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Travel Operations Specialist (GDS skills required)

  • Application Deadline: Oct. 20, 2024
  • Tallinn
  • Hybrid
  • Application Deadline: Oct. 20, 2024
  • Tallinn
  • Hybrid

We are looking for a Travel Operations Specialist with the Global Distribution System (GDS) skills to join our team in the Tallinn office.

If you're passionate about providing world-class customer service and are looking for a good working environment and fun atmosphere, we may have just the perfect fit for you!

Job description, tasks:

  • Manage booking and ticketing of travel to support FIT, Groups, Corporate, and Crew bookings, in line with our negotiated contracts, pricing and fees, and service and quality standards​
  • Ensure a cost-effective and efficient approach to all bookings, with a focus on customer experience and internal service delivery​
  • Handle changes, cancellations, and adjustments as needed, recovering refunds when possible​
  • Coordinate directly with customers and local suppliers during emergency situations to assist with travel arrangements through all of our communication channels (e.g. via phone, email etc.)
  • Support Irregular Operations, emergencies, and Schedule Changes Travels as needed
  • Support events and VIP travel as needed
  • Maintain confidentiality of personal information, traveler information, and trade secrets
  • Assist Accounting with cost or confirmation requests as needed
  • Be up to date with trainings, product knowledge, and GDS skills
  • Assist with ad hoc projects as needed

Requirements:

  • Good knowledge of booking systems, documentation procedures, and other processes, with excellent knowledge of GDS (e.g. Amadeus, Sabre), MS Office and Reporting tools​
  • Reservation skills for domestic and international reservations, including air, hotel, rail & transportation​
  • Fluent English; other languages beneficial​
  • Desire to provide good customer service, good communication skills
  • Cooperative and a dedicated team player, also able to work independently
  • Experience in the travel industry​

Here's what we offer:

  • Time to Unwind Say hello to 6 extra days off on top of your 28-day annual vacation. Your well-being matters!
  • Stay Fit, Stay Insured Enjoy a flexible benefits package that includes sports compensation. Stay active, stay healthy! Or we've got you covered with extra health insurance. Your health is our priority.
  • Learn and Grow Get support for your language learning journey. Expand your horizons with us.
  • Voyages of a Lifetime Enjoy fantastic staff benefits for our company's voyages. Pack your bags, we're going places!
  • Positive Vibes Only Immerse yourself in our friendly, positive, and fun atmosphere. Work doesn't have to feel like work!
  • Ambition Meets Enthusiasm Be surrounded by enthusiastic and ambitious colleagues. We're all in this together!
  • Health and Wellness Hit the gym and relax in our sauna right here in the office. Stay fit, stay zen.
  • Party Time! Join in on different team and company events - Christmas party, Summer days, Health Month, and more. Let's celebrate together!
  • World at Your Feet Experience a truly international working environment and carve your career path. The world is your oyster!

Ready to embark on this exciting journey with us? Apply now and let's create something amazing together!

Hurtigruten is one of Norway's strongest brands and is a spearhead in Norwegian and international tourism. Its ships have been operating in and exploring some of the most challenging waters in the world since 1893; the roots go back to the Norwegian polar heroes.

Hurtigruten is the world leader in exploration travel which comes with a responsibility to ensure that sustainability is integrated across all operations. It focuses on innovation, technology and concrete measures to explore as responsibly as possible. The Expedition ships offer unforgettable voyages to Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, the Americas, Europe and across the Atlantic Ocean.

We set sail almost 130 years ago and since then we have been on an exciting journey of transformation. To support our growth ambitions we need new hands on deck.

Hurtigruten Estonia OÜ is the Estonian branch of the company, focused on sales and services including a wide range of support functions. In the Hurtigruten Customer and Sales Centre in Tallinn, there are over 300 employees from 40 countries. We are looking for more travel and tourism enthusiasts to join our Team in Tallinn.

Work with great people

Kristel Päss
Guest Relations Emergency Team Leader
"Every day is different, and you can never know what challenges are waiting. After ten years in Hurtigruten, there’s always something new to learn"
Mathys Javelaud
Senior Travel Consultant, French team
"We always explore new possibilities and ideas. It can be about the company and how makes the work better, but also new possibilities in a personal way with the career."
Gerda Tilk
IT Infrastructure & Platforms Operations Manager
"Explore with us” in Hurtigruten doesn’t only have a meaning for our wonderful travel destinations. I believe the whole company is continuously exploring, literally in every department."

Skills & Requirements

  • Experience in the travel industry​
  • Good knowledge of booking systems, documentation procedures, and other processes, with excellent knowledge of GDS (e.g. Amadeus, Sabre) , MS Office and Reporting tools​
  • Reservation skills for domestic and international reservations, including air, hotel, rail & transportation​
  • Fluent English; other languages beneficial​
  • Desire to provide good customer service, good communication skills
  • Cooperative and a dedicated team player, also able to work independently

Additional information:
Working time is MON-SUN 07:00-22:00 based on monthly schedules.
We can hire people with EU living and working permits only.

Great Place to Work

  • Play your part

  • Inspire the Adventure

  • Make tomorrow better

About the company

The undisputed global leader in sustainable inspirational adventure travel — a catalyst for change towards a greener travel industry. Formed in 1893, Hurtigruten Group is the world’s leading adventure travel group. We have 2,400+ employees worldwide, representing more than 50 nationalities. They form part of three main business areas — Hurtigruten Expeditions, Norwegian Coastal Express and Hurtigruten Svalbard — which offer unique small-ship and land-based adventures from pole-to-pole.

For almost 130 years we have pushed boundaries on expedition travel and sailed tourists, locals and cargo around the Norwegian coastline and polar regions. We have made Norway more connected, impacting the lives of millions of people. And we continue to share knowledge with our international guests about wildlife, local communities, science and the natural world.

As a group, we are revolutionising the travel industry’s approach to sustainability through a number of vital initiatives to protect the world we explore.

Quick overviewWe've been caring for our coast for 130 years and want to do whatever we can to help protect it for another 130 years and more. We’re creating sustainable travel experiences, striving to keep our footprint small and impact lasting.

Single-use plastic banHurtigruten was the first major travel company to have removed single-use plastic from its entire fleet and our hotels.

Hurtigruten FoundationThe Foundation specialises in the conservation of endangered species, fighting against marine and plastic pollution.

EmissionsCurbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is crucial if we are to keep global warming in check. We know that the travel industry has work to do reducing its impact on the climate, so we’ve set out ways we can make a real difference by focusing on concrete, measurable solutions.

PeopleOur employees are at the heart of who we are. They’re the people who drive our business forward, the faces that guests see on board our ships, and the advocates for our brand.

CommunitySince 1893 we have been a lifeline on the Norwegian coast. The route we founded binds the country together, transporting people and delivering goods. Travel and tourism a catalysts for value creation in the beautiful local communities we are so lucky to visit and cooperate with.

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