J&TI events

Placement organization

Name of organization: J&TI events
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: https://www.jti-events.com/

Student

Name of student: Daphne Brouwer

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC incentive house and travel agency
Organization’s activities: They organise events, incentives and customized tours for clients.
Target group of the organization: Groups from NL, Beligum, etc,
Company culture: The ambience is informal, you can ask anyhting whenever you want and they give you responsibility to learn new things.
Number of employees: 9
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?
Operation department.

Brief description of your daily activities:
– writing emails to clients or suppliers
– making proposals
– making pricelists
– make an overal overview of a program
– call suppliers
– search for new destinations, activities and hostels
– some marketing and sales

Brief description of your company assignment: I am doing a destination analysis + product plan, in order to give new opportunities of products in Rome for the company.

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervisor is really nice, explains everything you need to know and is really organised so that is really nice. My other colleagues also help me whenever that is needed

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, flexible and representable
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excel, Word, Canva
English: Intermediate
Italian: Basic

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airport

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Via Spotahome
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: Yes codice fiscale
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 4 days
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): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 600
Local transport (monthly): € 35 per month
General costs of living (monthly): € 400-500
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? They paid 150 euro per month

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I had italian at school but for the rest I did not really prepare.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? Yes, I needed to get used to the italian work way and ambience, but I love it

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 171969@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I would recommend to enjoy your weekends and visit as much as possible to see the most of Italy. I feel bad not doing that in the first weeks of my stay here because I really needed time to get used to living here. Furthermore, go to the beach, it is lovely.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: The office will move to the north of Rome so I would not be sure. The new office looks great tho!

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