Travel Trade Manager

Destination Greater Victoria Professional Full Time|Contract/Temporary Suite 600 - 765 Broughton Street Victoria, Victoria Accessible Employer: No Open to International applicants with valid Canadian Work permits: Yes Destination Greater Victoria is a dynamic destination marketing organization looking to add to our talented team.
With a membership of over 950 businesses, we offer a fast-paced, positive and results-oriented culture.
We offer a unique opportunity to contribute to the tourism industry and work collaboratively with a variety of local businesses to drive year-round sustainable growth for Greater Victoria.
Summary of Travel Trade Manager role: Bring your creativity, strategic mindset, and passion for partnerships to the role of Travel Trade Manager with DGV.
This position calls for someone who can hit the ground running, leading our Travel Trade program with a focus on innovation, commercial growth, and strong industry relationships.
You will champion business-to-business initiatives across retail trade, co-ops, and cruise, while building meaningful connections with traditional tour operators and travel agents.
From negotiating impactful partnerships and executing high-value sales strategies to representing Greater Victoria at tradeshows and industry events, you'll play a key role in positioning our destination for long-term success.
This is an opportunity for a results-driven professional with deep knowledge of the tourism and hospitality landscape to shape how Greater Victoria is discovered, experienced, and celebrated around the world.
This position is a hybrid role, with a requirement to work in-office at least three times per week, requiring the successful candidate to be located in the Greater Victoria region.
It is a full-time 35/hrs a week 14-month contract role with a salary between $68,000-$72,000.
What you need to bring:
• Degree in Business, Marketing or Tourism preferred.
• Five or more years of senior level experience in Tourism and Travel Trade.
• Five or more years of experience in the travel industry with sales expertise in tourism, hospitality.
An understanding of travel trade is key in this role.
• Entrepreneurial, creative, energetic, self-motivated, and results oriented.
• Proactive, solutions focused, able to work collaboratively with the team to deliver results.
• Highly effective project management, prioritization, multi-tasking, and time management skills.
• Superb writing, content development and editing skills.
• A strong knowledge of all our key markets including demographic, psychographic statistics and trends.
• A strong commercial orientation with a deep understanding of the sales process in the leisure travel distribution network.
Application Information: If Destination Greater Victoria sounds like a team you want to be part of, we want to hear from you Please apply with your cover letter and resume.
For a full outline of the role, please see the complete job description.
Applications will be accepted for this opportunity until the role has been filled.
DGV is committed to creating a diverse, multicultural environment and we welcome team members of all backgrounds and cultures including Inuit, Metis, Indigenous, status, non-status, and non-Indigenous.
Employment preference will be given to persons of Indigenous ancestry (please self-identify) as per Section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code and in recognition that local indigenous knowledge is an asset.
DGV's selection of employees is based on the criteria identified in the job description so that the best-qualified applicants are chosen.
Responsibilities & Qualifications What you need to bring:
• Degree in Business, Marketing or Tourism preferred.
• Five or more years of senior level experience in Tourism and Travel Trade.
• Five or more years of experience in the travel industry with sales expertise in tourism, hospitality.
An understanding of travel trade is key in this role.
• Entrepreneurial, creative, energetic, self-motivated, and results oriented.
• Proactive, solutions focused, able to work collaboratively with the team to deliver results.
• Highly effective project management, prioritization, multi-tasking, and time management skills.
• Superb writing, content development and editing skills.
• A strong knowledge of all our key markets including demographic, psychographic statistics and trends.
• A strong commercial orientation with a deep understanding of the sales process in the leisure travel distribution network.$68,000-$72,000 annually Job Application Process Please apply through the link with your cover letter and resume.
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