Amazing Asia Tours

Placement organization

Name of organization: Amazing Asia Tours
Town/city: Bangkok
Country: Thailand
Website: http://www.thailanddirect.com

Name of student: Nikie van Hees

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Local Agent
Organization’s activities: Local agent in Bangkok. Focused on the Dutch market. 333TRAVEL is a major customer of Amazing Asia Tours.
Target group of the organization: Dutch customers
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 20
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Almost

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Sales & Marketing
Brief description of your daily activities: Selling tours to customers, give information to customers, call to customers, Social Media, translate tours, product development, setting up new reservation system, WordPress.
Brief description of your company assignment: Competitive Analysis
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supervision is reasonable, but you have to be very independent.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, Sociable, Flexible, Stress-proof, Representable
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office, writing skills, WordPress
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: By Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? The company
How did you go to work every day? By foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Non immigrant visa multiple entries
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Embassy
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? One week
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? Month

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? No

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 600
Accommodation (monthly): € 0 (Paid by the company)
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: € 140
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Searched for information about the country.
Bought a travel guide.
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: 111993@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: –
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: –

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link