AVIAREPS Tourism GmbH

Placement organization

Name of organization: AVIAREPS Tourism GmbH
Town/city: München
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://www.aviareps.com/about-aviareps/our-offices/europe/germany/munich/team.html

Name of student: Priscilla Khouw

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Representation company
Organization’s activities: AVIAREPS Tourism represents several destinations in Munich. For example, Mauritius, Las Vegas, South Australia and many more. The company does marketing and PR activities for these destinations.
Target group of the organization: Actually every target group
Company culture: There is no real hierarchy in the office. Everyone is treated equally but you only call your colleagues with their front name and not the CEO. The company itself is very formal but the hierarchy and atmosphere is informal. Interns do get lots of responsibility and are treated like one of the employees.
Number of employees: 25-30
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Marketing and PR department
Brief description of your daily activities: The daily activities can vary day to day. One time you do not have lots of work and on other days you get piles of work. My main task was to do the clipping reports. You receive media articles and you need to calculate the values of the articles. Eventually you make a report out of it. Other activities are ordering office material, taking phone calls, translations, sending out brochures, putting press releases online and provide support to other colleagues and their destinations. A special assignment is to contribute at the ITB in Berlin. I was assigned to support the New York stand.
Brief description of your company assignment: I worked together with an ITMC student. We were allowed to do the company assignment together. We choose the Bronx in New York as our topic. The assignment consists of an analysis of the Bronx and potential target group, and a marketing campaign on how to promote the Bronx as a future tourist destination.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I kind of had two supervisors who are both really nice to me. Even though you do not get in contact much with them and they often are very busy, they always answer your questions.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, team player, flexible, stress-proof
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office, writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German: Advanced
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Internet, wg-gesucht.de
How did you go to work every day? Public transport

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? If your German is not at least ‘advanced level’ then I would recommend it

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € I flew home in between which was €150
Accommodation (monthly): € 600
Local transport (monthly): € 50
General costs of living (monthly): € 150-200
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Financial compensation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not but with help of my German classes at university I already knew a lot about the German culture. If you’re Dutch (just like me) do not think that the Dutch and German culture are the same. There are important differences that you have to pay attention to.
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: 122120@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Show initiative during your placement, otherwise you get the stupid assignments. Do not be afraid to ask questions to your colleagues as they are very glad to help you.
The internship itself is a very stressful position due to many deadlines, assignments in between and other tasks, do not let it affect your performance.

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Munich is a very beautiful city with many leisure possibilities. Besides the usual sights within the city such as the Allianz Arena, the BMW museum and the city center, I could also recommend you to do trips outside of Munich. Salzburg, Augsburg and Nürnberg are for example very close by.
But the city itself already has many recreational options. Make use of the time that you are in Munich, I still get the feeling that I did not see everything yet.

Media

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