Tourism Internship in Honduras

  Honduras

• Other Cities in Honduras: 
Roatan

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: 3-6 months

Description: Job Description
We expect active and independent planning, control and implementation of Sales and Marketing strategies, classic communication measures and advertising aimed to the European, NorthAmericans, and Asian end-consumer, research and development of new travel destinations and roundtrips in Honduras and surroundings for foreign tourists as well as the practical implementation as a tour guide.

Your tasks will match your employment and/or educational background.

Highlights:
What we offer
Through this internship we deliver profound insight into the working environment of an ambitious, internationally operating tour operator in Honduras. We offer practical experiences as well as consolidation of your theoretical knowledge acquired in university, and the practice of your creativity and innovation skills. We recommend an ideal duration of 3-6 months. Working options are also available for recently graduated persons, but only after a minimum of a 3-month trial period.

Remuneration will be a basic alimony of US$ 250.00 per month, and free lodging is provided for all interns. Besides, we pick you up at the San Pedro Sula airport on arrival time, and also drop you off at the end of your internship. Furthermore, we also provide support on your Visa renewal after a 3-month period in Honduras (when needed), and also during your stay in Honduras.

Qualifications: Profile of Qualification:
* You have successfully completed your 2nd or 3rd year of academic studies or intermediate diploma or you are in an upper semester of your Bachelor studies. A study course or apprenticeship in the sector of tourism like tourism management or hospitality have priority but, students of other related courses like business administration, marketing, graphic design, international communication are also most welcome.
* Previous practical experience is not a must but internships, vocational training or volunteering preferably in the tourism sector (Tour guide or driver, Customer relations, Sales & Marketing, General Management, or Graphic Design) and/or longer stays in Honduras, Central America, or Latin America are highly appreciated, and priorized over the rest of applicants.
* We require experience with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and the Internet as basic as well as FLUENCY in Spanish and English. Other languages such as Dutch, Italian, French or German would be of benefit.
* We expect superior commitment to your tasks and service-orientation, a communicative personality, integrity and cross-cultural competence, pro-active and positive attitude.

Salary / Pay: Remuneration will be a basic alimony of US$ 250.00 per month, lodging at fully equipped / furnitured flat is provided for all interns. Besides, we pick you up at the San Pedro Sula airport on arrival time, and also drop you off at the end of your internship. Furthermore, we also take care of your Visa renewal after a 3-month period in Honduras (when needed), and also provide any kind of support you might need during your stay in Honduras.

Experience Required: yes

Not required, but much better evaluated.

This Program is open to American, Asian, Canadian and European Participants.

Participants Travel to Honduras Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

STS Honduras S.A.'s Mission Statement: We are a newly established, ambitious and internationally operating tour-operator with two offices, one on the Caribbean island Roatan and one in San Pedro Sula. The natural diversity of Honduras allows us to offer a wide range of different tours from adventure trips to wellness and beach holidays and from ecotourism expeditions to cultural excursions. In this regard it is our aim to provide high-quality service in order to overfulfill our customers' expectations and to offer them an unforgettable stay in Honduras. To support us in our daily business and to capture new markets, we are regularly looking for interns from different countries (Europe and North America) and study courses.

Year Founded: 2009