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Category Archives: No. 4/2010 (IV.)

Association for the Values of the Slovenian Independence

Session of the Main Committee of the Association for the Values of the Slovenian Independence

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Slovenia celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday, 24th of June 2011. To this end the Karantanija Hall at Hotel Lev was host to a ceremonial session of the Main Committee of the Association for the Values of the Slovenian Independence. “Today is not a time for dreaming; we must wake up,” the session was told …

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The story behind “2864”

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Slovenia has a long-lasting tradition as far as environmental protection is concerned. One of the most obvious case studies for this is Bohinj glacial valley with broader Triglav National Park area. Such delicate surroundings put pressure on tourism development in general; soon the only possible form related to this particular area will be: sustainable tourism …

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Seventh Party with a reason

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Client: Si.mobil d.d. Contractor: Event manager d.o.o. Date: 28. 8. 2010 This year’s Party with a reason was already the seventh put together by the company Si.mobil. World class DJs DJ Umek and the legendary Carl Cox made this a top-notch electro-spectacle. The event was held in park Tivoli and had a humanitarian aspect as …

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Client Expectations Driving Need for Quality Standards

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AIPC President Edgar Hirt says universally recognized quality standards are going to play a growing role for convention centres in a future where increasing globalization and rising client expectations will create a need for a more reliable means of assessing what they can expect from a given facility. At the same time, such standards will …

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Would you like to participate or organize a meeting on a sport stadiums?

Sports stadiums have become a popular choice for conference and event organisers in UK

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There is no doubt that during the past decade, the UK conference and events industry has seen the growing emergence of a new type of venue. Often classified as ‘unusual venues’, sporting stadia, concert halls, museums and theme parks have all increased their marketing activities towards events professionals, and are now offering wide-ranging 21st century …

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8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics and 16th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry.

CONVENTIONS DURING RENOVATION

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Podnaslov: 8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics and 16th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry. Clients: Statistical Society of Slovenia and Jožef Stefan Institute Contractor: Cankarjev dom Date: 11.–16. and 19.–23. 7. 2010 Cankarjev dom (CD) just entered its 31st season. Each year their programme includes over 2000 events, and over 600.000 visitors and participants visit …

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Meetings industry can learn a lot from BTPS challenge participants – co-operate with them or submit your own BTPS challenges.

BTPS challenges are waiting for the cooperation of the meetings industry

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The Bank of Tourism Potentials of Slovenia (BTPS) – a portal for developing tourism – now offers a new service, BTPS challenges. With it the BTPS and its partners (Slovenian tourist board, Faculty of Tourism Studies Portorož – Turistica, Faculty of management Koper at University of Primorska) extend a hand to all tourist organisations, to …

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Do you believe that you have good presentation skills? Read the article and find out.

The Art and Science of Good Presentations

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When a friend gave me a book on presentation skills, I had reason to be offended as he had heard me speak many times. Today I am grateful that he did, it totally changed how I look at presentations, whether my own or those given by others. The main lesson was that most presentations can …

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Enfant Terrible

Rok Klančnik

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Could you introduce yourself in two sentences – one describing you as a private and other as a public person? I’m a person who’s been looking to find a proper balance between my private and business life for a long time. I haven’t always been successful, I admit.  But at least I’m trying, as Jack …

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This year’s largest congress in Slovenia at GR

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Client Kenes: International Contractor: Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre (GR) Date: 5.–9. 5. 2010 The Seventh International Congress on Autoimmunity, a disease which is caused by a reaction of the immune system to its own cells, was organized at GR by Kenes International. This is one of the largest organizers of medical and scientific meetings …

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