StudentUniverse Partners with The Intern Group to Offer Affordable Options to Youth Travelers Working Abroad
We are excited to announce that we have teamed up with The Intern Group, an award winning innovator in education and career advancement through international internships around the world. As of January 15, 2014, StudentUniverse joins The Intern Group as a vendor partner for all The Intern Group’s travel needs.
“At StudentUniverse, we have worked to help students and youth to travel abroad for more than a decade to study, work, and experience the world. Partnering with The Intern Group is core to our offering – enabling youth travel,” said Evan Becker, Director of Partner Development, StudentUniverse. “We are honored to be working with such an influential and innovative partner.”
The partnership will have StudentUniverse handling all flight bookings and providing travel resources to give the best possible itineraries and pricing available. This will allow The Intern Group to focus exclusively on their core business of connecting their users with top class internships, sourcing high quality accommodation and attracting international candidates to fill their internships. Meanwhile, through the experienced Travel Services team as well as integrated email and marketing channels, StudentUniverse will connect directly with The Intern Groups participants to seamlessly coordinate their travel needs.
“The Intern Group connects young people worldwide with top class International Internship Programs in destinations across the globe. It is essential that we found a partner who can meet the diverse needs of our international client base,” said Andrew Prachuablarb, Business Development Director, The Intern Group. “The industry-leading services of StudentUniverse make them the perfect partner that will enable us to meet the modern and complex needs of our customers for the present and the future”
The Intern Group offers Internship Programs across the globe focusing in London, Australia, Spain, Hong Kong, and Latin America with internships having taken place at over 500 different employers, NGOs, and Governments worldwide. StudentUniverse will provide the travel support for all of these programs. The international internships of The Intern Group’s Programs allow their participants to gain vital knowledge and experience in an international context while the professional development tools provided ensure a strong educational focus throughout the program.
About The Intern Group
The Intern Group is an award-winning social entrepreneurship that amplifies the Global Consciousness and Professional & Career Development of talented individuals worldwide through Global Internships within our international network of partnerships spanning all sectors. With a particular focus on experiential education, we provide International Programs that help build a more globally conscious new generation ready to tackle the global issues of the world today and tomorrow.