Name: Eliska (Elis)

University: London South Bank University

Course: Tourism & Hospitality Management

Heading to: Rotorua, New Zealand

For how long: 6 months

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Elis is from the Czech Republic and is currently studying at London South Bank University, for a Tourism and Hospitality management degree. Elis flies out TODAY at 8pm for her tourism and hospitality internship in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Many in New Zealand call Rotorua “Rotavagas” with the long strip of hotels down the main street of this tourism centre. When Elis arrives in Rotorua she will notice the distinctive smell which she will hopefully get used to. Rotorua is a big geothermal area with lots of bubbling mud pools, thermal mineral baths and even the occasional drain on the side of the road with steam billowing out of it.

Elis will be working with Polina from Bournemouth University who we have also placed into this fantastic tourism attraction. Elis will be starting in Food and Beverage at the tourism attractions restaurant and then will hopefully be rotated through the different areas of the a facility so she can use both the tourism and the hospitality areas of her degree.

So Elis picked up her Visa from Immigration New Zealand yesterday, although she was eligible for a working holiday visa for New Zealand, we placed her on a work visa which went through very smoothly.

Hope you have a great trip Elis, it was good to meet you when you visited our office this month and I’m sure you will impress your new employer with your enthusiasm and hard work!

Elis said she will keep everyone thinking about a tourism internship in New Zealand up to date via this blog so we look forward to hearing how you are coping with the sulphur smells and your internship in New Zealand

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

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.