Remote Lands, a luxury travel designer based in New York and Bangkok, is looking to hire two (2) Travel Coordinator/Account Managers for its New York office.

Local candidates are preferred; please send all applications to remotelands @ yahoo dot com.

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Travel Coordinator
COMPANY:
Based in New York and Bangkok, Remote Lands is a luxury boutique travel company focused exclusively on Asia that creates custom holidays for high net-worth individuals. For more information, please check out http://www.remotelands.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Luxury Travel Coordinator/Account Manager
Remote Lands Inc. is seeking well-traveled, culture-loving individuals for this creative, multi-tasking position involving the following responsibilities:

• Working one-on-one with affluent travelers to customize private international itineraries based on firsthand travel expertise and experience
• Designing, costing and creating new itineraries and related materials
• Writing itineraries
• Create and manage highly detailed spreadsheets for trip coordination
• Invoicing & billing clients, document preparation and data entry
• Maintain and update internal database
• Contributing to our blog
• Research related to trips and special interests (culture, food, family activities, art, architecture, gardens, historic attractions, etc.)
• Assisting with administrative projects and activities
• Using own initiative to develop new activities, destinations, and partnerships
• Other creative and design projects and sales activities
• Attending travel industry events

REQUIREMENTS:
• Extensive previous international travel experience in Asia and/or Middle East
• Knowledge of luxury hotels and the travel industry a plus.
• Exceptional communication skills
• "Detail-oriented" is an understatement -- ability to analyze and synthesize a vast volume of information and understand complicated travel logistics
• Passionate, enthusiastic, optimistic and hardworking with can-do attitude
• Excellent rapport-building skills and a track record of customer interaction
• Confidence
• Passionate about culture and able to speak from firsthand experience about food, art, culture, history, and what makes a place unique
• Sophisticated interests related to lifestyle (avid reader of upscale lifestyle publications related to travel, food, shopping, art and culture)
• Bright and articulate multi-tasker
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Adobe InDesign expertise required; Creative Suite familiarity a plus
• Team player, on a small tight-knit team where you play a significant role
• Willingness to assist with a wide range of tasks including administrative jobs and whatever else is necessary in a small company.

IMPORTANT:
Resumes will only be considered if accompanied by ALL ITEMS listed!

• A detailed cover letter explaining why you are the right person for the job and what you find attractive about the job description
• Your CV/resume
• Two unpublished travel writing samples and thorough personal travel history (including places visited, date and length of trips, favorite places and experiences)


Thank you and we look forward to receiving your submissions!
-Jonathan