Welcome to Gecko Travel Recruitment

Let us be your partner of choice for leisure, travel & tourism jobs

About us

Gecko Travel Recruitment specialise in travel, leisure & tourism recruitment

Being a boutique recruitment consultancy, we partner our clients to find exceptional talent offering a personalised and tenacious recruitment service. Our proven technique has resulted in over 80% of our clients being repeat.

For our candidates we dedicate time to help and guide you through your job search supporting you in finding your dream job.

Gecko Travel Recruitment is a business with personality, passion, knowledge, and quality of service we are super proud of.

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Expertise

Gecko Travel Recruitment

the difference between good and great!

We specialise in providing recruitment solutions for both permanent and fixed term vacancies in the travel, leisure & tourism industries. With a deep understanding of this industry, we excel in sourcing talent across various disciplines, including Sales & Account Management, Commercial, Product & Purchasing, Marketing, Ecommerce, Revenue Management, Operations, Finance and Travel Technology.

With extensive experience in the travel industry, we have a proven track record of recruiting top talent for well-known businesses in the travel sector such as, Tour Operating, Aviation, Wholesale, Online Travel, Adventure Travel, Car Rental, Sales & Marketing, and Travel Technology. We have also partnered with fast-paced, start-up travel businesses delivering candidates with an entrepreneurial flair and a hunger to succeed.

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Latest jobs

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Senior Revenue Manager

Hertfordshire - Hybrid

Travel

Competitive salary plus bonuses

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are working with this wonderful travel group based in the Home Counties who are looking for a Senior Revenue Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. As Senior Revenue Manager you will be responsible for overseeing a team of Revenue Managers and collaborating with a large range of regional and senior leaders to maximise revenue, market share and profits across the business. You will play a crucial role in supporting and successfully implementing the commercial strategy and focusing on driving revenue and profits. Previous experience working within revenue management within travel or hospitality is absolutely essential to be considered for this role.

North America Marketing Executive

London - Hybrid

Leisure

£30,000-£32,000 depending on experience

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are thrilled to be working with this multi award-winning Tour Operator who are looking for a North America Marketing Executive to join their team on a permanent basis. As Marketing Executive, you'll report to the Head of Marketing. Collaborating closely with the broader Marketing, Product, and Sales Teams, you'll play a crucial part in this dynamic and diverse position, ensuring the timely and budget-friendly achievement of objectives. This role would suit someone who has amassed substantial experience at the marketing executive level, who is now looking to progress to a managerial role as there is excellent room for career progression.

Customer Services Assistant

London - Hybrid

Leisure

£25,000 plus commission (circa £300 per month)

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are extremely excited to be working with this award-winning leading independent Tour Operator based in London who are looking for a Customer Services Assistant to join their Post Departure team on a permanent basis. As Customer Services Assistant, you will assist in all customer related queries post departure. It is important for applicant to be fluent in english, verbal and written as you will be corresponding with customers via letter, email and phone. This is a hybrid role with a mixture of home and office working paying £25K + commission, circa £300 a month.

Revenue Manager

Hertfordshire - Hybrid

Travel

Competitive salary plus bonus

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are delighted to be working with this wonderful travel group based in the Home Counties who are looking for a Revenue Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. As a Revenue Manager you will be responsible for optimising revenue, market share and profits across the business by strategically coordinating revenue management processes and procedures. The assigned portfolios are highly diverse, offering the chance to engage with various markets and countries. Previous experience working within revenue management within travel or hospitality is absolutely essential to be considered for this role.

Where we recruit

Leisure

Gecko Travel Recruitment work with a range of Leisure travel clients with an emphasis on outbound tour operating. We have carved a niche in our client portfolio to work with specialists in their field such as Adventure, Luxury, Ski, Education & Student Travel and Destination specific Tour Operators. Recruiting at all levels from Executive to Board level roles, within the UK and further afield.

We have successfully recruited across all disciplines within the leisure travel industry to include Sales/Account Management, Operations, Marketing, Customer Service, Finance, Product & Purchasing, Commercial, Administration, Ticketing and Reservations.

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Travel

The word “Travel” within the travel industry is quite generic. Our interpretation of travel is anything that isn’t tour operating, to include Airlines, Representation/Sales & Marketing/PR, Travel Technology, Events, Travel Media, Rail, Business Travel and Car Rental. Recruiting across all disciplines, Gecko Travel Recruitment have a proven background of recruiting within these areas of travel.

Travel jobs in the travel sector would include Business Travel Consultant, Travel Management, Sales & Account Management, Revenue Management, MICE & Events Management.

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Tourism

Tourism, is also known as Inbound Travel. Gecko Travel Recruitment has a portfolio of clients within this sector to include Tour Operators, DMC’s, and Attractions, all of which specialise in Groups and FIT tours to the UK & Ireland. In Tourism it is common for roles to require fluency in another language.

Tourism jobs in this sector would include Group & FIT Reservations, Hotel Contracting, Product Management, Operations, Sales Management, Administration and Finance.

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The difference between good and great!

Lucy reached out to me via LinkedIn with a job opportunity for me which ended up being great for me. I have now worked at the company for over 5 months and really enjoying it. She was very helpful and responsive throughout the recruitment process and has been really helpful.
Amy Williams

I had a fantastic experience with Gecko Travel Recruitment. Lucy was brilliant - she took the time to understand what I wanted and really looked after me through the whole recruitment process. She was also very responsive, professional and full of great advice. It didn’t take her long at all to find me a great job, and I’m really happy in my new role. I would highly recommend Gecko to anyone looking to make their next career move.
Sally Bittiner

Lovely team that always puts their best effort to help you. If you are unsure about details Lucy and her colleagues will provide high quality advice and assistance. I had the feeling that they really cared about me succeeding and celebrated this milestone with me.
Ilka Fritzer

Lucy and Bianca have supported us over the last 12 months and helped us fill roles in a very tough market! They have really taken the time to get to know the business and roles which makes them stand out from other agencies we have worked with in the past!
Group HR Business Partner, Tour Operator

Bianca and Lucy at Gecko are fantastic to work with! They have both been very efficient and detailed in their processes, giving me confidence in finding the right candidates.

We have had many successful candidates recommended and employed by Gecko.

I would highly recommend them for any recruitment you may have!! Thank you team and look forward to working with you again in the future.
Human Resources, Travel Company

I would highly recommend Lucy, Bianca and the team at Gecko Recruitment as they were a pleasure to work with throughout our search for a finance candidate. They listened closely to the particular requirements we needed, worked hard to promote the role, and speedily found the perfect candidate for our team. We will definitely be using their service again in the future!
Managing Director , Holiday Rental Company