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Radisson Hotel Group

Runs hotel brands for travelers and property owners

Verified Net Zero Trainee

Winter 2026Posted on 10/16/2026
No salary listed
Internship
Madrid, Spain
In Person
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Be eligible to sign an internship agreement with an academic institution.
  • Have a strong interest in sustainability, climate action, hospitality operations, or program management.
  • Be organized and detail-oriented, and be comfortable coordinating multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
  • Be comfortable working with data and proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Communicate clearly and professionally in fluent written and spoken business English.
  • Be proactive, curious, and solution-oriented, and be comfortable working independently with appropriate guidance.
  • Be able to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment and deliver responsibilities in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Build constructive working relationships and represent the company professionally and credibly.
Responsibilities
  • Support the Manager VNZ with day-to-day coordination and administration of the Verified Net Zero Hotels program.
  • Maintain program plans, hotel trackers, action logs, timelines, contact lists, and supporting documentation.
  • Coordinate follow-ups with participating and prospective hotels, internal departments, and external partners.
  • Prepare meeting materials, capture decisions and actions, and follow up on agreed deadlines.
  • Support the continuous improvement and scale-up of VNZ processes, tools, guidance, and hotel support materials.
  • Report progress, risks, delays, and support needs to the Manager VNZ.
  • Support hotels throughout the VNZ journey, from readiness assessment and onboarding to implementation, verification, launch, and post-launch follow-up.
  • Help coordinate collection of hotel information required for carbon-footprint calculations and decarbonization plans, including energy and operational data.
  • Follow up with hotel representatives and relevant functions on implementation actions related to renewable energy, low-carbon food, waste reduction and recycling, amenities, laundry, business travel, and team-member commuting.
  • Support implementation of VNZ systems, standards, guest touchpoints, digital content, and hotel collateral in line with approved guidelines.
  • Assist hotels in preparing for internal reviews and independent third-party verification, including document collection and evidence tracking.
  • Collect hotel feedback, implementation challenges, good practices, and lessons learned to strengthen future VNZ rollouts.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date VNZ hotel data, implementation status, milestones, verification records, and program documentation.
  • Assist with data-quality checks and follow up on missing or inconsistent information with hotels and relevant stakeholders.
  • Prepare regular progress updates, summaries, dashboards, and presentation materials for the Manager VNZ and wider Responsible Business team.
  • Support tracking of program costs, supplier information, purchase orders, invoices, and hotel recharges where required.
  • Help monitor continued compliance after launch and support the annual review or re-verification process.
  • Support coordination and delivery of VNZ training for hotel teams, including planning, attendance tracking, materials, and follow-up.
  • Help maintain VNZ guidance, FAQs, templates, SharePoint content, and other program resources.
  • Prepare content for internal communication channels and support hotel launch communications in coordination with Brand, Marketing, PR, Sales, and Operations.
  • Review VNZ materials for consistency with approved program terminology, brand requirements, and evidence-based sustainability messaging.
  • Support preparation of case studies, presentations, workshops, webinars, and award submissions related to VNZ hotels.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with SharePoint or Power BI.

About the company

Radisson Hotel Group connects travelers with hotels across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific, while helping property owners develop, brand and run lodging businesses. Its portfolio spans luxury and lifestyle hotels, upscale resorts and properties converted from independent hotels into branded destinations. Guests book through the group's channels and use its loyalty program, while owners partner through managed, franchised, leased or hybrid agreements. Its commercial systems support property management and hotel revenue optimization through shared technology and distribution. Its hospitality roots trace to Copenhagen's first SAS hotel in 1960, and the group is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

N/A

Founded

1960

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What believers are saying

  • Owners keep adding properties: RHG signed and opened 160 hotels with 22,000-plus rooms in January-June 2026.
  • Development includes internal moves: RHG's April 2026 report records 8.5 million learning hours and 40% internal hiring for 2025.
  • India has a defined expansion target: July 2026's Vision 2030 set 500 hotels, versus 142 operating across 86 cities.

What critics are saying

  • Contract security varies: RHG's available 2025 leased/managed-hotel data show 34% temporary no-fixed-hours employment and 18% outsourced workers.
  • Hiring controls have uneven coverage: 2025 leased/managed-hotel data show under-half toolkit uptake; full audits covered 56 of 395 hotels.
  • Compliance work extends beyond office hours: RHG's Bucharest role requires shifts, weekends and unannounced night audits.

What makes Radisson Hotel Group unique

  • A larger hotel group controls RHG: Jin Jiang holds a majority stake.
  • Owners often return with another property: about 65% of RHG's owners have more than one hotel with the group.
  • The brand network spans many markets: RHG's portfolio covers more than 100 countries.

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