Foreign languages, intercultural training and work experiences abroad are not (yet) integral part of the regular initial vocational training curricula in the hotel and catering professions in Europe. Training centres, vocational schools and companies organise these in the framework of additional funding programmes. However, equipment, time or qualification of staff are often inadequate to sufficiently prepare, tutor and follow-up training placements abroad. This is especially true in the case of young people who have had less opportunities to develop good learning skills, to learn foreign languages and to go abroad. There is a high risk of failure, which may demoralise trainee and hosting company, and may lead to a further loss of mobility opportunities for this group. A tool is needed, which meets the specific learning environments, learning aims and didactic needs of inexperienced young learners in practice-based vocational training.The project develops an online learning tool which meets the following criteria:It reproduces in a virtual world real work places in selected countries and companies with their specific linguistic and cultural setting (DE, FI, FR, IT, NL with English as bridge language)It applies methodologies of authentic learning, non-judgemental experiential learning, and CLIL in integrating social and language skills in an intercultural settingIt is available on the internet and accessible from any place before, during and after a training placement abroadIt allows for tutored learning but does not require language teachers It allows tutors to add new contents, adapted to their needs and experiences