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Co-fonders News
Hotel Park successful
in the area of meetings
after renovation
The Hotel Park in Bled, operating
within the scope of the Sava
Hotels & Resorts brand name,
recorded a rise of over 20 percent
in the number of overnight stays
of meeting guests last year.
The growth was the result of the
complete renovation of the hotel
and the construction of a smaller
meeting venue consisting of four
interlinked halls, the largest of
which can accommodate up to
120 persons.
Kavarna Belvedere open again
The renowned Titova čajnica
(Tito's Teahouse) in the park
of the Hotel Villa Bled, where a
coffeehouse has been operating
since last year, has opened its
doors again after a winter break.
During the summer months, the
coffeehouse is a suitable place for
the implementation of standing
receptions and social events. The
creative cooking staff, under the
leadership of Andrej Kuhar (the
only Slovenian chef boasting a
Michelin Star) will be in charge of
the culinary offer.
The Hotel Golf in Bled wins
a place in the Condé guide
The Condé Nast Johansens
publishing house, publisher of
international guides on luxury
hotels, has included Hotel Golf in
its "Recommended Hotels & Spas"
guide for Europe and the
Mediterranean, 2007. The Hotel
Golf has earned a place among the
more than 430 hotels featured, and
it represents the most important
congress hotel in Bled and the only
one included from Slovenia. The
published hotels were selected
on the basis of their personal
attractiveness, nature and the
quality of their offers and services.
The highest representatives
of EU Member States in Bled
Slovenia festively marked its
adoption of the euro on 15 January
2007. At the invitation of Prime
Minister Janez Janša, the highest
representatives of the EU Member
States and European institutions
attended the festivities hosted for
the occasion. The honorary guests
also visited Bled during their
one-day visit to Slovenia. A festive
lunch was hosted for the
dignitaries by Prime Minister
Janša at the Grand Hotel Toplice.
News from Albatros, Bled
At the start of the 3rd decade of
our successful operation, we have
taken a chance to make some
minor organisational changes
at Albatros. ‘Albatros’ as an
operational trademark remains
in its entirety, while the two legal
entities – Albatros, congresstourist
agency, Majda Zidanski
and Albatros congress services –
are united. Our activities, goals
and directions stay the same,
and the changes only affect the
organisational and personnel
fields within both companies.
Meanwhile, the logo of our
congress service has also been
modified, with our characteristic
red being joined by blue.
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Future Watch
'Future Watch' 2007, market
research into trends in the global
meeting industry, financed by MPI
(Meetings Professionals
International) and American
Express, forecasts another
successful year. This would make
it the fourth consecutive year of
growth, pointing towards a strong
healthy economy in a broader
sense. The main trends forecasted
in their research for 2007 are
greater centralisation of meeting
organisation, cost consolidation
and further strengthening of the
role of 'fun elements' in decisionmaking
about meetings. The main
factors expected to impact on the
meeting industry in 2007 remain
globalisation, terrorism and
increase of accommodation costs.
Developments at Adria
Airways
Adria implemented its summer
timetable on 24 March 2007.
Regular connections have been
re-established between Ljubljana
and Barcelona, Rome,
Manchester, Birmingham and
Dublin. Scheduled flights between
Ljubljana and Kiev which began in
December 2006 are running
very successfully, such that the
number of regular connections
has been increased to three a
week. A higher number of weekly
flights operate on routes to
Amsterdam Brussels, Skopje and
Zürich. The new timetable and
other information are available
at www.adria-airways.com.
News in brief from
the Hotel Domina
We are looking forward to the 2 nd
International Salsa Festival at
the Hotel Domina in April.
The organisers of the ‘Salsoteka’