NOTA BENE events

Placement organization

Name of organization: NOTA BENE events
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.notabene-events.com

Student

Name of student: Jaimy van Avendonk

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

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Management Company
Organization’s activities: NOTA BENE events is a DMC situated in Rome who is experienced in making tailor-made proposals for incentives all over Italy.
Target group of the organization: MICE business
Company culture: There is one managing director and then there’s employees. There is no formality at the office, but when you go somewhere for business related things there will be more formality.
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:
– Manage offline and online media
– Continuously improving the Marketing department
– CRM (Customer Relationship Management) activities
– Assist the CEO with creating new experiences
– Sometimes helping out the Operations department

Brief description of your company assignment: Creating a Marketing Plan, to give more guidelines to the company for the future marketing

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I mostly worked on my daily tasks indepently, especially because I was the first intern solely for Marketing and there wasn’t a real employee for Marketing who could’ve helped me out. I could go to my supervisor for anything and he would always try to help me out, this goes for the other employees as well. They all were very nice too.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, stress-proof and team-player
Additional company requirements for this placement? Ms Office and maybe Photoshop
English: Advanced
Other languages: Dutch

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Via Spotahome
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, but some landlords want you to have a ‘codice fiscal’
How did you arrange the necessary documents: The Italian Ambassy in The Netherlands
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? I received the Codice Fiscal in around 2-3 weeks
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, but it may be useful to know some basic Italian

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 575
Local transport (monthly): € 35, you get a transport card from the company
General costs of living (monthly): € 150-200
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? The company paid for a monthly transport card that you can use for the busses and metro

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t really prepare since I’ve been to Italy before and kind of knew what to expect. If you’re not familiar with the Italian culture I would recommend to read a bit into it, since some things are completely handled differently 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: 171955@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I would recommend to look for a room early on as there a lot of students that are looking for a room around the same time as well, which means that rooms can be quickly taken. Also look carefully if you need a Codice Fiscale to be able to rent a room, as it may take a while before you receive it.

Don’t stress too much about your internship, Rome is a very nice city and the team at NOTA BENE is very willing to help you out with anything!
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There a lot of things to visit in the center of Rome, which is easily accessible by public transport. There are tons of options for sightseeing, shopping, nice restaurants and some fun bars for drinks. Especially the neighbourhood Trastevere has very good and cheap restaurants and bars!

Furthermore you can also visit other Italian cities very easily by train.

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