Summer 2025 Internship Program - Design

About us

Bringing True Hospitality to the world
IHG Hotels & Resorts ® is one of the world’s leading hotel companies, with 400,000 colleagues working across more than 100 countries to deliver True Hospitality for Good. When you join us at IHG, you become part of our global family - a welcoming culture of warmth, honesty, and inclusion. We pride ourselves on letting your personality and passions shine, recognizing the individual contributions you make, and supporting your ambition to learn and create your own career path. In making a difference to our guests, owners, colleagues, and communities, every day is a chance to create great and unique experiences in your own way.

The IHG Summer Internship Program Experience
The IHG Summer Internship Program is a 10-week immersive experience which includes hands-on learning integral to the business, a formal mentoring program, Harvard Learning curriculum, personal and professional development workshops, volunteerism, personalized feedback, and ongoing networking opportunities with senior leadership and colleagues across the business – including social events with early-career professionals and Employee Resource Groups at IHG. The program will conclude with the presentation of a summer-long special project designed and implemented by the intern.

Who We Look For
We’re looking for emerging leaders that have ambitious personal and professional goals, a willingness to gain and share experiences, and a commitment to celebrating diversity in the workplace. In return, we will provide an unforgettable experience designed specifically to help you gain an insider’s view of the hospitality industry as well as applicable skills for a career in hotel development.

A candidate for this position must be a good communicator, able to work independently, manage a large volume of projects, and think outside of the box to resolve critical and complex problems.

Education
Undergraduate student with an interest and focus on hotel development currently enrolled in an accredited school program.

Technical Skills and Knowledge
• Professionalism in oral and written presentation, communication, and attire.
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence for relationship building and effective team collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Proficiency in a variety of software packages (i.e. Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, e-mail, etc.).
• Effective oral and written communication skills to convey information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple assignments and projects accurately and with attention to detail, along with proactive follow-through.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills for navigating a large-scale organization and resolving issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision across a global organization and in a hybrid or virtual work environment.
Specific/preferred skills include:
• Excellent communication skills including strong writing ability and extensive experience preparing effective PowerPoint presentations.

What We Offer 

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training. 

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us. 

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual’s, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.   

IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected and valued. We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams, and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work.   

Not Applicable for Colorado Applicants. 

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.