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premises of the Slovenian House<br />

and is managed by Rok Klančnik.<br />

The presentation of Slovenia as<br />

a meeting destination and a<br />

reception at the Permanent<br />

Mission of the Republic of<br />

Slovenia to the <strong>EU</strong> was attended<br />

by over 50 guests. The event was<br />

enriched by the ‘Renato Chicco<br />

trio’ jazz group.<br />

The Slovenian<br />

meetings catalogue<br />

The Slovenian Convention Bureau<br />

has published the Slovenian<br />

Meetings Catalogue, which<br />

outlines the complete Slovenian<br />

meetings industry.<br />

To order a free copy of the<br />

catalogue please write to:<br />

miha.kovacic@sloveniaconvention.com<br />

A competition to design a<br />

brand name for Ljubljana<br />

as a tourist destination<br />

Despite a clearly positive growth<br />

trend in inquiries and the positive<br />

perceptions of its visitors,<br />

Ljubljana today faces a lack<br />

of a clear identity and image.<br />

For this reason, Ljubljana Tourist<br />

Board has prepared a competition<br />

to design a brand name for<br />

Ljubljana as a tourist destination.<br />

The deadline for submitting<br />

suggestions is 1 June 2007.<br />

MPI 2007 - Proffesional<br />

education conference, Europe<br />

In addition to excellent<br />

organisation, the European MPI<br />

conference, held between the 18 th<br />

and 20 th of March in Copenhagen<br />

under the sponsorship of Princess<br />

Mary, also outlined MPI’s new<br />

strategic orientation. In the<br />

upcoming years the strategy will<br />

be based on:<br />

• new professional conferences,<br />

including a professional<br />

conference in the Middle East<br />

(PEC-Middle East, Dubai),<br />

• more regional MPI bureaus<br />

(the opening of a new bureau<br />

in Singapore),<br />

• a more powerful website,<br />

• the organisation of global<br />

workshops.<br />

Record EIBTM<br />

The European Incentive Business<br />

Travel and Meetings (EIBTM) 2006<br />

meetings exchange attracted<br />

the most visitors so far. The<br />

organisers say the exchange<br />

attracted 6,176 visitors. Over<br />

34,000 sales meetings were held<br />

between exhibitors and invited<br />

guests. The exchange also<br />

increased in terms of size, with<br />

approximately 50 new exhibitors.<br />

The Slovenian meetings industry<br />

showcased 15 providers.<br />

www.eibtm.com<br />

London to host<br />

the next MPI conference<br />

Excel, London, 18 – 20 April <strong>2008</strong><br />

The <strong>2008</strong> MPI Conference is to be<br />

hosted by London. Organisers have<br />

an ambitious plan to make it the<br />

biggest and best MPI conference<br />

ever. The conference will be held at<br />

the Excel Congress Centre. A project<br />

for the urban renewal of London to<br />

meet the requirements of the 2012<br />

Olympic Games will be presented to<br />

participants. After the conference,<br />

participants will be able to go on to<br />

the IMEX Fair in Frankfurt, with<br />

special flights organised from<br />

London for all participants.<br />

IAPCO general assemby<br />

Over 70 members of the IAPCO<br />

international association met at<br />

their annual meeting and general<br />

assembly in Seville. For ten years,<br />

IAPCO has been synonymous with<br />

quality in the meetings industry.<br />

IAPCO is one of the few<br />

international associations with<br />

extremely strict criteria regarding<br />

the acceptance of new members.<br />

Membership will now be reviewed<br />

on a regular basis with the aid of<br />

the quality council’s internal and<br />

external assessment tools.<br />

To date, the following Slovenian<br />

venues have satisfied IAPCO criteria:<br />

• Auditoria and<br />

• Cankarjev dom Cultural &<br />

Congress Centre.<br />

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