Corinthia Hotel St George’s Bay

Placement organization

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

Name of student: Lieke Dijkstra

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2017-2018

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Hotel
Organization’s activities: Corinthia St George’s Bay is a 5 star luxury hotel, which targets leisure and business guests.
Target group of the organization: Leisure, MICE and corporate
Company culture: The company culture of the hotel is quite informal. The bond between colleagues is good and they communicate with each other in an informal way,
Number of employees: 150-200
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Digital Marketing Department

Brief description of your daily activities: – Creating social media content
– Post daily on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
– Answer questions on social media
– Responding on reviews on Facebook, Booking.com and Expedia
– Create HTML's
– Checking Departures
Brief description of your company assignment: I made a Marketing Plan for the social media. By making an internal analyses and by doing research into the competitors social media and the trends I made recommendations for the social media department.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision was good. In the beginning I got a lot of help and tips and at the end I got a lot of independence while doing my work.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, creative, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? HTML, writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Dutch Realtor living in Malta
How did you go to work every day? Bus

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): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 425
Local transport (monthly): € 25
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Staff lunches

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn't prepare myself for the Maltese culture since there is not that much of a difference.
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: 143305@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: At the hotel you should really take initiative and ask a lot of questions, this way you will get more tasks.

Try to find an accommodation close to the hotel as the bus transport in Malta is not that great. Buses are always full and more often late as on time. I would recommend St Julians or Swieqi. I found my apartment through a Dutch realtor, which is expensive but very easy.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are a lot of things to do in Malta. There are the main touristic sights, as Valletta, Mdina, the Blue Lagoon, Blue Grotto, ect. What I liked the most was visiting the Island Gozo, we rented a Quad here which made it easy to see everything on the island in one day. I also recommend to hire a car in Malta one day. This way you can see some less touristic things that are hard to reach with the public transport.

Media

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