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Open Vacancy for Internships
Hotel Okura Amsterdam, member of Okura Hotels & Resorts and The Leading Hotels of the World, is an international five-star deluxe hotel, where quality and eye for detail are of utmost importance. The hotel has 300 luxurious rooms, a Panorama Lounge, five restaurants namely Le Camelia Restaurant and Room Service, Sazanka Teppanyaki Restaurant, Serre Restaurant with a Bib Gourmand, Yamazato Restaurant with one Michelin star and lastly Ciel Bleu Restaurant with 2 Michelin Stars. The hotel also has 2 bars and banquet capacity up to 1500 guests and an Executive Health Club and Spa. Hotel Okura Amsterdam features the largest and most luxurious suite of the Benelux countries. The 300 plus employees make sure that each guest, gets the special personal attention what it is all about in the hospitality industry.
All our colleagues ensure an authentic service and experience to all guests. In order to achieve this, we are looking for enthusiastic trainees to strengthen our team. Are you the best in offering service to guests? Do you go the extra step in offering the guest an experience of the highest level? Is hospitality in your blood and do you want to work at one of The Leading Hotels of the World?
What do we offer our trainees
- Contract: Trainee contract of a 6 month period or more;
- Salary: Trainee compensation of €750 euros (gross) per month based on a full time traineeship
- Holidays: for an internship with a minimum of 6 months, you will get 1 day off per month;
- Extensive development opportunities to improve day by day. We offer an online e-learning system. Moreover, we offer specific courses such as: Lean White Belt Training and the Extraordinary Guest Experiences Training;
- Room to share initiatives, ideas and improvements, based on the Lean philosophy. Doesn’t matter if you have worked with us for a week, month or year: We want to hear your thoughts;
- Vitality weeks and monthly health days;
- Attractive family and friends rates on overnight stays at Hotel Okura Amsterdam;
- Once a year staff discount in one of the restaurants (50%);
- Staff discount in our restaurants (20%);
- Trainee lunch with all interns in one of our restaurants;
- Everyday free lunch/dinner;
- Possibility to do cross trainings to learn more about other departments
What do we ask?
We are primarily interested in you and what we as an employer can do for you. Nevertheless we expect from you that:
- You are guest oriented;
- You have eye for detail;
- You are flexible with regards to your work schedule;
- You are a student at one of the (hotel)schools in the Netherlands preferably on your 2nd year of study or higher
Enthusiastic? That’s great, please apply!
Please apply via the button below, we will call you as soon as possible for a short introduction to get to know each other. A selection assessment is one component of our recruitment process.
Application Procedure
Below is a brief overview of our application process.
Introduction via phone
Once your application has been evaluated, we will call you for a brief chat and ask you a few questions about your application. We will also explain the next steps in the application process.
Interview
In this interview, we get to know each other better. We are pleased to share information about Hotel Okura Amsterdam and the position and there is room for you to ask your questions. Of course, we are also curious about you and whether we are a match!
Reference check
We will ask you to provide a reference from your previous employer(s) and we will ask them a few short questions.
Offer
Congratulations on your new position! We much look forward to welcoming you as our new colleague soon! We will call you to shortly talk you through our offer and you have the opportunity to ask your questions. After that, you will receive the offer via email.
