Lifestyle Experiences Group SL

Placement organization

Name of organization: Lifestyle Experiences Group SL
Town/city: Barcelona
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.lifestyleexperiencesgroup.com/

Student

Name of student: Tamina Burggraf

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Management Company (DMC)
Organization’s activities: The companyLifestyle Experiences Group is split into two main brands, Lifestyle Barcelona and Lifestyle DMC. Lifestyle Barcelona organizes activities for individiuals in and around Barcelona, LifestyleDMC organizes all kinds of services companies need around their meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions. Most of those events for corporates take place in Barcelona, but they can be organized by LifestyleDMC in other destinations as well.
Target group of the organization: INdividuals coming to Barcelona lokking for extraordinary activities; corporates
Company culture: informal. familiar. There are about 8-10 people working in the office, currently 4 interns. Everyone is working in one open office, therefore asking questions and helping each other is made easy. Interns are treated as equal colleagues which allows you to learn a lot and work responsibly on your own as well.
Number of employees: 4
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Event department, Corporates
Brief description of your daily activities: – contacting providers and clients by phone and email
– creating proposals for the clients (Power Point Presentations)
– creating itineraries
– Follow up the proposals
– preparing confirmed events
– pick up clients/ on-site assistance during events
Brief description of your company assignment: Marketing Plan for the company’s new brand for conferences and exhibitions
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supervision is real good. I have the chance to work quite independently. However, if I have questions or there is something to be discussed, there is always the possibility for a quick meeting with my supervisor. Furthermore, we discussed my strengths and weaknesses in the beginning and I have the feeling to be pushed and supported to work on them.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? flexible, independent, sociable, creative, open-minded, well-organized
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: usually airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? myself on arrival
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? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? I was on exchange in Granada prior to my placement, and as you have to communicate in Spanish with the providers, I would recommend a language course of course depending of your level of Spanish

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 120
Accommodation (monthly): € 300
Local transport (monthly): € 30
General costs of living (monthly): € 250-300
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Transport

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Language classes in Holland and Germany. Exchange in Granada. However, the Catalan culture is definitely different from the Spanish culture. The catalonian pride and culture is quite present in the city and for sure you will learn a few words of Catalan as well just by reading advertiements in the streets or greeting people.
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: 122378@nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Accommodation: it is easily possible to find a room in the centre on arrival. However, you should plan a few days for that. If you are on a small budget, take even more time. There are a few (not nice, tiny, barely windows) rooms below 300€, there are quite some for 300€, but if you want to have a nice one, looking for it can take quite some time. If you are not on a low budet, there are plenty of nice rooms between 400€ and 500€.

Keep an eye on your belongings while in the crowded center…
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are plenty of leisure possibilities in and around the city and working for Lifestyle Experience Group you will get to know quite some while working anyways.

For getting to know the city there is a nice free walking tour in the centre (e.g http://www.newbarcelona-tours.com/daily-tours/free-tour-of-barcelona.html)

If you want to do some regular sports, finding a fitness studio shouldn’t be a problem either. However, another nice possibility is finding a bootscamp. Those are groups that train outside. I have just found one with the possibility to daily train in the park or on the beach with a group of people together. (e.g. http://www.urban-allstars.com/#!bootcamp-barcelona/c159h)

Media

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