Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay

Placement organization

Name of organization: Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay
Town/city: St. Julian’s
Country: Malta
Website: http://www.corinthia.com/en/hotels/malta-stgeorgesbay

Name of student: Lindsay Coppens

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Hotel
Organization’s activities: The main activity is selling hotel rooms. But the hotel has also nine restaurants and three seasonal outlets.
Target group of the organization: individual leisure
Company culture: The company culture is very informal. Every employee talks to each other. Only the general manager is being called MR.
Number of employees: >100
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
Brief description of your daily activities: making content for the website, creating posters for hotel, assisting with photoshoots and filming, posting on the website whatson.com.mt, checking new menu’s.
Brief description of your company assignment: a competition analyse on the rooms. comparing the rooms and prices of the hotel with its competitors.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I work directly with my supervisor and we always discuss my work. He give me a lot of assignments and gives my much responsibility. The supervision by the organization is very good!

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? creative, team player, communicative
Additional company requirements for this placement? no
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? agency
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? Yes
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): € 480
Local transport (monthly): € 10
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? nothing, you can have lunch in the canteen.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare myself
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: lindsay_coppens@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Start early with finding a room. Try to rent with another person, if you rent a room it is always more expensive.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: a lot of clubs, bars, shopping area’s, restaurants, cinema, tourist attractions(hop on hop off bus, old cities to visit), beaches etc.

Media

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