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PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2026

Ready to kickstart your career with one of the world's leading travel companies? Our 2026 placement opportunities are now available in:

  • Business & Commercial based in Luton
  • Commercial based in Surbiton (Crystal Ski)
  • User Experience based in Stockton
  • Marketing & Merchandising in Luton
  • Social Media & Content Marketing in Luton (First Choice)

You'll be working across our iconic brands, including TUI, First Choice and Crystal Ski Holidays, supporting key departments and projects. This isn't just work experience, it's a full-time role with real responsibility where you'll be making important decisions from day one.

We're proud of our award-winning placement programme that consistently receives top ratings from our students. The proof is in our excellent retention rate as we have over 70% of our placement students return to TUI after completing their degrees!

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COMMERCIAL

Our Business & Commercial Placement focuses on either Trading (Beach/Cruise) or Planning & Product teams. In Trading, you'll manage holiday pricing strategies, analyse sales trends, and maximise profits across destinations or cruise ships. In Planning & Product, you'll help develop dream holidays by understanding customer preferences, monitoring competitors, and implementing pricing strategies that drive growth.

Our Crystal Ski Commercial Placement places you in our specialist Ski, Lakes and Mountains team in Surbiton as a Product and Planning Executive. You'll support destination planning, analyse performance data, improve accommodation quality, develop marketing content, and bring new products to market while working across multiple business areas.

Both placements offer invaluable industry insights, exposure to senior colleagues, meaningful project work, and comprehensive support throughout your journey with us. We have programmes available in Luton, and Surbiton for 2026.

USER EXPERIENCE

You'll support the delivery of exceptional digital experiences across our multinational web portfolio. As a User Experience Executive, you'll collaborate with UX specialists, designers and developers in an Agile environment to create intuitive, engaging online journeys that inspire customers to book their dream holidays. You'll build wireframes and prototypes, learn essential UX techniques, solve complex design challenges, participate in research activities, and contribute to optimization tests that drive conversion. Throughout your placement, you'll gain invaluable industry insights while working on projects that reach thousands of customers daily, with support from senior colleagues and exposure across multiple business functions. At TUI, we'll ensure you have both the responsibility and guidance needed to make this year a transformative step in your professional journey. We have programmes available in Stockton for 2026.

MARKETING

Our Digital Sales & Merchandising Placement puts you at the heart of our digital team managing websites that drive over 65% of TUI UK & Ireland bookings. As a creative, analytical thinker, you'll develop and execute engaging online merchandising campaigns that balance customer experience with business goals. You'll collaborate across multiple teams to improve website performance, support trading priorities, and drive forward personalisation and A/B testing strategies while keeping an eye on industry trends.

Our Social Media & Content Marketing Placement with First Choice offers the chance to join a dynamic, forward-thinking team during an exciting growth period. Based in Luton with flexible hybrid working, you'll support the day-to-day running of brand social channels through content scheduling, ideation, sourcing, and creation. You'll stay on top of social trends, assist with influencer campaign logistics, and support various marketing initiatives across the business.

Both placement programmes are based in Luton for 2026 and provide invaluable exposure to senior colleagues, meaningful project work, and comprehensive support throughout your placement year.

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OUR PEOPLE

Real experiences. Real impact. Real careers.

Don't just take our word for it! Our placement students have gone on incredible journeys with TUI, developing professional skills, making lasting friendships, and even launching their careers with us after graduation.

Here's what some of our past placement students have to say about their time at TUI:

Matthew Aherne

Matthew Aherne

Senior Trading Manager, Marella Cruises

I joined TUI in 2012 as a Commercial School Leaver working in both Early and Late Trading. Immediately after finishing the scheme, I joined to support the L&D team so that I could support the next group of leavers and pass on all the things I learnt. I supported on this scheme in various roles including leading the communications and L&D teams. In 2019, I joined the placement scheme as the L&D team leader to continue my passion to support early talent, so I have spent my entire career at TUI supporting this. For me the greatest thing about working on the scheme is the pride you feel for new starters when they overcome their fears, achieve their goals and ultimately enjoyed their first year at TUI.

Abi Devaney

Abi Devaney

Director of Customer Experience and Propositions

“I joined TUI as a Cruise Trading Assistant on the Placement Scheme in 2014. After finishing university, I came back to TUI on the Graduate Programme, where I got the opportunity to work on a whole host of different projects across the business from Brand Management to Flight Operations! After finishing the scheme, I was eager to continue learning how all the different parts of TUI worked together, so I joined the Business Improvement Team then, in early 2019, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to head up TUI River Cruises in the run up to its maiden season. During the pandemic, I moved into my current role heading up Supplier Management and Ancillary Revenue for Marella Cruises. Whilst it’s been a tough couple of years for travel, I’m proud of having started my career as a placement student in Marella Cruises and just five years later having joined the Cruise Board.”

Jack Streeting

Jack Streeting

UX Designer

I joined TUI in the summer of 2019 and worked as part of the Digital Experience Team at Stockton, covering UX research, design implementation, marketing and brand development. The business offers a host of opportunities for colleagues to share expertise and grow skillsets, by focusing on collaboration between various areas of the business. If I was to explain my job role to someone outside of the business,  If you’re thinking of applying for a job at TUI, I would say join us – hard work never goes unnoticed at TUI and ultimately your ability to go the extra smile will help shape your professional career going forward, like it has mine. 

Mark Williamson

Mark Williamson

Technology Team Lead

I joined TUI over five years ago as a Web Developer, this was shortly after I graduated from university. When I first joined, I was part of a small team focusing on the backend/API implementations, and with help from my colleagues and managers I have found myself lucky enough to progress into a senior position where I can help develop and mentor newer members of the team. If you’re thinking of applying all I would say is to go for it as everyone at TUI goes above and beyond and will do everything they can to help support you and ensure you succeed.

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