Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay & Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort

Placement organization

Name of organization: Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay & Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort
Town/city: St. Julians
Country: Malta
Website: http://www.corinthia.com/hotels/malta/malta_stgeorgesbay/

Name of student: Nina Zwaanswijk

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Hotel
Organization’s activities: Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay is a 5 star hotel and the Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort is a 4 star hotel. They both have a lot of facilities (swimmingpools, SPA, gym, Kids Club, several restaurants and a diving school).The aim of Corinthia Hotels is to welcome guests like they are coming home and to offer them a fine tradition of hospitality
Target group of the organization: Leisure and corporate guests
Company culture: A formal five star company.
Number of employees: 250
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Sales department
Brief description of your daily activities: I worked a lot with Opera (the hotelsystem).
– Create profiles and contacts
– Put in blocks
– Chase up proposals
– Create and update databases
– Send follow-up emails
Further more I did miscellaneaous office duties such as filing and scanning. I also assisted with compiling monthly statistics and reporting.

Brief description of your company assignment: Create a datebase of corporate event planners, both national and international, by segment and by country.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Good supervision. Everyone supports you and encourage you. They let you feel that you are part of the team.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, taking initiative, social, teamplayer,
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office, writings skills
English: Advanced
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French:
German:
Italian:
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

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): € €180
Accommodation (monthly): € €355
Local transport (monthly): € €10
General costs of living (monthly): € €250-€300
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Free meals

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare because I already had been to Malta before.
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: ninazwaan@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Just be yourself! Try to take initiative. If you have nothing to do, ask for more tasks you can do. And greet everyone.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Malta has a lot to offer. Go to Valletta and Mdina, enjoy the beaches in the north of Malta.
The blue lagoon is worth visiting! And to a daytrip or go a weekend to Gozo.

If you want to go out, go to Paceville in St. Julians. More in for a club? Then you can go to Marrakech or Gianpula.

Media

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