DMC Iceland

Placement organization

Name of organization: DMC Iceland
Town/city: Kópavogur
Country: IJsland
Website: http://www.dmc.is

Name of student: Patrick Snijders

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC
Organization’s activities: Contacting suppliers and clients, develop a proposal and definitive program for the clients.
Target group of the organization: Mainly MICE segment and the FIT segment
Company culture: The communication with collegues is really informal. Everyone is equal and the student is part of the team.
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? I mainly work on the planning and booking department, and for my company assignment I was working on marketing.
Brief description of your daily activities: Contacting suppliers, working on my company and NHTV assignment, making offers and programs for clients, doing marketing research for an event that DMC is going to organize, working with the internal system of the company.
Brief description of your company assignment: Make a marketingplan for the event that DMC is going to organize, doing different kinds of research for this and at the end, making a communicationplan for the event.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervision is great, he is interested in eveyrthing I do during my internship. Questions can be asked anytime and he will always help you.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Indepent, teamplayer, socialbe, flexible, able to work under stress
Additional company requirements for this placement? The normal office programs and the internal system (but you will get help with this during your intership)
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Plane (Icelandair)

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? The company arranged my accomodation
How did you go to work every day? By bus

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? Yes, you need a social security number. But this will be arranged together with someone of the company when you arrive in Iceland.
How did you arrange the necessary documents: In the first week when I arrived, I arranged the work permit with my supervisor.
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? A few days
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? N/A

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? N/A

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € €450
Accommodation (monthly): € Nothing (company arranged it for me)
Local transport (monthly): € Nothing (company paid this for me)
General costs of living (monthly): € Between €250 – €350
Costs of visa: € N/A
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation
Transport to work (buscard)
Around €450 a month

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I read a book of approx. 200 pages about Iceland.
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: 110334@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I did the Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon and have been on a glacier. I wend all the way to the south until Jokullsarlon and I wend to the West until Akranes. The night life is cool. I would recommend to try to see as much as possible because Iceland is a beautiful country with wide possibilities.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: The night life in Reykjavik, the city center of Reykjavik, whale watching, Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon, swimming pools, the theater of Harpa.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link