HAL - Shorex Staff

Let your passion for travel and adventure become a career!

As a Shore Excursion Staff, you will add excitement to our guests' cruise itinerary with tours and cultural site visits. You will use your passion for travel and prior sales experience to entice customers with the perfect excursions.

Our Shore Excursions Staff Members play a critical role in front of our guests and behind the scenes with their administration skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop knowledge of established tour programs and region-specific port information.
• Function as tour leader/translator when needed.
• Ensure guest satisfaction by escorting guests on tour and reporting accurate accounts of guest experiences on each guided tour.
• Achieve departmental revenue goals by following established sales techniques offering recommendations and recognizing opportunities to upsell or sell additional tour products.
• Assist in tour dispatch. Guide guests from the meeting point to transportation, work with tour operators to ensure all guests are accounted for and ensure all guests have returned from the tour. Communicating any challenges with the ship’s management team.
• Participate in social functions as outlined in the Shore Excursions Procedures Manual.
• Perform presentations in foreign languages and translate documents as required by the Shore Excursion Manager.
• Assist in the operations of the Shore Excursion Office by completing additional administrative tasks assigned to you by the Shore Excursion management team.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise:

• Excellent communication skills including verbal & presentation in English Language. (Dutch, Spanish, and German Preferred)
• Minimum 1 Year of prior sales experience
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills.
• Extensive Point of Sales Systems, Databases, and Mobile Devices knowledge.
• Ability to work extended and irregular hours
• Ability to relocate, live, and work onboard as per contract length
• Work independently and at the same time participate as part of team.
• Prior experience working in tourism, or the cruise industry is preferred.

Benefits:

• Come travel the world! Every day is a new destination and adventure.
• Join our diverse community and make new friends from many different countries.
• Cruise benefits for you, your family, and your friends
• Supportive management approach
• Competitive compensation that rewards performance
• Learning and career development opportunities