Inbound China

Placement organization

Name of organization: Inbound China
Town/city: London
Country: Great Britain
Website: http://inboundchina.com/

Student

Name of student: Rick de Jongh

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: tour operator
Organization’s activities: The company is a tour operator that offers tours to Asia. There are pre-arranged tours, but customers can tailor-make their own tour as desired.

Target group of the organization: 50+
Company culture: The hierarchy in the company is very informal. Everyone is open to talk and be helpful.
Number of employees: 50
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Different departments varying:

– Finance

– Product

– Sales

– Marketing

– Operations
Brief description of your daily activities: My daily activities were depending on which department I was working for. I had to create a potential business log and keep the adminstration up to date. For finance allocating of Visa costs to bookings was a very important task and product required me to run capacity reports in order to see which tours have too few customers booked on it to be profitable. Other weeks I had different projects to do do which meant other daily activities.

Brief description of your company assignment: For my company assignment I had to create a database of different tour operators in the Netherlands and create a monthly newsletter. Furthermore I had to upkeep the companies website.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My company supervisor Gary was amazing. He was always there when you needed to ask something and not only about the company or assignments. He took great care of me and made me feel a worthy employee.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? Writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch – Advanced / mother tongue

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? internet
How did you go to work every day? 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

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 60,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 600,00
Local transport (monthly): € 200,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 1000,00
Costs of visa: € €0,00
Costs of work permit: € €0,00
What did the company pay for/to you? Company paid travel expenses.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture? I did read about the English culture, but honestly didn’t prepare that much.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? There isn’t much difference between the UK and the Netherlands.

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: rickdj1993@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Find a good place to live and take it from there. London is a big city and you can feel lonely in the city try to make some friends in the beginning of your internship and you will have a great time.

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: London is a great city where everything is possible. All forms of entertainment are at hand.

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