NOTA BENE events

Placement organization

Name of organization: NOTA BENE events
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.notabene-events.com/

Student

Name of student: Manon Gijbels

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

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC
Organization’s activities: NOTA BENE events is contacted by other travel agencies for a trip Italy, They are the extension at the destination.
Target group of the organization: Travel agencies
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 7
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?
Operations department

Brief description of your daily activities: Customer service
Making tailor-made proposals and itineraries
Daily communication with suppliers
Assist CEO in creating new experiences
Assistance during travels & events
Brief description of your company assignment: Destination analysis, I analysed ‘new’ regions that are not very popular or well known among clients.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Good, always on time with assessment. Helpful, friendly and encouraging.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? problem solver, independent worker with attention to details, proactive and ambitious, teamplayer
Additional company requirements for this placement? None
English: Advanced
Other languages: Dutch, advanced

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? 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: –
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 English is already good then it would not be necessary

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 650
Local transport (monthly): € 35
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Transport card

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I had been to Italy many times before, so I didn’t really have to prepare myself much. I did do research on the city of Rome as I had never been before.
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: 172603@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Start looking for a room on time. There were cheaper rooms close to work, but we were 3 girls together and started looking late. In my part of the city there were also rooms for 450eu.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Lots of stuff to do in the city itself: Colosseum, Vatican Museum, Forum Roman
There is a beach nearby, 30 min by train. There are other small surrounding cities.
Visit Florence, Milan, Siena..

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