Name: Aine

University: Dublin Institute of Technology

Course: BSc. International Hospitality Management

Currently in: Queenstown, New Zealand

For how long: 6 months

Starting: February 2010

Programme: New Zealand Hospitality Internship programme

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Aine has just arrived this morning (UK time) in New Zealand for her six month hospitality internship. Apparently the weather is “great” and the sun is shining. Aine is travelling with her two friends Sian and Hannah from DIT. All three will be doing their 6 month hospitality internships in hotels in Queenstown as part of their studies.

Aine didn’t have any previous hotel experience on her CV when she applied for the Intern Options hospitality programme. The internship that Intern Options found Aine is with a very good hotel in Queenstown.

In 2009 Intern Options placed two students from DIT into New Zealand, you can hear from Sinead and her hospitality internship feedback on our blog.

Aine will be starting in a food and beverage position which was her starting offer from the hotel. When Aine starts her internship next week she will be evaluated over the first weeks of her internship. If she impresses the hotel management and there is a place within the hotel for her to move to, there could be this option. For more information on this see the Hospitality Internships Starting Offers page.

We wish Aine all the best for her internship in New Zealand. We know you will love Queenstown in the summer and hopefully you will get a bit of skiing in at the beginning of the winter. We will be placing 15-20 Tourism and Hospitality interns into Queenstown at the end of June/ beginning of July ready for the start of the winter season in New Zealand’s adventure tourism capital.

If you’re interested in a Hospitality Internship in Queenstown, Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua in New Zealand, check out the Hospitality Internships page for more information.