Dubai luxury hotels hunting for 100 Estoril students – Tourism & Leisure

Last year, out of 734 internships for final year undergraduate students at the Estoril Higher Education and Tourism School (ESHTE), 90 were carried out abroad, of which 53 took place in Greek hotels, especially the luxury units of the Sani/Ikos groups. Hotels and Nana Hotels.

This year, ESHTE is heading towards a new record of finalists placed in international internships, with Dubai threatening to dethrone Greece as the preferred destination for students, while the Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts group, owner of the iconic Burj Al Arab, has more than one Hundreds of vacancies for internships for undergraduate finalists and master’s students at the Cascais school, for six-month internships.

The proposals from the group that belongs to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focus on the Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts units in Dubai, where a trio of iconic hotels will be complete with the opening of Jumeirah Marsa al Arab, very close to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the world-renowned Burj Al Arab, according to ESHTE, in a statement.

“This interest demonstrated by Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts is strongly motivating and confirms that the institution is on the right path. It is also a sign of recognition in relation to the quality of education in Portugal, in this case in the area of ​​tourism”, considers Carlos Brandão, president from ESHTE.

“There are more and more entities providing training in these areas, but they do not have the commitment, knowledge and training quality of ESHTE. We feel that our students leave here prepared to give an excellent response to the most demanding challenges. On the other hand, this approach, another one from abroad, should also serve as a strong warning to the national market. If they want good students, they will have to attract them with better conditions, at various levels”, highlights the president of an institution that boasts an enviable rate of employability, around 96%.

To clarify questions and present the proposed conditions for the six-month internships, with a view to the second semester of 2024, Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts will promote an information session for students, on April 4, via Teams.

“We received direct contact from the human resources director of the Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts group expressing interest in receiving our students on internships, with prospects for continuity. We already have more than 70 registered for the clarification session and this window that opens for EAU is, naturally, a recognition of the work carried out over the years at ESHTE”, emphasizes João Pronto, professor and coordinator of the institution’s Internship Office.