Caribbean Tourism Organization

Placement organization

Name of organization: Caribbean Tourism Organization
Town/city: Richmond
Country: Groot-Brittannië
Website: http://caribbean.co.uk

Name of student: Celine Ellens

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2015-2016

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: NTO
Organization’s activities: CTO UK is a membership based organization who does the promotion of the Caribbean throughout the UK
Target group of the organization: UK Market
Company culture: The hierarchy in general is very different from the Netherlands. At CTO UK there wasn’t much of hierarchy, Carol did have her own office but her door was always open.
Number of employees: 5
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Marketing Department
Brief description of your daily activities: Email, phone, post, CTG, events, updating documents, creating flyers etc in general it was a lot of preparing for everyone and for the different shows we did. I also had the oppurtunity to attend different events and meetings: WTM 2015 (the biggest trade event of the year), Dive show, CTO’s meet the media event, CTO’s networking event, the Telegraph travel show, CTO christmas party and the strategy meeting.
Brief description of your company assignment: My company assignment was on how to attract Dutch youth travelers to the Caribbean.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Everyone was there to help when needed.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, sociable, flexible, confident, good understanding of the English language, teamplayer
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Boat and car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Myself via http://student.spareroom.co.uk/
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): € 200,
Accommodation (monthly): € 900
Local transport (monthly): € 160, I recommend to apply for a student oyster card
General costs of living (monthly): € 1200, including accommodation, transport and groceries
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? CTO payed 125 pound sterling per week for transport and lunch

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I looked online for the differences between the English and Dutch company culture
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: 131281@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I recommend to go out, explore the city and have fun. London is very busy with lots of people but can get very lonely sometimes
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There is always something to do in London

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link