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 August/ September 2026 for 6 months. 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