Sands Beach Resort

Placement organization

Name of organization: Sands Beach Resort
Town/city: Costa Teguise, Lanzarote
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.sandsbeach.eu

Student

Name of student: Raphaele Potts

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Hotel
Organization’s activities: Hotel also having a sports brand called Sands Beach Active
Target group of the organization: Families, couples, Athletes
Company culture: Whole staff seems like a family, friendly tone, respectful.
Each other’s work is appreciated

Number of employees: 98
Dress code: uniform, but marketing casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Reception, Marketing, Sales, PR, Reservations, Sports Management, Accounting, Human Resources
I worked in marketing
Brief description of your daily activities: Conducting, planning, implementing, analyzing social media, maintaining the hotels Sport brand, conducting client satisfaction surveys, produce monthly statistical reports, promoting hotel’s sport event to new markets, helping and overseeing the hotel’s reputation online, publish and promote photos, videos and blog posts online
Brief description of your company assignment: Create a promotional plan on one of the major sports events of the island, the ‘Ironaman Lanzarote’
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supervision by supervisor (marketing manager) is excellent, helps you to integrate in the life and work

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, team-player, sociable, creative
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, Excel, Powerpoint
English: Advanced
Spanish: Advanced
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Provided by the hotel/ You live in the hotel
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

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? n/a

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 250,00 – 300,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 0,00
Local transport (monthly): € 15,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 300,00 – 500,00
How long in advance did you apply for visa
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? EUR 150,00, accommodation and meals

Culture

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

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be friendly, behave nicely since you live in the hotel. However relaxed working environment
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Multiple sport activities. In the hotel: gym, stand up paddle, tennis court, yoga, pilates, dance lessons/ Outside the hotel: bike rental, surfing, diving, snorkeling, swimming

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link