Travel Coordinator

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Penguin London are a bespoke travel company providing travel solutions to clients in the film, TV and sport industries and we are looking for a new valued partner to join our team. We're looking for a diligent and responsible individual to assist with bookings of hotels, flights, private jets, rental cars and chauffeurs for our ever growing list of clients. As a young, family-run business you will be part of a small, close and friendly team working together in the fast-paced, ever-changing world of sports and entertainment travel.

Your day-to-day

As part of the role you could be spending your time:

• Managing the booking of flights, hotels, car rental and transfers for groups of people attending events around the world.
• Booking of flights via GDS (Sabre) alongside making group airline bookings.
• Booking of private jets and helicopters and management of the flight, catering and transfers around the booking.
• Producing accurate travel itineraries that are circulated to all attendees.
• Negotiating group rates with travel suppliers so that Penguin London get the most competitive rates on the market.
• Post-event invoicing and reconciliation.
• Supporting the wider team with other tasks where required.

To join our team, you’ll ideally have an events or travel background with demonstrable experience within all or several the following:

• Working on events/travel for individuals or large numbers of people at once
• Hotel bookings and rooming lists
• Private and commercial flight bookings
• Car rental booking
• Accurate creation and maintenance of itineraries for multiple events
• Competent use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £24,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hook, RG27 9HA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person