Job Details

Are you a driven sales professional with a passion for travel and relationship-building? Join Avanti Destinations, the industry leader in international customized travel experiences, as our Regional Sales Director for the Mountainwest U.S. In this high-impact role, you’ll be the face of Avanti in your region—growing brand presence, strengthening key partnerships, and unlocking new business opportunities. If you thrive on the road, love connecting with people, and have exceptional communication and organizational skills, this is your chance to represent a company that creates unforgettable travel experiences around the world.

Uphold our mission statement: Avanti Destinations connects the components for customized international travel utilizing our technology and educated staff. Working exclusively with travel advisors, we deliver a unique vacation experience to individuals and groups.

This Full-Time position is eligible for participation in a comprehensive company benefits & perks program. Avanti offers low-cost full medical and dental coverage (for employees and dependents), paid-time off, paid holidays, and much more! Benefit eligibility begins at the beginning of the month following 60 days of employment.

What You’ll Do:
As the Regional Sales Director, you’ll be at the forefront of Avanti’s growth in the Mountainwest region. You’ll lead a strategic, hands-on approach to building relationships, identifying opportunities, and driving revenue. Your day-to-day will include:

• Developing and executing a regional sales strategy aligned with company goals to boost revenue and expand market presence
• Cultivating strong relationships with top accounts and individual customers, becoming a trusted partner in their success
• Collaborating with our National Accounts Team to identify new leads, target high-potential opportunities, and create lasting partnerships
• Providing valuable insights on competitors, market trends, and industry shifts to help shape broader business strategy
• Planning and attending trade events and regional marketing initiatives, including managing event budgets and logistics
• Traveling approximately 50% of the time (including overnights and occasional weekends) to engage directly with clients and represent Avanti at industry events
• Conducting regular sales reporting and analysis to share key performance insights and recommend strategies to enhance growth and customer satisfaction (NPS)
• Using your advanced computer skills (Tourgate, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Zoom) to stay organized, present ideas, and communicate effectively
• Leveraging social media and digital tools to build engagement and visibility within your territory (a plus!)

What We’re Looking For:
To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a blend of strategic thinking, people skills, and a passion for delivering outstanding service. The ideal candidate is someone who can build genuine relationships, solve problems creatively, and stay organized in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You’ll need to have:

• A strong commitment to delivering exceptional customer service—both internally and externally
• Natural relationship-building skills with a genuine enthusiasm for enhancing the customer experience
• Excellent communication abilities—verbal, written, and active listening
• Professional polish paired with a friendly, upbeat, and positive demeanor
• Strong problem-solving, negotiation, and complaint resolution skills
• High level of organization and attention to detail, with the ability to consistently meet or exceed deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and comfort learning proprietary systems (e.g., Tourgate)
• The ability to quickly learn and follow procedures, adapting with ease to new information, products, and policies
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams
• A readiness to grow in a performance-driven, ever-evolving environment

Education and Qualifications

• You are at least 18 years of age.

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• Previous Travel Industry experience

Physical Activities and Requirements:

• FINGER DEXTERITY: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.
• TALKING: Especially where one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• AVERAGE HEARING: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.
• AVERAGE VISUAL ABILITIES: Average, ordinary, visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products or operate machinery (copy machine, keyboard, etc.).
• PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Sedentary work; sitting most of the time. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally.

Physical Activities and Requirements:

• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions and to deal with problems involving a few variables.
• MATHEMATICS ABILITY: Ability to perform very basic math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing two-digit numbers; the four basic arithmetic operations with money; and operations with units such as inch, foot, yard; ounce, and pound (or their metric counterparts).
• LANGUAGE ABILITY: Ability to use passive vocabulary of 5,000-6,000 words; read at a slow rate; and define unfamiliar words in dictionaries for meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. Ability to write complex sentences, using proper punctuation, and using adjectives and adverbs. Ability to communicate in complex sentences, using normal word order with present and past tense and good vocabulary.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that physical and mental requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

About Avanti Destinations

Avanti Destinations is the market leader in independent travel management, working exclusively for travel agents, with expertise in customizable travel to Europe, Central & South America, and Asia, including air, rail, cars, hotels, sightseeing, transfers, and other experiential travel options. We specialize in providing hand-picked, locally owned hotels in large and small cities, as well as hard-to-find-options for experienced travelers at the best values. Avanti is rapidly growing; breaking barriers and using innovative technologies to make sure travel agents continue to book vacations through our travel consultants. Avanti Destinations participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information if hired, to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

We are world-travelers and embrace diversity and inclusion. We celebrate individual expression and uniqueness. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination. We are committed to hiring individuals that reflect the world community we serve without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. We are an equal opportunity employer.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Offers of employment are conditional upon the results of a background investigation. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories and review results on an individual basis.

Our Mission

Avanti Destinations connects the components for customized international travel utilizing our technology and educated staff. Working exclusively with travel advisors, we deliver a unique vacation experience to individuals and groups.

Our Vision

Connecting the past, present and future through international travel.

Department: Sales

Reports To: Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (CSMO)

Wage: $75,000 - $80,000 - DOE

Classification: Exempt - Salaried

Direct Reports: None

Work Location: Remote

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance