Destination Manager Summer 2026
Want to lead operations abroad and inspire growth in a dynamic, people-focused role? Join us as a Destination Manager!
As a Destination Manager, you are the face of Apollo, dedicated to turning our customers' vacation dreams into reality. You are the prime responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations at your destination, ensuring both high customer satisfaction and sales performance. Leading your team effectively, you ensure that all destination activities align with Apollo’s goals, directives, and guidelines. Your role includes various administrative tasks, such as managing the destination’s budget, maintaining quality standards, and updating local marketing materials. Additionally, you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with local stakeholders, including hotels, suppliers, and other partners. You will report directly to one of the Regional Managers.
Skills & Requirements
What we’re looking for:
- Work Experience: At least 3 years of experience, ideally in service or the tourism industry
- Leadership experience: A minimum of one year experience from leading others
- Education: Completed 3-year upper secondary education
- Driver’s License: Class B manual driver’s license
- Language Skills: Fluency in a Scandinavian language, along with fluent spoken and written English
A natural sense of service is crucial for this role. As the first point of contact for customers, you will respond to their questions, fulfil their wishes, and enhance their overall experience. To be successful as a Destination Manager, you should be responsible, business-minded, organized, and possess strong organizational and leadership skills. You should have excellent verbal and written communication abilities, along with a strong customer focus and a solution-oriented mindset.
A university degree, experience in managing staff, extended stays abroad, and prior work in the travel industry are additional qualifications that can make your application stand out as a perfect fit for this position.
Does this sound like an exciting challenge? We warmly welcome your application! Selection and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis, so don’t wait—apply today!
About the company
Apollo is one of the Nordic region’s leading travel operators, with around one million travelers each year. We have approximately 200 employees across our Nordic offices, and during our summer and winter seasons, the team expands with an additional 100–250 seasonal staff. We offer customers the opportunity to explore the world—whether they dream of a relaxing beach holiday, an energizing training week in sunny destinations, or an exciting city adventure over a weekend. We arrange package holidays, training trips, cruises, and city breaks to meet all travel needs. In addition, we offer flexible flight and hotel bookings for those who prefer to tailor their own trip.
Since 2015, Apollo has been part of DERTOUR Nordic AB together with Golf Plaisir and Lime Travel. We are also part of the German REWE Group, which employs over 300,000 people.
Our mission is to make our customers’ holiday dreams come true by delivering outstanding service and experiences. To achieve our vision of becoming Northern Europe’s most engaging and obvious choice for holidays, we are always looking for driven and innovative employees—whether as a tour representative at one of our destinations or working in the production and sales of our trips.
Apollo also strives for sustainable travel and social responsibility through partnerships with organizations such as SOS Children’s Villages, Ecpat, and the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK). Since 2016, we have proudly held our Travelife certification. For more information, visit apollo.se.
Mari Yilmaz | Contact Person
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