Hospitality & Hotel Management Internships: Intern abroad in Dublin, Ireland

Internship details

Irish hospitality is famous all over the world, and on these rewarding Hospitality and Hotel Management internships you’ll gain hands-on experience contributing to the lively, vibrant industry in and around Dublin. Intern in a range of high quality hotels, restaurants or bars, helping to serve customers and contributing to their operations and marketing alongside experienced professionals.

This is an in-country internship, with accommodation and meals provided. Click here to check out remote internships, which you can undertake from home.

Hospitality and hotel management are exciting industries where no two days are the same. On these rewarding internships in Ireland, you can gain practical experience in both general and specific roles within premium hotels, restaurants and bars around Dublin and the town of Bray, which is 20 minutes by train from the centre of Dublin.

Internships are available in multiple hotels, including those within the McGettigan Hotel Group and Dalata Hotel Group. As an intern, you can gain experience in the running of the hotels themselves, or within restaurants, leisure centers, spas or other facilities. Internship activities can include, but may not be limited to:

• Welcoming guests
• Assisting with bookings and reservations
• Providing customer service
• Assisting with operations requirements
• Contributing to marketing strategies

Inters looking for experience in a specific field should include details on your application. These requests are accommodated wherever possible, though are subject to availability.

The internship timetable is expected to be full time, but can be based on shift work, so may involve early starts, late finishes or weekend work. This will reflect standard industry hours, and will not generally require more than 40 hours per week. Interns should come prepared to be flexible and to also communicate any requests in regard to your preferred timetable, which can be taken into consideration.

Interns who join a short-term internship can expect an experience that is introductory in nature. However, longer-term interns (6 weeks or more) have more scope to develop experience in areas such as human resources, front of house, hotel management, sales and marketing, etc. In all cases, interns should expect that the first week of your experience will focus on settling in and gaining some introductory knowledge, as you will not “hit the ground running”. Rather, you should start with learning about the placement to gain an understanding of what you can build upon, develop, learn, and contribute. Ensure that you ask questions and provide feedback during the introductory period, so that your supervisor understands how you’re progressing. This will help them to better understand important details, such as how quickly you learn, what you find challenging, what you find interesting, etc.

Understand and expect that individual internship experiences vary, as the specific placement that you’re assigned will depend on review of your resume and your current level of studies and experience. Therefore, if you’re at a more introductory level, you should reasonably expect a more introductory internship. Likewise, if you’re interning for a shorter duration, you will have a different experience from someone who is interning for a longer duration. Placement preferences are considered but always subject to availability.

Typical Schedule

• Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm. Interns may be required to work outside office hours and on weekends - this will be discussed with your supervisor in Dublin.

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