Name: Sinead

University: Dublin Institute of Technology

Course: Bsc Hospitality Management Degree

Currently in: Wellington, New Zealand

For how long: 6 months

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Sinead started her Hospitality internship in February 2009 in one of Wellington’s top hotels. The hotel is 5 star and has a top restaurant located in the hotel that is run as a separate business. Sinead needed to complete a six month internship as part of her studies at DIT starting January/ February.

This is a quiet time to find a hospitality placement in New Zealand, with the Christmas/ summer holidays from mid December to Mid January. We find in December & January, most HR teams or hotel managers are away on their summer holiday. That is why we were so pleased that this 5 star hotel contacted us for two students just as they applied!

Sinead is almost on her way back to Ireland from New Zealand, the reports from the hotel are that she did a fantastic job. In fact the hotel has asked Intern Options for another two Irish hospitality students to replace Sinead and Sean. So this speaks volumes for Sinead and the work she did on her hospitality internship in Wellington, New Zealand.

When Sinead gets back to Ireland she will be updating everyone on her time in New Zealand, so keep tuned to the blog for an update!

If you are interested in a Hospitality internship starting February 2010 please check out the Hospitality Internships page for full details on the programme and the How to Apply page to download the application documents. Alternatively you can send an enquiry to Intern Options for more details.