Landal Katschberg

Placement organization

Name of organization: Landal Katschberg
Town/city: Katschberghöhe
Country: Oostenrijk
Website: http://www.landal.nl/katschberg

Student

Name of student: Michiel Berkers

Specialist area: MRO
Placement period: 2011-2012

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Accommodation
Organization’s activities: Accommodation / holiday park
Target group of the organization: Main target groups: families with children in high season and 55+ in low season .
Company culture: They are all really professional and friendly to all colleagues. The management is perfect and always wants to help you.
Number of employees: approx. 12
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Management, front-office, entertainment, maintenance and housekeeping. I worked in Management
Brief description of your daily activities: Marketing research for Landal Austria. Talking with guest, solving problems, check-in and check-out, assistant park manager.
Brief description of your company assignment: Marketing research for 6 Landal parks in Austria
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Really good and professional organization. Everything is well organized.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? You have to be stress-proof, sociable, flexible, friendly, professional and creative. You also have to work on your own.
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe and Internet.
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German: Intermediate
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch good

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car, bus, airplane and train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? The company did this for me. I had my own apartment in this park. It was a good apartment, including everything
How did you go to work every day? By foot

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? Yes
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? I had two german courses two years ago

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € Depends on transport. Train +/- €160,-, Car +/- €275,-
Accommodation (monthly): € 0,00
Local transport (monthly): € 0,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 100,00 (shopping costs)
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Approx. EUR 450,00 per month, accommodation and car petrol

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: 110205@edu.nhtv.nl

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: Yes. In the winter you´re in the middle of ski slopes, near a roddelslide and near a lot of restaurants and après ski bars.

In the sommer you can do many activities in the surrounding areas like: rafting, canyoning, sunbathe on a big lake, paragliding, archery, tree climbing, walk, mountain bike, Nordic walk and a LOT more!

Media

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