Openings Intern

Gain valuable experience in our Dubai Corporate Office as you build your career in luxury hospitality. Support the Openings Manager and the Senior Vice President Openings Raffles & Fairmont across the global portfolio of hotel openings conversions closings and post-opening KPI tracking. This role suits someone who wants to understand how a luxury hotel comes to life commercially and operationally in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.

Internship to commence July/August and conclude in December.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Support the Openings Manager and SVP across all opening conversion and closing projects for Raffles & Fairmont globally.
• Maintain and update the Hotel Openings tracking tool (Taskworld) and other system logs.
• Assist with Pre-Opening Budget building and tracking including maintaining dashboards and status trackers across multiple projects.
• Support the development of new opening related programs and initiatives coordinating stakeholder feedback led by the Openings Manager.
• Prepare and update PowerPoint decks for senior stakeholders adapting format and content depending on project type with direction and review from the Openings Manager
• Produce clean accurate reports and metrics against departmental requirements including memos schedule meetings take minutes and other administrative tasks.
• Schedule and attend bi-weekly/monthly cross-departmental update meetings; take and distribute minutes with clear action tracking
• Handle correspondence and administrative support with a high degree of accuracy and discretion given exposure to confidential ownership and financial information

Qualifications :

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Hospitality Management Business Finance or a related field (final-year students preferred).
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks once briefed by the Openings Manager managing several priorities at the same time and requiring minimum follow-up.  
• Excellent Communication Skills fluency in English
• Understands the drivers of key hotel openings (financial commercial operations people)
• Prior experience in supporting Senior Executives
• Strong adaptability and organizational skills
• Project and time management skills
• Analytical skills
• High attention to detail particularly with numbers and financial data
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills

Additional Information :

Based from the Accor Office in Dubai UAE.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Intern