l’Office Néerlandais du Tourisme et des Congrès

Placement organization

Name of organization: l’Office Néerlandais du Tourisme et des Congrès
Town/city: Paris
Country: Frankrijk
Website: http://nbtc.nl/nl/homepage/landennetwerk/landennetwerk/frankrijk.htm

Student

Name of student: Annick van Kuijk

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Netherland Board of Tourism and Conventions
Organization’s activities: NBTC is responsible for branding and marketing the Netherlands nationally and internationally. The headquarter of NBTC is located at Den Haag but they have international locations based in Europe, North America, Asia and South America (Brazil).
The activities of the organization based in Paris are the branding and marketing of the Netherlands within the French target group.

Target group of the organization: French
Company culture: The company’s culture at the French location in Paris is very informal. I work with 2 other colleagues. They are very nice, helpful, and kind. They gave me a lot of responsibility during the internship, which I greatly appreciate.
Number of employees: 3
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 am working in the department Marketing and PR (Public Relations)
Brief description of your daily activities: My daily activities are very extensive. I organize press trips to Holland, organize press conference in Paris. Collect relevant information for the press newsletter. Create programs for journalists. I have been on a press trip to Amsterdam, to accompany the French journalists. I attended a press conference twice.
Those are the big activities I have done, during my internship. There are also a lot of extensive smaller daily activities.

Brief description of your company assignment: The company assignment is about analyzing the region Utrecht, analyzing the awareness of the region Utrecht in France and the development of a concept from Utrecht, to attract the French target group.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My opinion is that the organization is very strong in her marketing and branding of the Netherlands. They work very open-minded and have a very good relationship with all the locations international and partners.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? interest in Dutch art and culture, flexible, accurate, proactive, sociale
Additional company requirements for this placement? good knowlegde of MS office and knowledge of a CMS system is a pro
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French: Advanced
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplaine, train, bus, car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? yourself, agency
How did you go to work every day? bicycle, public transport and 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: fill in an online form
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 2 weeks
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? You should have had a course during school

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € traveled by car, 100
Accommodation (monthly): € 900
Local transport (monthly): € 65,10 (will be reimbursed)
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? financial compensation and transport

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I had read about France and the culture
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: annickvk2@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: What to do: start on time with finding an accommodation, because it is very hard.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are a lot of museums, a lot of events. Paris is a very big city, there is always a leisure possibility.

Media

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