Internships

Bachelor Degree students in Tourism and Hospitality Management carry out a four-month internship in national companies during the second semester of the third year, extendable to four months in international companies. This initial contact with the industry offers students the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a real work environment.

Internships offer the student an overview of the world of tourism that guides and gives meaning to all future professional activities, bringing knowledge into focus about the variety, diversity and complexity of the tourism and hospitality reality.

Thanks to many years of close collaboration with the sector, the Career Services Office manages internships while offering personalized attention to each student according to their academic career path, preferences within the sector and career aspirations. Students have Work Based Learning (semester 6) and International Internship (semester 7). In addition, students who wish may opt for Complementary Professional Experiences (CPE)

One of the main objectives of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Sant Ignasi is the internationalization of its students: from academic exchanges abroad to internships in international companies. The Career Services Office facilitates internships in the international tourism and hospitality industry, and advises the students during their stay in the destination countries, through Erasmus and Leonardo placement programs, and personalized support throughout the international training period.

Prior to internships, students participate in the Professional Talent Forum, a meeting in which they can interact with those responsible for human resources of different companies in the tourism sector and the hotel industry to meet its training policy and employment, and make a first contact with the industry facing the choice of stage training.

Examples of national interships from our students 

Conference & Catering - Hotel Arts (Barcelona)
Finance - Mandarin Oriental (Barcelona)
Guest Services - Intercruises Shoreside and Port Services (Barcelona)
Meeting Insiders - W Barcelona
Guest Services - The St. Regis Mardavall (Palma de Mallorca)
Management - Hotel H10 Rubicón Palace (Tenerife)
Studies Hotel, Tourism & Leisure - Horwarth Consulting HTL (Barcelona)
Events - Esferic (Barcelona)
Hiring for events - ByHours.com (Barcelona)
Seo & Sem - Hoteljuice (Barcelona)
Human Ressources - Mandarin Oriental (Barcelona)
Assistant Banqueting - W Barcelona
Assistant General Manager - Hotel Arts (Barcelona)
Product design - Tip4Real (Barcelona)
Events management - Komodo Comunicación (Barcelona)
Finance - Cotton House Hotel (Barcelona)
Congresses - Kuoni Destination Management (Barcelona)

Examples of international internships from our students

Convention and Sales - Sheraton Brussels Hotel (Bélgica)
Room Division - W Doha Hotel (Qatar)
Front Office - Sheraton Frankfurt Congress Hotel (Alemania)
Finance - The Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt Enninskerry (Irlanda)
Rotation - Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa (Jamaica)
Front Desk - The Ritz-Carlton Cancún (México)
Events - Complex Offices Starwood (Reino Unido)
Sales - Barceló Eresin Topkapi Hotel Istambul (Turquía)
Front Office - Hotel Banke París (Francia)
Food & Beverage - Hotel Château Bethelem Maastricht (Holanda)
Marketing Office - Lugarno Collection Florencia (Italia)
Front Office - Metropark Hotel Wanchai (Hong Kong)
Revenue Management - Eurostars Embassy Hotel Viena (Austria)
Food & Beverage - Hotel Americano New York (Estados Unidos)
Assistant Director of Learning - Armani Hotel (Dubai)
Finance and Marketing - Gran Hyatt Santiago (Chile)
Guest Relations - Twinpalms Group (Cherng Talay - Tailandia)
Food & Beverage - Eurostars Wall Street (Nueva York)
Guest Relations - Sri Panwa Phuket (Tailandia)
Hoouskeeping - Lungarno Alberghi (Florencia)