General Manager Travel

Full Job Description

Charterhouse is working with a highly successful, ambitious and growing local, UK owned business looking to hire a General Manager to set up and establish a new Corporate Travel Division.

Reporting to the Managing Director and the Executive Manager of the business you will be responsible for creating and establishing a corporate travel business by engaging directly with flight operators and ticketing agencies, both in the UAE and globally. Additionally you will be responsible for / possess the know how to arrange Visit Visa’s not only for the UAE but for Africa, the CIS Countries in particular and globally. Initially the business will serve all internal international travel providers before eventually expanding to offer corporate travel arrangements to this company’s clients.

Candidates should have at least 20 years experience operating within the travel sector (either corporate or consumer) and should be able to bring with them the experience needed to establish this division as a viable business going forward. It is essential you are enthusiastic, energetic and possess excellent interpersonal skills.

About The Company

The Charterhouse Partnership brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Singapore, and Sydney, with further regional expansion planned across Qatar and Saudi Arabia.