Enjoy Apartments

Placement organization

Name of organization: Enjoy Apartments
Town/city: Barcelona
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.enjoyapartments.com/

Student

Name of student: Naomi Marcus

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: accommodation
Organization’s activities: – Checking the calendar every morning
– Keep up revenue sheets
– Processing of requests
– Develop templates Vreasy
– Channel Management
– Operational tasks > check-in and check-outs
Target group of the organization: 25-40 years
Company culture: Enjoy Apartments mainly operates as a company renting out apartments. Besides monthly- and long-term renting out of apartments, they also offer short trips. Enjoy Apartments is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. There are many apartments people can book through Enjoy Apartments, but there are only some apartments that are owned by the company. This means that the company does not only handle bookings, but also fieldwork such as checking the apartments, cleaning the apartments, be a contact person for guests and welcoming the guests.

Besides this, Enjoy Apartments is also active as an OTA (Online Travel Agency). This means that Enjoy offers apartments as an intermediary. So, they receive the bookings and publish advertisements, but are not doing any fieldwork for these apartments. Presenting the apartments of external suppliers happens according to a commission model. Enjoy Apartments receives a commission from external suppliers for the selling of the product, which is the apartment in this case. The company does not have any influence on prices, occupancy rate, etc.

Number of employees: 8
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? At the office
Brief description of your daily activities: – Checking the calendar every morning
– Keep up revenue sheets
– Processing of requests
– Develop templates Vreasy
– Channel Management
– Operational tasks > check-in and check-outs
Brief description of your company assignment: Now the question is asked to implement a pricing tool to automatically pass through rates about the upcoming years. To achieve an organized whole in which it is clear which rates Enjoy Apartments generalizes there was drawn up the following management problem:
In which way, could Enjoy Apartments optimize the process by automating the pricing tool?

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: It is a good organization,who helps wherever it is possible.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? flexible, representable, stress-proof
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office, writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? company
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? yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 480
Local transport (monthly): € 40
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? nothing.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I had Spanish lesson at school
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: naomi_marcus@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: – Be representative at your work

– Do not be scared to speak another language
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Sport.
Going out
Meet new friends

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link