Andiamo DMC Italy

Placement organization

Name of organization: Andiamo DMC Italy
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.andiamodmc.com

Name of student: Margot Kok

Specialist area: MTT
Placement period: 2015-2016

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Management Company
Organization’s activities: Organising all different kind of events and trips: incentives, meetings, events, teambuilding activities, gastronomic activities. Andiamo is focussed on B2B (Business to business).
Target group of the organization: MICE sector
Company culture: The atmosphere at the office is quite informal. Because it is a small company, you really get to know your colleagues. If you say things with respect, you can say a lot. Because the director of the company is Dutch and most of the employees speak Dutch, the difference with working in a Dutch company is not so big.
Number of employees: 10
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Department: operations.
Specialised in the intake stadium.
Brief description of your daily activities: – Creating tailor-made and personalized offers
– Logistical duties; contacting suppliers i.e. hotels, restaurants & transfer companies
– Writing descriptions for new products and programmes
– Developing new products for Andiamo
– Assisting in organising events/trips from beginning to the end
– Assisting at/during events
– Contact with clients
– Financial tasks
Brief description of your company assignment: Developing a new product for Andiamo: a tour/teambuilding focussed on the Italian opera/music.

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervisor was the director of the company. She knows a lot and could answer every question. But she was also quite busy and had to work outside the office often. But my other colleagues where always there to help me out with problems!

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? stress-proof, independent, flexible, creative
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excell, Powerpoint, Dutch as English creative writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? via Facebook group about rooms in Rome
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? NO

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 120 (RyanAir)
Accommodation (monthly): € 410
Local transport (monthly): € 10 (for some metro tickets, I could walk to work)
General costs of living (monthly): € 300 (depends on how much you go out for dinner & drinks!)
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? The only thing they pay is a Italian language course, 1,5 hour a week from an old Italian lady who doesn’t speak english at all.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t really prepare. I have been in Italy many times so I knew the culture and it is not so different from the Dutch culture. The only thing that annoyed me in the beginning was the fact that no one cares about time. Buses are driving whenever they want, Italian friends are always late etc. But you will get used to that really fast!
All the other things where amazing: the weather, the food, the beautiful city, the nice people. You feel home within a second.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No, I just became more relaxed about time!

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 132841@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: – Just know that you are an intern. The tasks can be really stressfull, tell your colleagues if it is too much
– Begin on time with your assignment. Make in your first week a deal with your coach about the time you will spend on your assignment, otherwise you will be working from 9-18 for the company and work on your assignment in your free time.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: – Enjoy as many aperitivo’s as possible (10€ for a drink and unlimited food)
– Become friends with Italian people. This is the best way to learn about the lifestyle of the Italian people and to get to know the best places/restaurants/partys in Rome.

Media

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