The Ritz-Carlton Budapest

Placement organization

Name of organization: The Ritz-Carlton Budapest
Town/city: Budapest
Country: Hungary
Website:

Student

Name of student: Milou Kok

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Hotel
Organization’s activities: It’s a hotel, rooms are being sold, events are being held, there is a restaurant
Target group of the organization: Middle East
Company culture: Mostly Hungarians but also foreigners are working there. Nice working environment, flexible but professional. Very helpful colleagues
Number of employees: 150
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Finance
Brief description of your daily activities: I started working as a trainee but after 2 months I became responsible for the position of Credit Manager since the previous lady left the company and there was no one to replace her. In this position I am responsible for all accounts receiveable. I have to make invoices, contact guests when they still owe the hotel money, make billing for big events… there are lot of different activities in this position
Brief description of your company assignment: Competition analysis
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Very good, I feel they trust me and they give me tasks which have lot of responsibility. My colleagues are always helpful and friendly.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Passion for hospitality
Additional company requirements for this placement? No
English: Intermediate
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The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? By myself, I rent an apartment via a student rental 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, only a medical test was necessary but this was arranged by the company
How did you arrange the necessary documents: I only needed a Hungarian bank account so I had to arrange this, the company suggested me a bank where they speak English
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 1 day
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, maybe some basic knowledge of Hungarian could be useful but its not necessary

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 150
Accommodation (monthly): € 500
Local transport (monthly): € 15
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? The company pays me monthly about 83000 HUF (270 EUR) and I got clothes from the company as well as a ticket for the public transport

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I asked my Hungarian friends in the Netherlands about Hungary
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: 132871@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I could definately recommend this internship, It is very interesting, they give you big responsibilities and the support is very good. Also everything is arranged very well in this company. In addition, the work environment is very nice, everybody is very friendly and helpful and open towards foreigners
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Budapest is a relative cheap city for me because the prices are very low compared to Netherlands. Going out for dinner, for drinks, sightseeing, visit the Buda castle, Basilica… Also there are many shopping malls

Media

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