MI Malta

Placement organization

Name of organization: MI Malta
Town/city: Mosta
Country: Malta
Website: https://www.mimalta.com/

Student

Name of student: Kirina

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC
Organization’s activities: MI Malta offers a wide spectrum of hospitality and events services. Making use of their services includes a package of:
• Events: MI Malta’s choice of events events are designed to mange your time in the most efficient way possible and give the client more value to their minute. It includes dynamic activities such as abseiling and rock climbing, excursions by boat or jeep to for example Gozo and dinner and lunch at exotic locations.
• Conventions/ conference/ incentives/ meetings: The key of conference success is provided by the most up to date audio visual equipment and excellent convention centres. Many hotels offerd by MI Malta also provide conference meeting halls.
• Accomodation: A ‘jewel box’ of the best 4.5.6 star hotels have been chosen to provide the client with the best hotels concerning location, price/quality ratio and leisure facilities.
Target group of the organization: business travelers
Company culture: Everyone is friends with each other and suports each other’s sucesses. They go for drinks together every now and then. A postive working environment is very important at MI Malta.
Number of employees: 12
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? mostly

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

I did not work in a specific department

Brief description of your daily activities: what i should be doing:
My daily activities such as stated in the placement plan are:
1. General administration in the office
2. Assistance with social media
3. Creating presentations for potential clients
4. Assisting with organisation and preparation of events.

What i did:
1. making proposal for clients (ppt presentation including hotels, program, restaurants and costings)
2. General administration in the office: glueing menues, laminating papers and binding papers.
Brief description of your company assignment: A marketing plan regarding the UK market. In the past most of the visitors from the UK where tourists. It is my job to find out what their perspective on Malta is now. What is their reason to come to Malta? For a holiday or for events/ conference etc.? How long do they stay? Etc. The main question will be how does Mi Malta target them.

target group: business travelers from the UK
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: After each proposal, you sit down with the person who gave you the assignment and go trough it.

I did not have meetings/ conversations with my company supervisor about my performance.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? teamplayer, independent
Additional company requirements for this placement? PowerPoint, Excel
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: bus. too dangerous to go on bike

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? company -> Yvo van MijnMaltaStage
How did you go to work every day? bus, is ‘free’ with talinja card

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?
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): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 450
Local transport (monthly): € free (studentcard)
General costs of living (monthly): € 250 – 300
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? The company does not give any compensation. However, often the team is invited for lunch/ parties/ dinner etc by clients, and interns are always welcome to join for free. When going on a team buidling trip, it is also free for interns.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
i read a travelguide. Malta’s national religion is Roman Catholic.
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: No
My e-mail address:

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Try your best to be a part of the team. Don’t be shy, talk to everyone. If your English is good there are many cool opportunities to work as a hostes for the sister company of MI Malta, VIP Tours. You will get paid when you work at their events.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Malta has many beautiful sports to visit. In Mosta itself there is the biggest Dome.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link