Corporate Sales & Business Development Executive – Travel

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On-site Full Time
UAE , Abu Dhabi
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Job Details

  • Identify, approach, and acquire new corporate clients to increase revenue from air ticketing, hotel bookings, and related travel services.

  • Develop and implement sales plans to achieve monthly and annual business-development targets.

  • Generate leads through cold calling, referrals, networking, online research, and business events.

  • Arrange meetings with corporate decision-makers, including procurement, administration, finance, human resources, and travel coordinators.

  • Understand each prospective client’s travel requirements and propose suitable corporate travel solutions.

  • Prepare and present quotations, proposals, service packages, and corporate travel agreements.

  • Negotiate pricing, service fees, credit terms, and commercial conditions within approved company guidelines.

  • Follow up on prospective opportunities and convert qualified leads into active corporate accounts.

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with corporate customers to encourage repeat bookings and long-term cooperation.

  • Identify opportunities to increase sales through air tickets, hotel accommodation, transfers, travel insurance, visa assistance, and other travel services.

  • Monitor market trends, customer requirements, and competitor activities within the corporate travel sector.

  • Maintain an accurate sales pipeline and update customer information, meetings, proposals, and follow-up activities in the CRM system.

  • Coordinate with the ticketing, reservations, operations, and finance teams to ensure smooth customer onboarding and service delivery.

  • Prepare regular sales, pipeline, revenue, and customer-acquisition reports for management.

  • Support payment follow-up and ensure assigned customers comply with approved credit terms.

Desired Candidate Profile

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Hospitality Management, or a related field.

  • Minimum of 5-7 years of proven experience in corporate sales or business development, specifically within the travel industry.

  • Demonstrated success in prospecting, negotiating, and closing deals with large corporate accounts.

  • Experience selling air tickets, hotel bookings, corporate travel services, or related business-to-business services.

  • Strong network of corporate contacts within the UAE would be an advantage.

  • Good understanding of corporate travel requirements, pricing, service fees, and credit arrangements.

  • Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.

  • Self-motivated, target-driven, and capable of working independently.

  • Good organizational skills with consistent follow-up and attention to detail.

  • Proficiency in CRM software, Microsoft Office, and sales-reporting tools.

  • Familiarity with systems such as Amadeus, Galileo, or Sabre would be an advantage.

  • Excellent written and spoken English; Arabic would be an advantage.

  • Valid UAE driving license.

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