Panorama Holidays

Placement organization

Name of organization: Panorama Holidays
Town/city: Kuala Lumpur
Country: Maleisië

Student

Name of student: Vincent Jacobsen

Specialist area: Tourism Management (NL)
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour Operator
Organization’s activities: Inbound & Outbound Tours. FIT, GIT, MICE.
Target group of the organization: FIT, GIT, MICE
Company culture: GM and a Big Boss.
Mostly Informal.
Number of employees: 15
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? All.

Brief description of your daily activities: Assisting with quotations, making itineraries, administrative jobs.
Brief description of your company assignment: Competitor Analysis.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Whoever has given you a job, will take care of you.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, Sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? English, Excel could be useful, but not required.
English: Intermediate

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? 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? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? No (except if your English isn’t that good)

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 700+
Accommodation (monthly): € 0
Local transport (monthly): € – (depends on what you want to do in your own time)
General costs of living (monthly): € 200 (depends how you eat, and how you spend your free time)
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation, and RM500 a month.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t
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: vincentjacobsen@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Just be yourself, and if you have never lived abroad, try to look up some useful things about the local culture.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Parks, pubs, cafe’s, local cultural sites, etc…

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