Bramante

Placement organization

Name of organization: Bramante
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.bramante-travel.it / www.bramante-events.it

Student

Name of student: Louisa Franke

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Incoming tour operator
Organization’s activities: Creating tours all over Italy
Target group of the organization: Business to Business, luxury, groups and individual travelers
Company culture: It is a very informal environment and the people are friendly and open, students is completely excepted as a part of the team
Number of employees: 8
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Bramante Travel, Events, Charming World
I worked in Marketing and operating department
Brief description of your daily activities: I prepared tailor-made tours with cost calculation, designed newsletter and assisted my colleagues with daily requests for hotels or transfers.
Brief description of your company assignment: Promotion on the German market, Competitor analysis to designed the new website of Bramante Travel
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision was really good because the boss takes time to lead you and gives you new tasks and responsibilities

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? You need to be sociable, flexible, open and positive
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, Excel, Powerpoint (very important) and Internet
English: Advanced
Spanish: Advanced
French:
German: Mother tongue
Italian: Advanced
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? By friends that I met by going out 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

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? Yes, your Italian needs to be good. As I was on exchange in Italy, my knowledge of the language was excellent.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 120,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 350,00
Local transport (monthly): € 35,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 250,00
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Nothing

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I already went on exchange there
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? Yes, Italians are more open and do more things at the same time, this could be different than in Germany or Netherlands

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: louisa.19@hotmail.de

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: You should have a positive attitude in the office and be careful in Rome, especially for the girls
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are many. My favorite place is Formula Una or Roma Antica (restaurant, a little bit expensive), Celestino bar in San Lorenzo and Campo dei fiori where the students meet.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link