Travix
Placement organization
Name of organization: Travix
Town/city: Amsterdam
Country: NL – Noord-Holland
Website: https://www.travix.com/
Student
Name of student: Emma Timmermans
Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2018-2019
Information about placement organization
Type of organization: Online travel agent
Organization’s activities: Work together with other consolidators and airlines. Control and manage fares.
Target group of the organization: All ages and cultures
Company culture: ‘Ceo’
Supply/product and technology/people/finance/demand//commercial/customer operations/business operations
Number of employees: 550
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes
Information about your placement
In which department(s) are you working?
In the air team
Brief description of your daily activities: Throughout the internship I worked on several assignments and tasks. These included; polling, qatar ticketing deadlines, paxport dynamic packaging, Worldspan bookability / Sell Failures, update the intern manual, upsell sanity check, fare filing check on new consolidator and fare checks on low cost airlines on travelfusion.
Brief description of your company assignment: I have to search up fares on travelfusion as well as one of Travix’s websites and the website of the airline. I write down all the prices so they can be compared and made more competitive. With this I can then write about the low cost airlines industry in my report.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervisor checks up on me while I am working and when I am away because I am sick or decide to take a day off I let him know.
Requirements for students on placement
What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, social, flexible, organised, quick learner, not afraid of failing, optimistic, stress-proof, confident
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excel, google docs
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch advanced
The trip
Mode of transport to reach your destination: train
Accommodation
How did you arrange your accommodation? i live at home
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: i didn’t
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? I didn’t
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? didn’t need to
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 english is at quite a low level then yes
The costs in euros
Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € free
Accommodation (monthly): € free
Local transport (monthly): € free
General costs of living (monthly): € free
Costs of visa: € none
Costs of work permit: € none
What did the company pay for/to you? Financial compensation: 350 euros per month
Culture
How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I already lived in the Netherlands so I didn’t have to adjust
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: 164380@buas.nl
Other information
Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Arrive on time, work as best you can, let them know if you are struggling with the work
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Amsterdam: boat tour, cycling, museums, art galleries
Media
Youtube link Youtube placement video link