RECRUITERS are seeking unemployed people to fill 100 sales jobs at a new call centre to open in Stanmore.

Travel firm International Cruise and Excursions (ICE) Europe said it needs to expand after buying two cruise holiday websites  - 1st4cruising.com and voyana.com - from a rival.

The company is based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, has a customer service centre in Cork, Ireland, and is looking to hire outbound travel sales agents for its first London office.

Interested jobseekers can attend recruitment fairs, where immediate interviews will take place, at Suite 8, Buckingham House East, The Broadway, Stanmore, today between 10am and 4pm, tomorrow (Wednesday March 21) between 12noon and 8pm and Thursday from 10am to 4pm.

The company has not disclosed the exact location of its call centre.

Warren Joy, ICE Europes senior vice president, said: The acquisition of these website domains and associated customer databases has further strengthened our position as a world leading provider of innovative cruise and travel programs.

"New recruits for the Stanmore operation will preferably have a background in sales, but they dont necessarily need travel industry experience as they will go through a four week training programme to introduce them to the range of ICE products and our proven customer relationship management systems.

"The creation of our new out-bound contact centre in Stanmore will enable us to introduce more customers from 1st4cruising.com and Voyana.com to the wide range of holiday options we offer though our established loyalty reward schemes including cruises and resort packages."

n Potential applicants for the vacancies in Stanmore can email their CV to ICEEuropeanRecruiter@iceenterprise.com