TPA Toerisme Provincie Antwerpen

Placement organization

Name of organization: TPA Toerisme Provincie Antwerpen
Town/city: Antwerp
Country: België

Student

Name of student: Iris van der Woude
Website: http://www.tpa.be
Name of student: Iris van der Woude
Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Regional tourism board
Organization’s activities: To develop the touristic offer in the province of Antwerp. TPA is constantly busy with developing and maintaining this offer. At the same time the company helps cities and municipalities and touristic entrepreneurs to improve their product. By the intensive approach they hope that tourists will be pleased to return.
Target group of the organization: People who are using the province of Antwerp for a tourist of leisure purpose.
Company culture: My position is an intern at the Policy and Development department at “the route bureau”. Communication with colleagues is informal, except when somebody is in a higher function.
Number of employees: 48
Dress code: casual / formal at occasions
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? The company has thee departments: Internal businesses, Policy and Development, Communication and Marketing. I worked in Policy and Development.
Brief description of your daily activities: Answering e-mails, make phone calls, go to meetings, conduct reports, work on the assignments of the placement (research for auto routes), solve notifications for the routedocter.
Brief description of your company assignment: To investigate the supply and demand side of the auto routes and if it is necessary to invest and maintain.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Good, weekly meetings and nice to work with. They provide me with feedback and useful tips however I still have enough time to be independent.
Connection with study program: Relevant

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, team player, good knowledge of the Dutch language. Social, flexible an representable.
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, Excel, GIS, Powerpoint,
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French: Intermediate
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch should be good as well

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? By a company that supplies student rooms, First immo
How did you go to work every day? Tram (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: n/a
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): € € 15 euro retour ticket for the train from Roosendaal, 9,- per tram ticket per week
Accommodation (monthly): € 415,00
Local transport (monthly): € 36,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 150,00
Costs of visa: n/a
Costs of work permit: € n/a
What did the company pay for/to you? € 150,00 per month

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture? Not
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

My telephone number: +31 6 41890193
My e-mail address: irisvanderwoude91@msn.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: If you have the chance, go as much as possible to meetings. It is interesting to see how others use their knowledge to present and to work in a professional way.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Antwerp is a very divers city which has a lot to offer.

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