensure the brand remains competitive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Participation in travel events, attending seminars, and client visits where necessary, with very occasional familiarization trips, and attending events as required, to promote and sell Japan as a travel destination<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Required Skills:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Worked \/ lived in Japan for minimum of 2 years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Fluent \/ native English communication skills, both oral and written.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Minimum of advanced conversational level Japanese<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Strong attention to detail<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ability to work well under pressure, and prioritize a demanding workload<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Previous experience in a highly customer-focused orientated role with an outstanding level of client rapport<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Applicants must be able to demonstrate an interest and passion for Japan and travel, with knowledge of various regions of Japan, especially remote and less-travelled areas. Extensive travel experience throughout Japan and extensive knowledge of the geography of Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Very occasional out-of-hours and weekend attendance at events will be required, so flexibility is essential.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Advanced Microsoft Office user, especially Word &amp; Excel<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Preferred (but not essential) Skills:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Customer service experience in the travel industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Knowledge of airline industry and airfare rules and regulations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience using Galileo or similar GDS (Amadeus, Worldspan, Sabre etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Basic web-editing \/ HTML skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience using Open-Office Draw \/ GIMP etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Application Process:\u00a0<\/strong>Email Mitsue Finch Uchida at<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:info@access-appointments.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@access-appointments.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for more details<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow,\u00a0curriculum and\u00a0content developer for a\u00a0real estate school\u00a0based in Virginia.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position:\u00a0Travel Consultant (Japan Specialist) Posted By: Access Appointments Consultancy Ltd. Location:\u00a0Central London, England Status:\u00a0Full Time Summary:\u00a0A small Japanese travel company based in Central London is currently seeking a suitably-qualified and experienced Japan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9Yw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38351,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38348\/revisions\/38351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}