ECMeetings

Placement organization

Name of organization: ECMeetings
Town/city: St. Julian’s
Country: Malta
Website: http://www.ecmeetings.com & www.maltahotels.com.mt

Student

Name of student: Boaz Post

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC
Organization’s activities: Organise hotels, transfers, venues, diners, activities, tours, conferences and meetings for business and leisure groups. Seperate website for individuel hotel bookings.
Target group of the organization: The whole world (leisure groups and business groups) especially groups from Germany, Sweden, Benelux and Russia
Company culture: Friendly and helpful colleges and my position as a student is like everybody in the office!
Number of employees: 8
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Only 8 employees, everybody works on his own target group but everybody works together when they need help.
Brief description of your daily activities: – Update rates for hotel website
– Arrange hotel bookings and organize tours for leisure groups
– Make Proposals for clients
– Make Cost estimates for clients
– Update Social Media (Facebook and Twitter)
– With the groups (Airport, diners, tours, parties and in the hotels)

Brief description of your company assignment: To discuss with ECMeetings
About marketing, hotel booking or social media

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Good, they are helpful and you ask what you want!

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Team player, sociable flexible, stress-proof, Motivated, Responsible, Efficient
Additional company requirements for this placement? Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel). Social Media (Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin)
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German: Intermediate
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane (Air Malta from Amsterdam or Ryanair from Eindhoven)

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Internet. Best option: book a hotel for first days and look around in the area St. Julian’s, Paceville, Swieqi or Sliema, apartment options enough (around 300/400 per month for a single room incl. private bathroom and shared kitchen)
How did you go to work every day? By foot (5 minutes walking)

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? Start 2 months before your departure to Malta!
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? –

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 350,00 (retour ticket Air Malta, more expensive then Ryanair)
Accommodation (monthly): € 350,00
Local transport (monthly): € 15,00 (2,60 day ticket for bus to all cities and beaches)
General costs of living (monthly): € 250,00 (supermarkt prices the same compared to the Netherlands, party and bars cheaper!)
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Transport

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 102372@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: The island is not so big but enough things to do!
Beaches: Golden Bay, Paradise Bay, Riviera Bay
Cities: Valletta, Mdina, Marsaxlokk, Bughiba etc.
Party: Paceville (more than 30 clubs and bars)
Visit also Dingli cliffs (beautiful views), Gozo!! And if you have the time visit Sicily (by boat 60euro retour or airplane 20euro retour)

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Everything is in walking distance in St. Julian’s (beach, bars, casino’s, restaurants etc.) or take the bus to other cities

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link