• Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live the dream of combining your love for travel with a rare career opportunity!
• Live a year-round holiday working with expats in a new and exciting culture!
• Leave the cold Canadian winter behind for warmer weather in the new year!
• Enjoy the support of a global brand, including relocation, accommodation and visa assistance!
• Join one of the fastest growing businesses of its kind in the world, enjoying a wide range of award-winning benefits!

About Flight Centre

Flight Centre Limited is one of the world's largest travel agency groups, with more than 2000 leisure, corporate and wholesale businesses in 11 countries.The organisation is continually recognized as one of Canada's best employers because they know their people are their most valuable asset. Flight Centre employees are passionate about their work, their customers and their future success.

After starting with one shop 27 years ago, we have enjoyed remarkable ongoing growth.

Our rapidly expanding network now extends throughout Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, providing travellers with a complete service.

With Flight Centre you can have a career that can take you all over the world!

About the Opportunity

Instead of dragging out your winter wardrobe in anticipation for the snowy season - pack a suitcase and prepare to take your career to the next level in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience China!

This is the perfect time to join the dedicated and exciting Flight Centre team as our global organisation expands internationally. Live and breath another culture in one of these exciting roles and escape the 'everyday'!

We have extremely rare opportunities for Senior Travel Consultants to join our dedicated teams in awe-inspiring Hong Kong or stunning Shanghai.

In this rare opportunity, you will have the chance to liaise with people from all over the world. You will be responsible for assisting people from around the world to plan all aspects of their trips (both domestic and international), including flights, accommodation, tours and activities, transfers, visas etc, with the aim of generating business for the organisation.

In this role you will be dealing mainly with expatriates. However, although not essential, candidates with an understanding of, or experience working within, an Asian culture will be highly regarded, as will those who are fluent in Asian languages, particularly Mandarin or Cantonese.

You will need to have:

• Relevant degree or excellent academic record
• Personal travel experience
• A background working in the Travel Industry

To secure one of these rare opportunities, the ideal candidate will require a passion for the travel industry and love experiencing new cultures. You must be able to demonstrate your sales ability and have a commitment to providing a level of customer service that is second-to-none. The role requires well-presented individuals with fantastic communication and interpersonal skills. As this is an Experienced Consultant role, it is imperative that you have an extensive background in the Travel Industry.

This is your chance to not only send clients on their dream holidays, but to live a year-round holiday in Hong Kong or Shanghai. No day will be dull in your new role where your enthusiasm for your new country of residence will shine through every day.

This is your opportunity not only to enjoy the support of a renowned global organisation, but to change your life forever! Choose between two amazing destinations where you will live the dream, combining your career with a life-changing experience.

About the Benefits

Much more than a chance to escape the freezing Canadian winter and make all your friends jealous - the successful candidate will have access to a fantastic range of benefits!

Not only will you have the extraordinary chance to get paid to work in one of world's most amazing locations, but you'll be truly valued as a brand new Flight Centre recruit.

You won't be in it alone, we're making it easy for you to make the change with a strong global brand behind you offering relocation and visa assistance. Where else will you be given the opportunity to move to an amazing location for a bargain?

But you won't be thrown in the deep end, with accommodation also provided while you settle in to your new country of residence and a friendly Flight Centre team that will have you making fast friends!

Travel Consultant superstars will also enjoy an attractive remuneration package, comprising a base salary and generous commission structure. In addition, you will be further rewarded with the award-winning range of Flight Centre benefits, including:

• Access to discounted products and services (e.g. food, gym equipment);
• Discount travel benefits available; and
• Global career advancement / travel opportunities; and
• Relocation Assistance

Awe-Inspiring Hong Kong

Take your time and really experience the wonder of Hong Kong, exploring the contrasting stunning cityscapes and soaring mountains in this city of the "fragrant harbour".

Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where "East meets West", where you'll experience the traditional Chinese culture of the East with all the perks of a balanced modernised way of life in the West. Hong Kong offers a host of memorable tourist attractions within one compact location.

Even as a local, you'll still be amazed by the diverse contrasts and close proximity of stunning cityscapes and soaring mountains, heritage sites and extensive green countryside. Travelling to your new work, you'll still be in awe of the 7,650 skyscrapers that put the city at the top of the world rankings. 

Only hours from some of Asia's hottest and most popular vacation spots - Vietnam, Thailand and the Phillipines - your life will be one big holiday travelling around this awe-inspiring destination.

Stunning Shanghai

Advance your career in Shanghai, the bustling global city in East China renowned at a major business hub of China. You'll personally be a part of the booming economy of China that this amazing skyline represents.

Shanghai has so much to offer and you'll have plenty of time to explore every nook and cranny of its famous historical landmarks including The Bund, City God Temple and Yuyuan Garden during your stay.

Day to day admire the extensive and growing Pudong skyline. You'll truly appreciate Shanghai's position as the commercial and financial centre of mainland China as you live and work in one of the most prosperous cities in the world.

Bring your style and flair to this cosmopolitan Asian location, renowned for its sophisticated and affluent consumers and highly educated skilled labor force. It's easy to uncover the best Asia has to offer from your home-base in Shanghai!

There will never be a dull moment in this stunning destination.