We take enormous pride from bringing to life Princess Cruises and as one of our Reservations Advisors, you will demonstrate a passion for our brand when talking to our guests and travel agent partners, providing exceptional customer service, enhancing guest experience, and delivering against sales & telephony targets.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Using your product knowledge and exceptional customer service skills to resolve queries both pre and post cruise via inbound calls.
- Aiming to provide first-call resolution, delivering the desired outcome for guests and travel agent partners.
- Building trusting relationships with guests and travel agent partners, proactively identifying itineraries and cruise products that best match their needs.
- Converting enquiries into bookings by confidently recommending and selling cruise holidays, cabins, packages, and relevant products.
- Managing cruise bookings from initial enquiry through to confirmation, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail throughout the booking process.
- Delivering outstanding guest satisfaction and creating memorable customer experiences.
- Supporting travel agent and guest queries via webchat.
- Handling complex and special requests with professionalism, demonstrating expert product knowledge and ownership through to resolution.
This role is classified as CUK13 and is available on a full-time, permanent basis. We offer hybrid work with a minimum of two days per week in our Southampton office.
Requirements: What You Need to Succeed
Successful candidates will possess:
- Effective communication skills and be able to offer great customer service, with the desire to go the extra mile for our guests and travel partners
- Be a problem solver with the ability to resolve enquiries and complaints, delivering first call resolution to a high-quality standard.
- Use product knowledge to identify opportunities to retain guests’ bookings by promoting our product features and benefits
We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist.
About You: The Ideal Candidate
You are more than just your CV. You're someone who brings:
- Professionalism – be ready for work, courteous to colleagues and protect customer information
- Positive Attitude
- Team Collaboration
- Adaptability
Reservation Advisor: What you need to know
Interview Process – will include a one way video interview, an online assessment and a face to face interview (Discovery Day) at Carnival House (this will include an Icebreaker, Q&A with a member of the team, a group activity and a 121 interview with competency style questions).
Training: first 5 weeks will be with our training team; Monday to Friday 9am to 17:00 which requires full attendance for the full period.
Average working hours are 35 per week.
You will be required to work shifts on a rostered basis within the opening hours of the Contact Centre (CCO) Monday to Friday 08:00 to 20:00 , Saturday 09:00 to 17:00 and Sunday 10:00 - 16:00, inclusive of weekends and evenings.
You will be required to work 2 Saturdays in 4 and 2 Sundays in 4. Your shifts will be exclusive of breaks for lunch. Your exact shifts, rotations and breaks will be subject to local arrangements with the CCO Resource Planning team.
Why Join Us?
Working within our Contact Centre Operations teams means you’ll be part of a community that values growth, work-life balance, and well-being.
- Bonus Scheme
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Employee-led networks
- Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme.
Take the Next Step
Our Hiring teams value giving candidates a great experience, if we receive a high volume of applications that will compromise our ability to offer the service we like to provide, the role could be paused or closed early, we therefore encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
Recruitment Journey
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About UsSkills Required
- Effective communication skills
- Customer service skills and a willingness to exceed guest and travel partner expectations
- Problem-solving skills and ability to resolve enquiries and complaints
- Ability to deliver high-quality first-call resolution
- Product knowledge and ability to promote product features and benefits
- Professionalism and ability to protect customer information
- Positive attitude
- Ability to collaborate as part of a team
- Adaptability
- Full attendance during the first five weeks of training
- Availability for rostered evening and weekend shifts
Holland America Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Holland America Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Holland America Group.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Travel privileges, cruise discounts, and company-paid travel stand out as distinctive perks that add meaningful value, especially for those who enjoy cruising and international work. Paid training, tuition assistance, and development support further strengthen the overall package for many shoreside roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is presented as part of a solid, comprehensive package for eligible full-time employees, with onboard medical care available for shipboard staff. Despite role-based variations, healthcare benefits remain a core component of total rewards.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan and, in some roles, an employee stock-purchase plan provide structured retirement savings opportunities. These programs contribute to a competitive offering for eligible shoreside employees.
Holland America Group Insights
What We Do
Holland America Group is a cruise operator serving brands including Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, and P&O Australia. Its flagship, Holland America Line, has been a leader in cruising for over 150 years, providing more than 500 annual sailings across seven continents. The group is committed to creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences through excellence in service and exploration of exotic destinations worldwide.
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