Enjoy Curacao

Placement organization

Name of organization: Enjoy Curacao
Town/city: Willemstad
Country: Nederlandse Antillen
Website: http://enjoy-curacao.com

Student

Name of student: Danique Jansen

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: accommodation
Organization’s activities: Enjoy Curacao rents vacations homes and cars for short stays.
Target group of the organization: The Dutch and Americans
Company culture: There is no hierarchy because there is only one person working at the office in Curacao. The head office is located in Barcelona, so that is where the boses are, you do have some contact with them from time to time but this is very rare. And when you contact them you won’t notice any form of hierarchy.
Number of employees: 1
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? I’m officially working in the (online) marketing department.
Brief description of your daily activities: Write texts about upcoming events and the holiday homes.
Contact other organisations to come to an agreement for any form of cooperation.
Maintain social media like Facebook.

Brief description of your company assignment: Write a new strategic and tactic marketing plan.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: When I have questions I can always ask them and the manager here does control what I’m doing and if everything gets done in time.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, social, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? writing skills
English: Basic
Spanish: Basic
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? internet
How did you go to work every day? car

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? yes, a
How did you arrange the necessary documents: through a agency
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 2 months
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? No

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 750
Accommodation (monthly): € 290
Local transport (monthly): € 200
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: € 100
What did the company pay for/to you? I got a car to drive to work and back home.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I read things about Curacao on the internet and in books, and asked several people who have been here about the way of life.
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: 111172@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Go visit all the beaches, especially the ones in the west of Curacao these are more tranquil then the touristic beaches.
Don’t walk alone at night and don’t show of your expensive stuff.
Don’t lose yourself in all the parties and mess up your internship.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There is lots to do on the island, there are a lot of good restaurants, beautiful beaches and beachbars. The shopping ont he island is not so good , there are a few stores where they have some nice clothes but the stores here are not like the stores in Europe.

Media

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