Haman Scandinavia

Placement organization

Name of organization: Haman Scandinavia
Town/city: Stockholm
Country: Zweden
Website: http://www.haman.no

Name of student: Bob Lieshout

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Incoming tour operator
Organization’s activities: Haman Scandinavia is an incoming tour operator that offers tours for groups as well as individuals to foreign tour operators. They focus on specific parts of the world and therefore are specialists of these regions. They don’t sell direct to the end customer, which means they only have contact with suppliers and tour operators/travel agencies.
Target group of the organization: Tour operators
Company culture: Haman Scandinavia is part of the Haman Group, which is a name that represents all the companies that are part of it. Haman Group exists out of Haman Scandinavia, Terra Nova Scandinavia, Scandinavian Incentives and Authentic Scandinavia and is functional in five different countries.

At the office I work you can find 4 different departments. The purchasing department, group department, finance department and the Scandinavian Incentives department.

The people working here are really friendly and helpful. I enjoy working with them, both informal and formal behavior is accepted but we (the purchasing department) behave in an informal way.
Number of employees: 30
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Purchasing department
Brief description of your daily activities: Processing data in the database such as: hotel prices, entrance ticket prices, changing allotment at certain hotels, creating new suppliers.

Requesting prices from suppliers.

Finding new suppliers and contacting them.

Help improving working with the database.

Brief description of your company assignment: Researching and categorizing problems and complaints in from the past 2 years and give recommendations about how to avoid them.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Really helpful person, always very friendly and always positive.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, independent
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office, writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Swedish Basic

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I arranged it myself via internet
How did you go to work every day? Bus/subway

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, it is not needed only if you want to

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € Company pays for public transport card
Accommodation (monthly): € 450
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 500
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Public transport card

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not, once I was here I took a Swedish course
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: 113236@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Always stay patient, remain friendly and try to help where you can
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: I don’ t know

Media

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