NOTA BENE travel & events

Placement organization

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

Student

Name of student: Darlene Vervoort

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2020-2021

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Management Company
Organization’s activities: Travel consultancy, customizing itineraries, workshops and team building, meetings and congresses, logistics and restaurant reservations
Target group of the organization: MICE business
Company culture: It is a rather small company, therefore there is an informal setting and questions can be asked directly to anyone!
Number of employees: 3-5
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

Brief description of your daily activities: Making tailor-made proposals and itineraries;
Keeping daily communication with suppliers like hotels and restaurants.
Brief description of your company assignment: Investigating the Scandinavian market as a possible new market
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision is great: everyone is happy to help you, even outside office hours

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, teamplayer, social
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Other languages: Dutch

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Spotahome
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? My landlord asked for a codice fiscale
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 can be useful to know some Italian

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 100-150
Accommodation (monthly): € 480
Local transport (monthly): € 35
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? I received a monthly transport card that you can use for all the public transport in Rome

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Not really, as I have visited Italy multiple times before I knew what to expect
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: 182600@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Enjoy your time!
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Rome is a beautiful city in which you can do many things. Besides the common highlights, you should visit the neighbourhoud of Trastevere, which has plenty of bars and restaurants and is lovely to walk through. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, many things were closed during my placement period, so I wish I had explored more things in the beginning of my placement.

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