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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Operations Administrator

Surrey

Leisure

£22-25,000 depending on experience

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are delighted to be working exclusively with this wonderful Educational Travel Company who are looking for an Operations Administrator to join their team on a permanent basis. As Operations Administrator, you will be responsible for ensuring precise and consistent standards of administration, primarily for the Operations Team. The primary focus of this role is to provide outstanding customer service, both internally by supporting the team, and externally to suppliers and clients. This is a fully office based role working from their modern offices in Surrey.

Website Marketing Executive

Home Counties - Hybrid

Leisure

£27-30,000 depending on experience

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are thrilled to be working with this rapidly expanding travel business based in The Home Counties. They are recruiting a Website Marketing Executive to join their team on a permanent basis. As Website Marketing Executive you will provide support to the Head of Marketing and various agencies, assisting with a wide array of marketing functions encompassing both above-the-line and below-the-line activities in both B2B and B2C marketing. This position will require a well organised, resourceful, confident, energetic, and motivated marketer with plenty of passion.

Offline Marketing Executive

Home Counties - Hybrid

Leisure

£27-30,000 depending on experience

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are thrilled to be working with this rapidly expanding travel business based in The Home Counties. They are recruiting an Offline Marketing Executive to join their team on a permanent basis. As Offline Marketing Executive, you will support the Head of Marketing and collaborate with multiple agencies across a range of marketing functions, encompassing both above and below the line activities for both B2B and B2C marketing. This position will require a confident, well organised, resourceful, energetic, and motivated marketer with plenty of passion.

Digital Performance Marketing Manager

Home Counties - Hybrid

Leisure

Circa £40,000 per annum

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Gecko Travel Recruitment are thrilled to be working with this rapidly expanding travel business based in The Home Counties. They are recruiting a dynamic Digital Performance Marketing Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. As Digital Performance Marketing Manager, you will develop and implement a robust digital marketing strategy encompassing paid advertising and search engine optimisation (SEO) to enhance the online presence and performance of the business. You will collaborate closely with members of the senior executive team, particularly the Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, within the commercial structure for day-to-day operations.

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