European travel 2013 to glasgow & edinburgh

1. Glasgow & Edinburgh
October 12th until October 19th 2013

2. Fun Facts
• The total population is around 5.2
million, around 8.5 per cent of the UK’s
population.
• The country has approximately 167.5 people
living per square mile.
• Scotland has approximately 790 islands, 130
of which are inhabited.
• The most infamous Scottish
dish is haggis

3. Fun Facts
• The raincoat, television, telephone and
penicillin were invented by scots
• Kilts, tartans and bagpipes on
the other hand were invented
by genius people out of the UK

4. Introducing this year’s committee

5. Eline Balvert
Chairman
3rd year Bachelor
Fiscal Economics
Introducing this year’s committee

6. Louise Hansen
Secretary
3rd year Bachelor
International Business
Administration
Introducing this year’s committee

7. Juliëtte van Haaster
Treasurer
3rd year Bachelor
International Business
Administration
Introducing this year’s committee

8. Jeff Repko
PR Officer
4th year Bachelor
International Business
Administration
Introducing this year’s committee

9. Remco van der Leest
PR Officer
4th year Bachelor
International Business
Administration
Introducing this year’s committee

10. Elskelien Nijmeijer
Coordinator
3rd year Bachelor
International Business
Administration
Vice-Chairman Asset | FIRST
International
Introducing this year’s committee

11. 12 – 15 October
16 – 19 October

12. GlasgowGlasgow

13. Fun Facts:
Glasgow & Highlands
• The very first recorded
appearance of the
elusive Loch Ness
Monster occurred in
565 AD.
• It is home to the oldest
tree in Europe

14. Overview of the preliminary program
Day Part of the day What
Saturday 12th Afternoon Flight + arrival in Glasgow
Evening Dinner
Sunday 13th Whole day Highland tour
Monday 14th Morning Visit University of Strathclyde
Afternoon Market & City Chambers
Evening Comedy club
Tuesday 15th Late morning Company visit
Afternoon Transport to Edinburgh
Glasgow

15. Accommodation Glasgow:
Euro Hostel
http://www.euro-hostels.co.uk/glasgow

16. Edinburgh

17. Fun Facts:
Edinburgh & Scottish People
• Edinburgh was the first
city in the world to have
its own fire-brigade
• The Bank of
Scotland, founded in
1695 near Edinburgh, is
the oldest surviving
bank in the UK and the
considered as the initial
bank printing the
banknote in the
European continent.

18. Overview of the preliminary program
Edinburgh
Day Part of the day What
Tuesday 15th Afternoon Arrive in Edinburgh
Evening Dinner
Wednesday 16th Morning City Tour
Afternoon Visit Parliament and Arthur’s
Seat
Evening Pub crawl
Thursday 17th Morning Company visit
Afternoon Company visit
Evening Whiskey tasting and Dinner
Friday 18th Morning Company visit
Lunch Pub
Afternoon Edinburgh Castle & free time
Evening Party like hell
Saturday 19th Afternoon Leaving to Amsterdam

19. Accommodation Edinburgh:
High Street Hostel
http://highstreethostel.com/

20. What is included?
 Flight tickets
 Hostels
 Breakfast
 Transfer from Glasgow to Edinburgh
 Transportation within the cities
 Highland tour
 Some cultural activities
 Company visits

21. What is NOT included?
 Travel and health insurance
 Most of the dinners and drinks
Other personal costs
 Visum (if needed)

22. Other information
 Down payment at registration: 50 euro (at registration)
 Second payment in June: 150 euro
 Final payment in September: 175 euro
 Two Participant dinners will be held at Studio;
one before and one after departure
 During the trip you are expected to attend the company visits, the
cultural activities are not required to attend but highly recommended
 We will visit companies who represent different fields of IBA and IM;
Accounting, Finance, Organization & Strategy and Marketing.

23. Subscription
 Subscription: May 8th, 9:00, Room E1.14
 First come, first serve
 Do not forget to bring two copies of your
passport/ID card at subscription
Do not forget the 50 euro’s at subscription

24. Fun Facts
• Sean Connery and J.K. Rowling are Scottish
• Scotland has the highest proportion of
redheads in the world. Around 13% of the
Scots has red hair, with 40% carrying the
recessive gene.
• The official animal of Scotland is a
Unicorn

25. Questions?
You are always welcome to send an email to
etc@asset-firstinternational.nl
or come by at our room (E1.14)