2026 Business Placement - Global Distribution

Hilton Worldwide, Inc.; Watford; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global hospitality company is offering a 12-month business placement in Global Distribution at their EMEA headquarters in Watford. This internship will involve supporting various teams and participating in regional conferences. Ideal candidates are Business Administration or Hospitality Management students seeking to develop their skills in an international environment. The position offers a salary of £26,000 gross per annum and access to Hilton perks.

Benefits

Go Hilton Travel Program

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Current student required for a 12-month industry placement.
• Availability to start 13th of July 2026.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Third-Party Implementations & Operations.
• Participate in marketing activities and account management.
• Assist in creating presentations and communication materials.

Skills

Fluency in English

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Strong organisational skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work independently

Ability to adapt to change

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Overview

Job Description - 2026 Business Placement - Global Distribution (EUR015N1). 2026 Business Placement - Global Distribution.

Based in our EMEA headquarters, Watford, you will join the Global Distribution team on a 12-month placement. The Opportunity includes involvement in regional conferences, potential international travel for some, and networking with senior executives. You will be part of a cohort of 50 interns; regular connect meetings and feedback sessions are designed to support your development. The location is Hilton - Regional Headquarters - Europe, Maple Court, Central Park, Reeds Crescent Watford WD24 4QQ.

The Opportunities: We are offering 12-month placements across three Distribution sub-teams. If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to interview for one of the placements listed below. If you have a preference for one of these positions, you will be asked to express this at a later stage.

Global Distribution Operations Placement

You will support the Director of Third-Party Implementations & Operations as well as the Operations team in providing support to over 200 online third parties as well as Hilton’s 8,000+ properties that these channels distribute real-time rates and inventory from to their end consumers. This is a unique opportunity for an intern to gain valuable experience in a global environment, understand the complex distribution landscape in hospitality and contribute to the distribution initiatives which generate millions of dollars annually.

• Reviewing, responding to and escalating support tickets received from properties and channels (inbox support).
• Cross-collaboration with other teams across Hilton including IT, Revenue Management and Sales to support special projects and help with timely/efficient issue resolution.
• Proactively audit and analyse Special Rate Plans (SRPs) and accounts across all distribution channels for potential issues.
• Create, maintain, and communicate hotel-level operations guides, initiatives and training material including regular review for content relevancy.
• Supporting the development of presentations, messaging documents, and other communication materials for internal and external audiences.
• Assist with special projects as they arise to help improve processes and efficiency within the Global Distribution Operations team, documenting, communicating and providing training on the new processes.

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.

• 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 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 Organisation 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.

• Delivering the monthly reconciliation review and reporting to important business partners, communicating with all stakeholders to ensure that all reconciliation reports are completed accurately and within set deadlines.
• Identifying data issues and engaging with corporate functions and hotels to implement corrective actions and improve operational performance.
• Performing any other reconciliation, analysis, database updates and inquiry-related duties as directed.
• Maintaining weekly updates on international hotels’ distribution list and communicating with hotels.
• Attending departmental meetings pertinent to work assignments.
• Participating in onboarding of new business partners and in design of reconciliation review process to best support their needs.
• Creating documentation of end-to-end reconciliation process, and quality control checks, and cross-training other team members within the department.
• Supporting team members within the Inquiry Team when demand is high by sharing workload and taking the lead with resolving more complex issues.
• Assisting in creating monthly and quarterly business reviews and producing ad-hoc presentations.
• Managing annual renewal of central commission invoicing programme for UK travel agents, communicating renewal timelines with vendor and UK travel agencies, monitoring for missing and incorrect registration, and following up on any registration queries.
• Identifying corrective actions to address data issues with hotels and travel agencies.

Why choose us?

Embarking on our year in industry programme is a transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development activities. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Learning and Development: Interns have access to Hilton University to enhance their skills and contribute meaningfully to ongoing projects.
• Networking: Our interns can connect with professionals across the business, paving the way for valuable relationships.
• Feedback and Growth: Regular evaluations and feedback sessions will ensure our interns receive guidance and an opportunity to continually improve.
• Cross-Exposure: Opportunity to gain insight into another function.
• Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends.
• Salary & Benefits: £26,000 Gross PA & private healthcare.

Location: EMEA Regional Headquarters, Watford. Our placements are office based with flexibility offered across some teams.

What are we looking for?

• A strong sense of alignment to our culture and values.
• A current Bachelor’s or Master’s student with a required 12-month year in industry placement as part of your degree, preferably studying towards a degree in Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or similar.
• Availability to start 13th of July 2026, full-time, for a 12-month placement.
• Eligibility to work in the UK. If you are a non-UK national, without EU Settled or Pre-Settled Status then you will need to be studying at a UK university to be eligible to undertake a placement here.
• Fluency in English (speaking, reading, and writing).
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – particularly, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
• Ability to adapt to change and work in a fast-paced environment.
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn.

What is it like working for Hilton?

Hilton is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing hospitality companies, with 24 distinct brands and over 8,000 locations. We have recently been ranked by our employees as #1 World’s Best Hospitality Workplace awarded by Great Place to Work & Fortune.

We value and celebrate our team members’ diversities and individualism and foster a culture of belonging across our organisation. Joining Hilton will give you the opportunity to contribute to our rich culture and give back to the community. Our Team Member Resource Groups in the UK focus on Abilities, Generations, Pride, Women’s and Ethnic representation. You can find details on our Culture page.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of the role. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Please apply now, applications close on Sunday 2nd November 2025. We receive a high volume of applications, so thank you for your patience while we carefully review each one to give it the attention it deserves.

If your application is successful, you may be invited to complete a one-way video interview and online assessment. These help us get to know you better and assess if the placement could be a great match. Keep an eye on your inbox, and we encourage you to complete each step as soon as you can. Our EMEA Graduate Recruitment Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome.

Good luck, we are looking forward to meeting you!