2027 Business Placement - Hilton Global Distribution

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You As a participant in our 12-month Corporate Placements Programme in the Global Distribution Department , you’re not just gaining hands-on experience at our Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Headquarters in Watford – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by contributing to the memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest. Here’s what you can look forward to as a programme participant: Prepare for a career in hospitality: Embark on a 12-month transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development opportunities, business support activities, and ownership of your own project-based initiatives. Gain hands-on operational experience: From day one, you’ll be fully integrated into Team Hilton. Connect with professionals across the business and gain insight into Global Distribution. Take the opportunity to gain insight into at least one other business area, paving the way for valuable future relationships. Work on real-world projects: Apply your skills on the job through business-driven projects to reinforce your learning and gain hands-on experience. Develop your skills through world-class training and support: Access Hilton University’s e-learning modules and business library while building knowledge through business-driven projects. Grow with personalised guidance: Benefit from regular feedback and coaching to ensure your progress is supported at every stage of the programme. Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton Team Member Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends. Salary & Benefits: £27,500 gross per annum & private healthcare. Location: At our EMEA Headquarters in Watford, with some flexibility depending on team and business need. You will benefit from a subsidised restaurant, a games area and a free in-house gym. Our Placement Opportunities We have a range of placement opportunities within our highly talented Global Distribution department: Distribution Strategy Placement In this role, you will support the Strategy & Planning team managing relationships with our connected third-party channels. This is a unique opportunity for an intern to gain valuable experience in a global environment and gain a depth of knowledge of the complex distribution landscape in hospitality. You will be involved in the execution of marketing activities, development of internal training material, hosting workshops, account managing channels, the development of new channels and a variety of related projects to optimise distribution. Key Responsibilities: Developing business cases for newly identified channels for connectivity and identifying demand opportunities. Collaborate with other internal Global Distribution functions as well as other departments within Hilton, including; Revenue Management, Pricing, Sales, Rate Loading, Marketing & eCommerce and IT. Work alongside the Global Distribution Implementation Team on new channel activations to meet the demand identified from the original business case. Conduct business reviews with channels and identify areas of opportunity to optimise performance and support commercial teams in driving demand for any need markets. Lead projects on a regional or global level to optimise and enhance property performance on connected channels. Work with various internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement marketing plans to support any promotional activity. Supporting the development of presentations, messaging documents, and other communication materials for internal and external audiences. Distribution Services International Placement Distribution Services centrally manages the automated process that calculates and disburses travel agent, meeting planner, and third-party online compensation globally. Our team is committed to supporting Hilton’s Global Sales Organization in maintaining relationships and agreements with travel planners across the globe and reducing the administrative burden on hotel teams, speed payment and grow preference with third party intermediaries. Key Responsibilities: Conduct reconciliation reviews, data analysis, reporting, and inquiry resolution activities, communicating findings with stakeholders to ensure accurate results and timely completion of key deliverables. Identify data discrepancies and operational issues, partnering with internal teams, hotels, and travel agencies to investigate root causes and implement corrective actions. Support new business partner onboarding through historical analysis, trend identification, and data validation to provide insights and establish operational benchmarks. Prepare recurring and ad-hoc reports, presentations, and business reviews to support operational decision-making and stakeholder communications. Support departmental objectives by managing inquiries and TopDesk tickets, conducting research and analysis to resolve complex cases and improve o