Landal Resort Eifeler Tor

Placement organization

Name of organization: Landal Resort Eifeler Tor
Town/city: Heimbach
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://www.landal.nl/nl-nl/bungalowparken/duitsland/eifel/eifeler-tor

Name of student: Michael Jansen

Specialist area: MRO
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Holiday Park
Organization’s activities: Landal Resort Eifeler Tor offers luxurious apartments and villas in the middle of the Eifel National Park. The Heimbacher Brauhaus, with its home-brewed beer, and the Italian Restaurant “Casa Ruscella” offer guests the opportunity to have dinner or to have a drink. The resort also offers an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a wellness area, a tourist information point and several shops. The beautiful surroundings also have a lot to offer; jump aboard one of the tour boats on the nearby resevoir or explore the area on a comfortable electric bike. Join one of the many guided wander tours, relax on the beach or rent a boat and explore the resevoir yourself! Picturesque and charming towns, such as Monschau and Heimbach, offer many options for recreation and relaxation. In short, Landal Resort Eifeler Tor offers every opportunity to relax and unwind in beautiful surroundings!

With the its conference rooms Landal Resort Eifeler Tor offers meetings in a holiday atmosphere. The fresh air of the Rursee, on which you have a nice view from the park, inspires and relieves stress. After the meeting our Business Bar, with our home-brewed beer, is opened for a drink after the meeting.The rooms can be used for meetings, conferences, presentations, teambuilding and training.

Investors do also come out well: the luxurious villas and apartments, together with the beautiful surroundings make Landal Resort Eifeler Tor the perfect place for a second home.

Target group of the organization: Private investors and holiday makers in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Business market for meetings, conferences, training, presentations and teambuilding.
Company culture: The hierarchy at Landal Resort Eifeler Tor is low. The manager on top, then the heads of the different departments and then the employees. Contact with the manager is more formal than contact with colleagues, but it is possible for everybody to speak to the manager.
Number of employees: 50-60
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Marketing & Sales
Front Office
Gastronomy
Brief description of your daily activities: Improving the communication to the guests, in front of, during and after their stay.
Improving the marketing, promotion and sales of the commercial rooms (conference rooms, restaurants and Business Bar)
Translations of e-mails, flyers, brochures, etc: German to Dutch and Dutch to German

Check-in and Check-out of the guests, handling complaints, providing information

PubQuiz in restaurant ‘Heimbacher Brauhaus’, every Saturday, bilingual (trilingual if you count Flemish)
Helping out in the restaurant when necessary
Brief description of your company assignment: Business Plan for the Commercial Rooms (Conference rooms, restaurants and Business Bar) to reach a Food & Beverage turnover of € 200.000 in the year 2016. The Business Plan focuses on the Business to Business market for meetings, conferences, presentations, teambuilding, training and other events.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: In the weekly meeting with the manager the proceedings will be discussed. The manager gives feedback on the work delivered, the opportunity is given to ask questions and the new assignments are given by the manager. For questions and help the colleagues are always available. And it is also possible to ask the manager when needed.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, flexible, confident, creative, actively contributing(ideas, proposals)
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Basic
Spanish:
French:
German: Intermediate
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch – Intermediate

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Arranged by the company, accommodation on site
How did you go to work every day? By foot, 5 minute walk uphill

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: NVT
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? NVT
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? NVT

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? Yes, if little knowledge of the German language

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € € 50 (gas for car)
Accommodation (monthly): € € 0 (arranged by company, on site)
Local transport (monthly): € NVT
General costs of living (monthly): € € 100 (groceries)
Costs of visa: € NVT
Costs of work permit: € NVT
What did the company pay for/to you? Monthly compensation: € 350
This is including the on-site accommodation and dinner

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
No preparation, the Germans have a different mentality, but the differences are not that big.
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: michaeljansen89@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do:
To Do:
Arrange a car! The resort is on a remote location, the nearest train station is a 45-minute walk from the park.

Explore the beautiful surroundings and different activities around the resort.

Mind your speed, there are a lot of speedlights in the surroundings, some of them are hidden very carefully.

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Canoe tours, Wander & Cycling Tours, Boat trips, Wildparks, Abbeys, Burrows, Museums, picturesque towns such as Monschau, big cities such as Köln, Aachen, Düren, Bonn, Bad Münstereifel.

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