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

• 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

Based from the Accor Office in Dubai, UAE.