Destination Bristol

Placement organization

Name of organization: Destination Bristol
Town/city: Bristol
Country: Groot-Brittannië
Website: https://visitbristol.co.uk/

Student

Name of student: Lisette Branger

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2017-2018

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Management Organization
Organization’s activities: Promotion of the city
Target group of the organization: Everyone visiting Bristol
Company culture: There is a hierarchy within the company, but this is all very informal. You can talk to anyone and they will not treat you differently because you are an intern.
Number of employees: 20
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Working in the Conference department

Brief description of your daily activities: Dealing with business enquiries, answering the phone, replying to emails, doing research, writing blogs.
Brief description of your company assignment: I did research on the incentive travel market in the UK and Bristol. Developed a set of itineraries for an incentive travel to Bristol and wrote content for the website on this topic.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The Head of Tourism is my official supervisor, but she is always very busy. I mostly deal with the conference bureau manager, I can ask her my questions and if I would like a day of I discuss this with her as well.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable, performable, both team player but also able to work independently
Additional company requirements for this placement? Not necessarily
English: Advanced
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The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Plane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Myself via the 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? Not if your English is okay

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 600
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 150
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Nothing

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not really prepare myself for the culture. It was easy to adapt to the culture here.
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: 140524@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be yourself, ask questions if you are not sure of something and take all the opportunities offered to you via the company.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Lots of gyms and other sports places around.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link