FCM Travel Solutions / Top 3 Meetings
Placement organization
Name of organization: FCM Travel Solutions / Top 3 Meetings
Town/city: Birkirkara
Country: Malta
Website: http://top3meetings.com/
Student
Name of student: Elena Ventura
Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2018-2019
Information about placement organization
Type of organization: Destination Management Company
Organization’s activities: Organising travel for group or individuals in Malta or abroad, according to the specific department.
Target group of the organization: MICE, Individuals, Luxury, Leisure, Corporates and FIT
Company culture: Quite informal
Number of employees: 50
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes, apart from working on social media
Information about your placement
In which department(s) are you working?
Top 3 Meetings which is the incoming department that mainly focus on MICE and Corporates
Brief description of your daily activities: Contact hotels, restaurants and other to know the availability
Complete the missing information of hotels, restaurant and other in the main database
Create slides and/or presentations for the customers
Brief description of your company assignment: Contacting the restaurants, wine tastings, cuisine classes and farm houses in order to receive the answers to the previous sent questionnaire.
Describing which are the characteristics and the difference between the restaurants (Maltese and Mediterranean)
Describing the characteristics and the news of the other food areas
Creating slides with an uncommon tip for each sample member who accepted to cooperate
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: They gave the task but then they let you how to organise it and they check only at the end if something need to b adjusted
Requirements for students on placement
What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, sociable, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French:
German:
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? By foot but occasionally by bus
Visa / work permit / vaccinations
Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: n/a
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? n/a
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? n/a
Language course
Did you take a language course before you started your placement? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Only if you do not have enough trust in your english/italian
The costs in euros
Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 320
Accommodation (monthly): € 390
Local transport (monthly): € 15
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Nothing
Culture
How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
N/A
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? I have started to call the superiors by name. according to the company’s culture. I have do not noticed other changes
Future students on placement
Future students are free to contact me for further information: No
My e-mail address:
Other information
Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: n/a
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Not, Iklin does not offer much activities
Media
Youtube link Youtube placement video link