Maple Court, Central Park, Reeds Crescent
Watford,
WD24 4QQ
United Kingdom
We are thrilled to share this fantastic opportunity for three interns to join our Global Distribution team on a 12-month placement with the Operations Team, Strategy & Planning Team and Distribution Services Team. These placements are ideally suited to students currently undertaking a bachelor’s or master’s degree who are looking to gain an understanding of online third-party distribution of hotel rates, inventory on a global scale and a passion for data analysis.
From day one, our placement students are fully integrated into Team Hilton and are involved in different aspects of the business. Our placements offer vast exposure and opportunities, such as the opportunity to network with senior executives, involvement in regional conferences and for some, international travel.
Based in our EMEA headquarters, Watford, you will be part of a cohort of 40 Interns and take part in regular connect meetings, short assignments and feedback sessions designed to support your development. You will benefit from a subsidised restaurant, a games area and a free in-house gym.
The Opportunities
We have a variety of placements available across three of our Distribution sub teams. If successful throughout the initial application stages, you will be invited to an interview for one of the below 12-month placements, which will be confirmed prior to the interview.
Here’s a bit about what each team does:
Global Distribution Operations Placement
As the Global Distribution Operations Intern, you will support the Director of Third-Party Implementations & Operations as well as the Operations team in providing support to over 200 online third parties as well as Hilton’s 7,000 properties that these channels distribute real-time rates and inventory from to their end consumers. This is a unique opportunity for an intern to gain valuable experience in a global environment that touches many other departments/ within the company, understand the complex distribution landscape in hospitality and contribute to the various distribution initiatives which generate millions of dollars annually.
Activities will include:
Global Distribution Commercial Strategy Placement
As the Global Distribution Strategy & Planning Intern, you will support the Strategy & Planning team managing relationships with our connected third-party channels. This is a unique opportunity for an intern to gain valuable experience in a global environment and gain a depth of knowledge of the complex distribution landscape in hospitality. You will be involved in the execution of marketing activities, development of internal training material, hosting workshops, account managing channels, the development of new channels and a variety of related projects to optimise distribution.
Activities will include:
Distribution Services Placement
Distribution Services centrally manages the automated process that calculates and disburses travel agent, meeting planner and third-party online compensation globally. Our team is committed to supporting Hilton’s Global Sales Organization in maintaining relationships and agreements with travel planners across the globe and reducing the administrative burden on hotel teams, speed payment and grow preference with third party intermediaries.
Activities will include:
Why choose us?
Embarking on our year in industry programme is a transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development activities. Here's what you can look forward to:
What are we looking for?
What is it like working for Hilton?
Hilton is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing hospitality companies, with 24 distinct brands and over 8,000 locations.
We have recently been ranked by our employees as #1 World's Best Workplace awarded by Great Place to Work & Fortune.
We value and celebrate our team members diversities and individualism and foster a culture of belonging across our organisation. Joining Hilton will give you the opportunity to contribute to our rich culture and give back to the community. Our Team Member Resource Groups in UK focus on Abilities, Generations, Pride, Women’s and Ethnic representation. You can find details on our Culture page.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of the role. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Selection Process
Please apply now, applications close on Sunday 3rd November 2024. We receive a volume of applications, therefore please bear with us whilst we process your application as we want to ensure that each applicant is given the consideration that they deserve.
If successful in your application, you may be invited to complete a digital one-way video interview and an online assessment, this allows us to learn more about you and whether this placement might be a great fit! So please do look out for our email updates and we encourage you to complete each next step as soon as possible. The EMEA Graduate Recruitment Team will then contact you and inform you of your outcome.
Good luck, we are looking forward to meeting you!
Hilton is one of the largest and fastest growing hospitality companies in the world, with more than 5,100 properties with more than 838,000 rooms in 103 countries and territories. In the nearly 100 years since our founding, we have defined the hospitality industry and established a portfolio of 14 world-class brands, including our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, which is the most recognized hotel brand in the world. We have more than 69 million members in our award–winning customer loyalty program, Hilton Honors.