Stage: Banqueting

Are you enthusiastic, social, and do you enjoy ensuring that everything is arranged to perfection? Then an internship at the Banqueting department of Van der Valk Hotel Antwerpen might be just for you! You will work in our Business Center with no fewer than 28 meeting rooms and help ensure that meetings, lunches, dinners, and events run smoothly and hospitably.

During your internship in Banqueting, you will ensure that our guests have everything they need and that every event is cared for to the smallest detail. You will work in our separate Business Center, located next to the hotel, with no fewer than 28 modern meeting rooms.

Your tasks include

• You ensure that the meeting rooms are neat and fully prepared and provide them with the necessary equipment.

• You assist with the setting up and clearing away of the breakfast buffet.

• During lunches, dinners, and receptions, you ensure that tables are cleared and neatly reset in a timely manner.

• You check and refresh the meeting rooms between different meetings and events.

• You take care of the coffee breaks and ensure that our guests can enjoy a drink and a snack on time.

• After an event, you help with the clearing away and resetting of the meeting rooms.

• You work together with the Banqueting team and contribute to a welcoming and professional experience for our guests.

• You occasionally support the team in our restaurant or at the bar. You help with serving guests, serving drinks and dishes, and clearing tables.

In short: a versatile internship in which you get to know the various facets of banqueting, events, and hospitality, and where you ensure every single day that everything runs like clockwork.

Van der Valk Hotel Antwerpen is part of a warm family business where hospitality is central. During your internship, you will get the chance to get acquainted with the hotel world, try out different tasks, and gain experience in a professional environment.

We believe it is important that you feel good during your internship and that you get sufficient opportunities to develop yourself. You will be guided by experienced colleagues who are happy to share their knowledge with you. This way, you not only learn a lot, but you also get to know real hotel life!

Functie-eisen

• You are following a course in hotel, hospitality, tourism or a similar field

• You are hospitable, enthusiastic, and social and enjoy working with people.

• You are flexible and enjoy the fact that no two days are the same.

• You enjoy working together with others, but also dare to roll up your sleeves independently.

• You are eager to learn and open to new experiences within the world of banqueting and events.

• You have an eye for order and cleanliness and find it important that everything is taken care of to the smallest detail.

• You have a positive appearance and like to contribute to a pleasant atmosphere for our guests and colleagues.

• You speak fluent Dutch and English. Other languages are a plus.

• Experience in hospitality or the hotel industry is a plus, but certainly not a must. During your internship, you will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop yourself!

Join our family business and become part of a team that works together to achieve the best. Together, we build a hospitable future!

Do you have questions about this vacancy? Please contact our HR team via vacature@antwerpen.valk.com.