Top 5 choices for hotel managementinternship

Updated on Apr 27, 2021 16:03 ISTGo through the list of 5-star hotels in India that offerinternships to hotel management graduates. Get detailsabout the application process, duration, and stipendoffered for hotel management internships in India.

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Internships in a hospitality course are as important a part of the curriculum as theory papers. Proof of this lies in the fact that these internships are of ten given considerable weightage in the f inal semester exams of hotel management courses.

This is done primarily because of the nature of theprofession in which a student is venturing af ter pursuinga hotel management course. The hotel management

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industry is all about treating one’s customer right and thisexperience can only be gained if students learn tointeract properly with guests.

Keeping in tune with this, most hotel managementinstitutions as part of their curriculum make it mandatoryfor students to pursue a six-week internship which ismostly referred to as “industrial training” bythem. Shiksha brings to you a list of the best hotelswhere students can pursue their internship along withinformation on how and when to apply for internships andthe stipend of fered.

Marriot Hotels

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Hotel management students can pursue an internship atMarriot Hotel for six months. As part of the internship,students are made to work at dif ferent departments ofthe hotel such as the f ront of f ice, housekeeping, food &beverage service and kitchen. As part of the industrialtraining, students are made to work for dif ferent durationof time at all these departments. Marriot is also one ofthe few hotels which allow students to actively intern atthe hotel’s f ront of f ice, giving them a chance to be theface of the hotel.

How to apply?Primarily, colleges contact Marriot and send the CV of

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their students to the hotel. Af ter this, the hotel callsstudents for an interview and selects them for aninternship. Students can also call the hotel on their ownand get in touch with the Training Department to know ifthey have a vacancy for an internship.

DurationInternship at Marriot is mostly of fered for a duration ofsix months. Candidates can apply for internships as partof two batches:

Summer Batch: Starts f rom June-July every year

Winter Batch: Starts f rom December-January eachyear

Salary offeredAccording to glassdoor.co.in, interns salary can rangef rom Rs 5,000 - Rs 6,000/month at Marriot Hotel.However, the salary of fered is subject to change f romone hotel to the other, depending on its location.

Oberoi Hotels

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Students can also apply for a f ree internship at OberoiHotel as part of their industrial training/internship. Thisinternship is typically for a six-month duration andstudents are made to work at dif ferent departments ofthe hotel. However, Oberoi also of fers shorter durationinternship ranging somewhere around 17 weeks at asingle department. The hotel also of fers longerinternships which can last for as long as a year. OberoiHotel at Delhi is known to of fer internships to around 40students in one internship batch.

How to apply?Mostly, colleges send their students’ resumes to the

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Oberoi Group of Hotels but individual students can alsoapply for an internship by contacting the trainingdepartment of the hotel directly.

DurationOberoi Hotel of fers two batches wherein students canapply for internships:

Summer Batch: This internship batch mostly starts inMay and continues for six months. Interviews toshortlist candidates for the summer batch isconducted in the month of February, each year.

Winter Batch: This internship batch usually starts inthe month of November. The hotel conductsinterviews to shortlist candidates for this internshipbatch in the month of September, each year.

Salary offeredAccording to glassdoor.co.in, Oberoi Hotel of fersapproximately Rs 8,770 per month as a salary to itsinterns. However, the salary of fered is subject to changef rom one hotel to the other, depending on its location.

Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts

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Another good hotel to apply for an internship in the hotelmanagement f ield is at the Leela Hotel. This hotel of fersa 17-week internship to students pursuing hotelmanagement f rom Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs)and a 22-week internship to students f rom othercolleges. However, Leela Hotel prefers to of ferinternships to those candidates who are recommendedby their college. The Hotel of fers students an opportunityto intern under dif ferent departments of the hotel –Operations, f ront of f ice, food & beverage services aswell as kitchen and housekeeping.

How to apply?

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Since Leela Hotel prefers to hire students for internshipsif the college contacts them on their own, the easiestway to get an internship position at this hotel is throughyour college. But if a student still wishes to intern herethey can contact the training department of the hotel,directly.

DurationLike other hotels, Leela also of fers internship to studentsin two batches:

Summer Batch: The hotel conducts interviews in themonth of March to f ill up internship positions for thebatch that starts in June/July each year. Around 10students are of fered an internship at Leela in thesummer internship batch.

Winter Batch: The hotel conducts interviews in themonth of August to f ill up internship positions for thebatch that starts in September/October each year.Approximately, 15 students are hired as interns in thewinter internship batch at Leela.

Salary offeredAccording to glassdoor.co.in, interns salary can rangef rom Rs 15,887 - Rs 24,303 at Leela Palace. However,

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the salary of fered is subject to change f rom one hotel tothe other, depending on its location.

Westin Hotel & Resorts

Another extremely popular choice for internship by hotelmanagement students is Westin Hotel and Resorts. Thishotel group of fers internship to students at all its fourmain departments which are housekeeping and kitchen,food and beverage services, f ront of f ice, and operations.

How to apply?Even Westin does not prefer students who have appliedon their own for internship and is mostly seen hiring

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students through colleges. Sources reveal that this isdone because students who come through some collegeplacement department are more serious about theirinternship because their marks and attendance aredirectly related to their internship performance.

DurationWestin also of fers internships in two batches:

Summer Batch: This internship batch mostly startsf rom June/July onwards. Westin Hotel’s Gurgaonbranch of fers internship to 40 students and Sonaoutlet of the hotel of fers internship to 20 students inthe summer batch.

Winter Batch: This internship batch mostly startsf rom September/October onwards. Westin Hotel’sGurgaon branch of fers internship to 50 students andWestin Hotel’s Sona outlet of fers internship to 30students as part of the winter batch internship.

Salary offeredAccording to glassdoor.co.in, Westin Hotel and Resortsof fers Rs 14,000 to Rs 15,000 per month as salary tostudents during internship. However, the salary of fered issubject to change f rom one hotel to the other, depending

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on its location.

Taj Group of Hotels

Students have the opportunity to intern at all departmentsof Taj Group of Hotels. The hotel of fers four-and-a-halfto six-month industrial training to students at all hotelmanagement related departments. If the authorities feelthat a student has an ability or inclination to intern atother departments then such students are allowed towork with the hotel staf f in the HR as well as the SalesDepartment.

How to apply?

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Students can apply for an internship at Taj by f irst makinga call to the hotel’s HR. Thereaf ter they need to sendtheir CV and then appear for an interview before a panel.If the hotel’s of f icials feel that the student has the abilityand is serious enough to intern, then they are recruitedfor an internship.

DurationStudents can intern at Taj as part of two internshipbatches:

Summer Batch: This batch starts in the month of Mayand candidates are shortlisted for internship on thebasis of interviews conducted in the month ofJanuary and February. By February end all internshipposts in the summer batch of Taj are closed.

Winter Batch: This batch starts in the month ofNovember/ December and candidates are shortlistedfor internship on the basis of interviews conducted inJune (end)/ July. By July end, all internship vacanciesfor the winter batch are closed.

Salary offeredAccording to glassdoor.co.in, interns salary can rangef rom Rs 7,000 - Rs 8,000/month. However, the salary

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of fered is subject to change f rom one hotel to the other,depending on its location.

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