Eurotours International

Placement organization

Name of organization: Eurotours International
Town/city: Kitzbühel
Country: Oostenrijk
Website: https://www.eurotours.at

Student

Name of student: Hanna Frenken

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour Operator
Organization’s activities: multi channel sales, group specialist travels, own travel agency, purchasing travels, business development
Target group of the organization: various markets
Company culture: CEO + Assistence
IT, Externe Business Units, Personal & Interne Organisation, Yield/OPS/Rate Check/Texte/Verträge, Business Development, Sales, Outgoing/Ticketing, Sales FIT International, Incoming ETD, Purchasing, Online & Innovation
CFO + Assistence
Finances, Controlling

Number of employees: 250
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes, except for scheduling time at the company to work on my placement report

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?
Sales B2B FIT International

Brief description of your daily activities:
– working in the team sales folder
– checking offers for competition and mistakes and prices
– competitor analysis
– calculating products
– generation of Excel sheets
– comparison of products

Brief description of your company assignment: Analysis of the Scandinavian Market in regard to Eurotours

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision was great. Every intern has a buddy who is from beginning to end your contact person, also for personal issues. The buddy introduces you to all working fields, the company, other departments and finally your tasks. The first 1-2 weeks one sits next to the supervisor to get to know everything and after this one starts to work more individually. Everybody is always willing to help.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? team player, stress-proof, performable, professional attitude, inquisitive, independent
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Excel skills
English: Advanced
French: Basic
German: Mother tongue
Italian: Basic

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: train, airplane, car possible

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? the company offers accommodation for a reasonable price
How did you go to work every day? by foot, bike, bus

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? if your German is not fluent/rather good or mother tongue, yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 150€
Accommodation (monthly): € 150€
Local transport (monthly): € up to 20€
General costs of living (monthly): € 350€
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? the company offers daily free lunch, and fruits on every floor, accommodation is offered for 150€ which is deducted from the salary

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
not really, since the language and culture are similar
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? the Tyrolian Accent was hard to understand in the beginning

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 174182@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be aware that due to high seasons you might have to move from your accommodation to a hotel. This is all arranged and payed by the company, the same amount of money will be deducted from your salary.
A bike is favorable to reach any place in the city; the bus does not go very often and this is way easier and cheaper to reach it. The best is to bring the bike with you, there are no bike rentals comparable to the Netherlands. A car is even better. To the placement company it takes 20 min by foot, 3 min by car and 10 min by bike (mind the hills).
…dont forget your Dirndl or Lederhose
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: skiing, hiking, gym, nature walks, sports at the placement company

Media

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