Andiamo Services! Powered by J&TI Events

Placement organization

Name of organization: Andiamo Services! Powered by J&TI Events
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.jti-events.com/

Name of student: Angela Flores

Specialist area: MTT
Placement period: 2015-2016

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Incentive House and Destination Management Company (DMC)
Organization’s activities: All different kind of events and trips: Tailor-made tour, global events, team building activities, (sport-)events, incentives and meetings & congresses. The company is focused on the B2B market
Target group of the organization: B2B
Company culture: The culture is informal.
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? Operations and booking department
Brief description of your daily activities: • making offers
• organizing trips
• contact suppliers (logistic tasks)
• developing new packages and programs for new requests
• contact with clients
• making price lists and tailor-made proposals

Brief description of your company assignment: I am writing a competition analysis.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervisor is the owner of the company. She knows a lot and can answer all my questions. She also is quite busy and she often works outside the office, but usually there are other colleagues in the office who can help me out.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, stress-proof, creative and flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excell, Powerpoint, advanced Dutch and English language skills, creative writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplanen

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? internet
How did you go to work every day? 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: /
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? It is not necessary, but knowledge of the Italian language could be useful

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € €250
Accommodation (monthly): € €350
Local transport (monthly): € €35
General costs of living (monthly): € €300 – €400
Costs of visa: € /
Costs of work permit: € /
What did the company pay for/to you? They don’t pay. But you’ll get Italian language lessons

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t, I am half Italian so for me it wasn’t necessary.
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: angelaflores939@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Go for apritvo! And If you’re here for a longer period of times, you should definitely go on trips. It is really cheap to go to Sicily, Florence, Venice, Naples and other big places.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There is so much to do in Rome, you won’t get bored! But I really like to go for apritvo’s and to go to the beach.

Media

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