{"id":6743,"date":"2026-06-20T08:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:51:11","slug":"think-beyond-tourism-my-internship-in-the-mice-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/2026\/06\/20\/think-beyond-tourism-my-internship-in-the-mice-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Beyond Tourism: My Internship in the MICE Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dans la formation en Gestion du Tourisme et des Loisirs, beaucoup d\u2019\u00e9tudiants pensent que tout tourne uniquement autour du tourisme. Lorsqu\u2019il est temps de chercher un stage, la plupart pensent imm\u00e9diatement aux agences de voyages, aux tour-op\u00e9rateurs ou \u00e0 des entreprises comme Aviapartner. Mais ce que l\u2019on oublie souvent, c\u2019est qu\u2019il existe tout un autre univers au sein de notre secteur : le secteur MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events). Pourtant, ce secteur offre de nombreuses opportunit\u00e9s et peut constituer une exp\u00e9rience de stage tr\u00e8s enrichissante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my second and third year at school, I was still figuring out what I wanted to do in the future. Both tourism and the meetings and events sector interested me, so I explored different courses and internship opportunities. After doing some research, I realised that the meetings and events industry suited me best, which eventually led me to an internship at BCD Meetings & Events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chez BCD Meetings & Events, les \u00e9quipes traitent les demandes de clients souhaitant organiser des r\u00e9unions et des \u00e9v\u00e9nements dans diff\u00e9rentes villes. Votre mission consiste \u00e0 rechercher les h\u00f4tels et les lieux les plus adapt\u00e9s, \u00e0 participer \u00e0 la gestion des contrats, ainsi qu\u2019au suivi des r\u00e9servations et de la facturation. Vous accompagnez \u00e9galement les clients par e-mail et par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone afin de garantir le bon d\u00e9roulement de chaque projet en coulisses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I really liked about this internship was the responsibility you received from the start. After learning the systems and processes, you were encouraged to handle your own requests independently. Of course, my colleagues were always there to help when needed, but you were truly treated as part of the team rather than just an intern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vous vous dites peut-\u00eatre maintenant : \u00ab Passer toute la journ\u00e9e derri\u00e8re un ordinateur \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des e-mails ? \u00bb Mais le stage \u00e9tait bien plus vari\u00e9 que cela. Comme l\u2019entreprise travaille principalement en mode hybride, il n\u2019\u00e9tait pas n\u00e9cessaire de se rendre au bureau tous les jours. De plus, nous organisions r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement des journ\u00e9es \u00ab Out of Office \u00bb dans des h\u00f4tels, o\u00f9 nous pouvions travailler ensemble, d\u00e9couvrir les infrastructures gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une visite guid\u00e9e et d\u00e9velopper notre r\u00e9seau professionnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had the opportunity to attend several networking events, such as the Marriott Connection Evening, Inspiration Wallonia and an afterwork event at Holiday Inn. These experiences gave me a better understanding of the industry and showed me how important networking is within the MICE sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MICE industry is much bigger than most students realise and offers a wide range of opportunities. My internship only showed me a small part of it, but it was enough to convince me of how interesting and dynamic the sector is. So if you’re looking for an internship, don’t limit yourself to traditional tourism companies. Take a look at the MICE industry as well \u2014 you might be surprised by what it has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dans la formation en Gestion du Tourisme et des Loisirs, beaucoup d\u2019\u00e9tudiants pensent que tout tourne uniquement autour du tourisme. Lorsqu\u2019il est temps de chercher un stage, la plupart pensent imm\u00e9diatement aux agences de voyages, aux tour-op\u00e9rateurs ou \u00e0 des entreprises comme Aviapartner. Mais ce que l\u2019on oublie souvent, c\u2019est qu\u2019il existe tout un autre … Lees verder “Think Beyond Tourism: My Internship in the MICE Industry”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavQFa-1KL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6999,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743\/revisions\/6999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}