Internship

Organization offering the placement:

Name of organization / Explorica
Address / Exchange Plaza, 58 Uxbridge Road,
Postal Code / W5 2ST
City / London
Country / UK
Telephone / +44 2085792862
Fax / +44 2079002249
Website / Explorica.com
Number of employees / 100 worldwide (circ)
Year of foundation / 2000
Contactperson / Elena Windsor
Department / Function / Italy-Operations
Direct Phone number / +44 2085792862 extension 585
Direct mobile / 00447531462960
Direct e-mail address /
Description of the company / Founded in 2000, Explorica helps teachers create educational tours full of authentic, interactive learning experiences. We specialize in connecting teachers and students to new cultures, languages and people on educational tours across the globe.
Our office in Ealing, West London, deals with all European operations, logistics and commercial issues as well as delivering first class on tour experience.
We are currently a team of 10 in London.

Placement offer:

□ Yes, I would like to offer placement(s) from January/February to June/July 2014 (20 or 25 weeks)
NOTE: Flexibility in starting date is a possibility. Students have to perform a placement of 20/25 weeks (depending on type of study programme). Start date can be moved forwards for the January/February period until the beginning of March/April. For the September period this can be moved backwards to mid July.
□ No, I don’t wish to offer a placement, because......

Description of daily activities for the student(s):

-Booking tour components including airport transfers and packages, restaurants, hotels and ferries for any European tour. Including liaison with overseas suppliers.
-Allocating/confirming any bookings made in the Supplier System
-Inputting the tour information in the tour and supplier systems
-Checking/processing supplier invoices.
-Liaising with overseas suppliers.
-Additional tasks can be discussed with the intern
Note: It is very important that the intern feels comfortable in English.
We work as a team and English is the language spoken by our guides and all the staff.

Description of the assignment for the student(s):

To be discussed with intern on acceptance of position and determined by business needs, typical assignments could include.
Market study of competitors destination marketing activities.
Product development plan for Explorica European tours.
Business area analysis/development

Department(s) where the student(s) will be working:

Operations Department-London

Application:

Language in which the student should write his/her application:
English
Italian (optional)

Special requirements:

Oral and written language skills:
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□ Dutch
□ Spanish
□ French
□ German
x Italian
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Desirable skills
(Computer knowledge, IATA etc.) / A good knowledge of all Microsoft office programs and general computer knowledge is required.

Business Agreements

The organization offers the student:

A financial compensation* / To be discussed..
Accommodation / To be discussed..
Meals / To be discussed..
International transport / To be discussed..
Local transport / To be discussed..
Visa application (assistance) / To be discussed..
Contribution / To be discussed..
Other

Various

Possible details/remarks:
Oral & Written - Italianwould be an extra language that would be useful on top of English
All applicants should BE EU citizens with work permits.

As soon as we receive your placement offer, we will start the selection procedure amongst our students. We will then contact you in order to introduce the student candidate(s). Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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