Open Space Technology, World Cafe and other participatory methods are gaining greater importance in organising conferences, as they are offering a completely different model of association, learning and experience.

THINK SPACE UNCONFERENCE

In Zagreb, there recently took place a quite unusual conference. Or more specifically, an unconference. The Society of Architects Zagreb organised the second Think Space unconference (Think Space UnConference) at the end of February, which completed the annual cycle of competitions in the architect community called ‘Past Forward’. Architects from around the world were sending …

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KRISTIAN ŠUSTAR: CROATIA CAN ENTER THE TWENTY LEADING TOURISM COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

Kristian Šustar is board member of the HUP Zagreb hotel company and President of the Association of Hotelier Employers of Croatia (UPUHH). HUP Zagreb is the biggest investor this year in Croatian tourism: after several years the company is moving into the construction and renovation of hotels on the Dubrovnik Riviera, and is also renovating …

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WHY ARE CAR LAUNCH EVENTS SPECIAL?

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NEW TOURISM STAR OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Joining EU, the Croatian National Tourist Board creates a 7-minute tribute to the country’s beaches, attractions, and people. New Tourism Star of the European Union.

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THE HUMAN ISSUE IN SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATION OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS

SMART, CREATIVE AND RELEVANT CONCEPTS FOR A NEW

An exotic and impressive venue with a ‘hot shot’ keynote speaker; on one hand a superb social programme but on the other workshops producing meaningless output; boring sponsored presentations dominating a programme delivered to an unprepared and passive audience; too much irrelevant content… sound familiar? Events can be costly for both organisers and participants, with …

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A SUCCESS STORY - P WORLD EVENTS ARE ALL ABOUT EXPERIENCE!

GOOD SPEAKERS SELL EVENTS!

This spring is very busy at the P World! We talked with founder Kosta Petrov about his experiences in organizing ‘buzz’ events throughout the SEE region. When did you start to organize conferences and where did they take you? P World turned two last December. Our first event was held in Serbia in March 2011. …

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CROATIAN MEETING PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION FORUM 2012

After the spring education Understanding Meeting Planners by Gary Grimmer, Croatian Meeting Professionals Association (CMPA) organized its autumn Forum 2012 – a meeting professionals gathering. Forum 2012 took place on 12 December 2012 at the newly-opened DoubleTree by Hilton Zagreb Hotel. Over 70 professionals from all over Croatia took part in the Forum together with …

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Is it possible to cut hotel staff costs for 20%?

Property management software (PMS), that hotels use today generally do two jobs. The first one is sales centered like guest room reservation, on-line reservation systems integration, POS systems integration, etc. Even hotel’s internal sales channels like restaurants and bars have very good support in PMS. But there is one job that today PMS systems just …

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Open-mindedness and strong creativity elevate iDMC’s reputation

iDMC

As an incentive and destination management company iDMC takes pride in the depth of its knowledge of Slovenia as a destination. With each team member coming from a different region and with different knowledge, skills and preferences, together they offer a uniquely diverse team able to complete any client’s demands. Offering all of the basic …

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How to respond to criticism from guests on TripAdvisor?

Many hoteliers have already mastered responding to online reviews of their guests, but we believe that occasionally bad criticism appears that completely pushes your buttons. Do we need to respond to a bad review, and how to respond to it? If you give no answer, you let the readers make their own conclusions, which are …

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