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Meeting Statistics
Slovenian
Meeting Industry 2005
Based on statistics
from the Slovenian
Convention Bureau,
obtained from key
providers of meeting
venues in 2005
(excluding universities),
there were 6,505 events
in Slovenia,
of which 21% were
international events
or Slovenian events
with an international
attendance. Taking into
account the type of event
(association, corporate
or political), the duration
of the event and the
number of participants,
this meeting activity
created revenue
exceeding eur 225 million
(or 16.07 % of total
tourist revenues totalling
eur 1.4 billion).
In terms of the structure in Slovenia, corporate events prevail (51%),
followed by association events (29%) and events of governmental
and political organisations (12%). Incentives were a smaller share
of events (8%).
Table 1: The number and share of events by participants
Type of Event Number of Events Share in %
up to 50 participants 4,190 64.41 %
50 – 99 participants 1,117 17.17 %
100 – 249 participants 791 12.17 %
250 – 499 participants 287 4.42 %
500 – 999 participants 78 1.20 %
1000 – 1999 participants 34 0.53 %
over 2000 participants 7 0.11 %
Total 6,505 100 %
Source: The Slovenian Convention Bureau, 2006.
From the table, it is evident that over half of the events had fewer than
50 participants, while slightly under a third hosted between 50 and 250
participants. Only slightly over a half of a per cent hosted over 1000
participants.
Over a half (3,719 to be precise) took place in Ljubljana, more than two
thirds of the participants, or 346,500 people. Less than 10% (513 events)
were organised on the coast or in Karst in 2005 and comprised 14% of
all participants. Almost 15% of the events (or 953), comprising 7% of all
the participants, were held in the Alpine area. Slightly less than 4%
(or 239), consisting of 2% or a total of 11,161 participants, were held at
heath centres and spa resort hotels.
A good 7% of all events (480) were held at meeting venues, while
around 92% (over 6,000) were in hotels with meeting or conference
capabilities.
We are impatiently awaiting statistical results for 2006.
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Source C&I Agents’ Survey 2007
Corporate and Incentive
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