NOTA BENE Events

Placement organization

Name of organization: NOTA BENE Events
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website:

Student

Name of student: Senna Spronk

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

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC
Organization’s activities: Making tailormade programs and events.
Target group of the organization: MICE Business
Company culture: –
Number of employees: <10
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: I kept daily contact with suppliers like hotels and restaurant. Every week did I work on tailor made proposals about regions is Italië.
Brief description of your company assignment: I have made a standard proposal to sell to luxury FIT consumers.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Even during the difficult time of the coronavirus did the organization help me where ever they could. Good supervision!

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? indepentent, teamplayer, flexible and sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office, communication skills
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French:
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
Other languages: Dutch, mother tongue

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? spotahome.com
How did you go to work every day? by 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:
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? no, because it is an international company where they speak most of the time English or Italian or Dutch

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 150
Accommodation (monthly): € 750
Local transport (monthly): € 35
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? They payed the public transport. And if you wanted to go to the Vatican or Colleseum you could get 2 tickets of each from the company.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Not much, just go with it.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? yes

Future students on placement

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

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: –
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: I recommend to see most of the city as soon as possible, because I only have spent 5 weeks in the city it self…

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