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Category Archives: No. 1/2008 (II.)

Interview: Professor Borut Geršak

Slovenian Congress Tourism as viewed by Delo Newspaper’s Personality of 2007

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We discussed the current state of congress tourism with Professor Borut Geršak, Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the University Medical Centre in Ljubljana. Professor Geršak has been recently proclaimed ‘Personality of 2007’ by daily newspaper Delo. Dr Geršak’s career has been marked by several important achievements. Among other things, he introduced the technique …

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An Inuit Village on Krvavec

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This Inuit village comes to life when most skiers have left the unspoilt Alpine world, when the first stars quietly appear and the moon peers out from behind the snowy mountains. The Inuit village is a first-time-in-Slovenia innovative winter experience concept created by the Koren Sports agency. The Krvavec Inuit village gives individuals and groups …

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Interview: Gillian Moulden, Moulden Marketing Ltd.

Slovenia: How can we achieve so much in such a short Period of Time?

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For the readers of Kongres magazine who does not already know all about her, Gillian Moulden is founder of Moulden Marketing Ltd. Moulden Marketing Ltd, founded in 1996 is a sales and marketing company, specialists in business group travel, tourism and leisure segments of the travel industry. The core business is sales and marketing representation …

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Column: Paul Kennedy

Long Term Market Buoyancy or Economic Downturn?

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During the last few months, there has been considerable debate about whether the American sub-prime mortgage debacle will lead to a major pan-global economic slowdown. Some meetings industry commentators appear to believe that such an economic slowdown will be mirrored in the global meetings industry. What is clear is that this will be the case …

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Good Practice Case Studies

Excellence can be found in simple Things

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Event Title: La Slovenie, Une Harmonie de la Nature iet de Culture – Slovenia, a Harmony of Nature and Culture Client: De Dietrich, France Contractor: Kompas d.d. When is a project successful? The only goals of our work are our guests’ satisfaction, the quality of the programme performance and – last but not least – …

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Good Practice Case Studies

The Biggest Event in the History of Slovenian Motoring

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Event Title: Presentation of the New ‘Slovenian’ Twingo Client: Renault France Contractor: Liberty Incentives & Congresses Slovenia Nearly 900 motoring journalists from all over the world road tested the new Slovenian Twingo between 28 May and 27 June last year. This was the largest event in the history of Slovenian motoring and congress tourism, and …

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Good Practice Case Studies

Saving a Mysterious Beauty in 007 style

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Event Title: 007 Client: Telecommunication company (17 persons) Contractor: Lifetrek d.o.o. Brrrrrr, Brrrr, pffffff, brrrrr, pfffffff … in a rather turbulent and windy situation, the teams get their instructions, and the first participant jumps straight into the helicopter. Rising high above the valley, they slowly realize that it’s not a game but for real. After …

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List of Exhibitors – Simex 2008

ADRIA AIRWAYS d.d. Kuzmičeva 7 SI-1000 Ljubljana Kontakt: Alen Mlekuž T: 01 369 13 17 F: 01 230 13 25 E: alen.mlekuz@adria.si www.adria.si Adria Airways is the Slovenian national airline, a successful European network carrier with a modern fleet and more than 46 years of experience. In 2004 Adria joined the strategic international airline group …

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Good Practice Case Studies

An entertaining Business Meeting in Otočec

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Event Title: Business and Social Event Client: A Slovenian Company Contractor: Terme Krka, PE Hoteli Otočec An eminent Slovenian company prepared a four-day meeting for their foreign business partners in Otočec. This meeting has helped the Otočec hotels to prove that they have professional teams which can assure excellent support both for business and social …

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Good Practice Case Studies

When an Event becomes Art

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Event Title: Diners Black Card Anniversary Client: Diner Club Slovenia Contractor: TNT Events Not many social events attract international stars to Slovenia, but an event to mark the anniversary of the introduction of the Diners Club Exclusive Card to the Slovenian market was one such occasion. One of the year’s most prestigious social events never …

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