Name: Hannah

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

Hannah is in the group of hospitality students we placed into Queenstown, New Zealand. I got to meet Hannah last time we were in Dublin and like Aine and Sian she will do well on her internship I’m sure.

After landing in Christchurch, New Zealand fresh off their long flight from Dublin to New Zealand, the three girls had an 8 hour bus ride from Christchurch to Queenstown… The flights were booked between Christchurch and Queenstown unfortunately.

Intern Options placed Hannah with Sian into a fantastic four star hotel in Queenstown. Their intial starting offer is in Food and Beverage, where they will start their 6 month hospitality internship.

Hannah had done quite a bit of research on New Zealand before she applied. This combined with her CV and cover letter that were very well written made sure she was accepted by the hotel. The thing that came through from Hannah’s cover letter that impressed the HR manager was that she was enthusiastic and willing to learn.

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.

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.

Name: Polina

University: Bournemouth University

Course: BA (Hons) Tourism Management

Currently in: Rotorua, New Zealand

For how long: 6 months

Polina is the 7th tourism or hospitality student from Bournemouth we have placed into New Zealand this year. Polina was initially looking for a 12 month tourism internship in New Zealand, but we ended up placing her into a fantastic position in Rotorua for a six month internship. I think Polina is then either going to extend her visa if the company will keep her on, or head home to Bulgaria to her family resort to complete her final three months of her course requirement at Bournemouth.

Well Polina finally got to New Zealand but not without some drama!

The offer was quite late and we had four days to get Polina down to New Zealand in the end. The New Zealand work visa that usually takes 10 days, Intern Options had done in 1 day, her flights were booked, insurance purchased and Polina got to the airport… I will let Polina tell you what happened from here!

But the main thing is that Polina is working for a great tourism operator in Rotorua, New Zealand who we place a lot of students and graduates into their operations in Rotorua and Queenstown. Elis another of our students from London South Bank University has just been offered a six month placement and will be joining Polina soon.

That’s enough from me and I will leave you to Polina to fill you in on the details of what happened when she arrived at the airport in London ready to get on the plane to New Zealand )

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