Are you looking for an exciting and challenging internship?
The Sultans Trail Foundation welcomes students from Scientific Universities and Applied Universities, in the field of:
History
Marketing & communication
Tourism
Cultural Heritage Management
Museology
Potential academic assignments
- investigate the potential for the tourist industry, economy, heritage management, cultural sector in a (specific) region of the Sultans Trail
- investigate the market potential for the Sultans Trail and ways to increase this investigate and describe (story-line) the tangible and intangible heritage sites along the trail in the (specific) region
- investigate the state of services in the (specific) region for users of the Sultans Trail Design an innovative tourist product for young people/families with children/ early retired people on the Sultans Trail
- Improve the online presence of Sultans Trail in the social media
- Produce one or more 6 min. movies on YouTube about items related to the Sultans Trail, (story-line, moviemaking, editing)
- Advice on an organizational model (structure, legal form, location, statute, membership) for the Sultans Trail Association that will be the supporting organization of the Sultans Trail
- Prepare and lend organizational support to the Grand Tour 2022
- Suggest and organize a major Sultans Trail related Event
- Research potential sources of income for the Sultans Trail and how to improve fundraising. Investigate and briefly describe the history of villages along the Sultans Trail
- Develop innovative ways to present the Heritage sites.
Potential practical assignments
- Develop promotional material
- Improve website
- Improve social media presence
- Develop storylines
- Assist in writing a monthly newsletter (Dutch or English)
- Contact stakeholders
- Develop a marketing strategy/social media strategy
- Improve volunteer involvement
- Improve hikers/cyclist involvement
- Develop cultural activities on/along the trail
- Develop youth activities on/along the trail
Conditions
- Interns are expected to contribute to Sultans Trail and to the goal of certifying the Sultans Trail as European Cultural Route with the Council of Europe
- The internships will be mostly done on-line. When needed we can offer workspace in our office in Haarlem for part of the week and meetings
- International student are not required to travel
- Internships can be fulfilled for any period of time, all year round
- An Internship Supervisor will maintain regular contact to discuss all matters related to the assignment
The intern will periodically report to the Board about the work progress - Since the Sultans Trail is maintained by volunteers and financed by donations we are not in the position to pay an internship allowance. Therefore Internships are unpaid.
Requirements
Any student who is interested in the internship should be fluent in English (spoken and written) and preferably in one of the following languages; Dutch, German, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish.
Interns are expected to be able to work independently.
How to apply
A student interested in an assignment should contact our internship coordinator and put forward his/her resume and motivation statement. Email: internship@sultanstrail.com
Sultans Trail Interns
Christelle Olibrice
Intern
Read Christelle Olibrice, from NHL-Stenden, International Tourism Management. May – November 2021.
During her internship she worked on our picture collection and photo catalogue. She also prototyped thematic brochures in Canva.
Read Churches and Monasteries
Read Castle Brochure
Chris Kuilman
Intern
Chris Kuilman, from NHL-Stenden, International Tourism Management. September 2021- March 2022.
During his internship Chris took part in a Erasmus project organised by the Cultural Routes Society in Turkey, marking the St.Nicholas Trail and learning about the operational aspect of a trail organisation. He also researched a number of topics relevant to the Sultans Trail.
Read Creating a Popular Route Step by Step
Read Self Guided Hikes on the Sultans Trail
Read Financials of Hiking Organizations
Read Market Research Hiking in Europe
Yoana Yordanova
Intern
Yoana Yordanova, from Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUAS), dep. of Tourism Management, did her internship with the Sultans Trail from February 2024 to July 2024. During the internship, she researched villages and sites in Bulgaria in her native language. She participated in the last leg of the 2024 Spring Walk from Bankya to Sofia and interviewed key members of the Sultans Trail organisation, and concluded her internship with a Placement Report.
Read Yoana’s Placement Report
Omar Mohamed
Intern
Omar Mohamed, from NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, International Business and Management Studies. March 11 – July 1, 2021.
During his internship, he has developped a Marketing Plan for the Sultans Trail.
Read his Report
Faith Naccwa
Intern
Faith Naccwa, from Breda University of Applied Sciences, International Tourism Management, February 15 – July 2, 2021.
During her internship, she has worked on the use of Social Media for the promotion of the Sultans Trail.
Read her Report
Bonita van Huizen
Intern
Bonita van Huizen, from NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, International Business and Management Studies, October 5 – February 22, 2021.
During this period she has been involved in the development of communications with stakeholders in the certification process for the Sultans Trail as European Cultural Route.
Read her Report
Jesper Vlaar
Intern
Jesper Vlaar, Breda University of Applied Sciences, (BUaS), International Tourism Management, September 7 – January 22, 2021.
During this period he was involved in organising a Promo-cycling tour in the summer of 2021, the development of a marketing plan and the marking of the cycling trail.
Read his Report
Adrienn Capote-Cuellar
Intern
Adrienn Capote-Cuellar (Adri), University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication (FH Wien der WKW), July 27 – January 10 20/21. During this time she collected village descriptions to be implemented in the Sultans Trail App, developed a communication plan for the Grand Tour 2020 and advised on the optimal use of Social Media.
Novalga Aniswarea
Intern
Novalga Aniswarea (Aga), University of Wageningen, department of Tourism and Environment, April 13 – July 24, 2020. During his internship, he developed 18 project ideas that could help the Sultans Trail to generate activities supporting its goals. From these 18 he executed the following projects:
- Apply for the European Workshop class of the University of Wageningen
- Develop an internship program
- Conduct a Survey among Friends of the Sultans trail, see Survey results
He completed his internship with a study of the Sultans Trail Organisation and presented this report to his University Supervisor “Organisation Performance Measurement on Sultans Trail”.