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Jan 30, 2012

Alpe-Adria: rich experience of multiple pleasures, tastes and scents

Last night, the doors of the Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show and the Boat Show officially closed. The Tourism Show, titled the Alpe-Adria Show since last year, is the official tourist event of the Alps-Adriatic region, which incorporates 10 individual regions of Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. Over a period of 4 days, from 26 to 29 of January, more than 300 providers of tourist services from 12 countries and 16 nautical companies from the region presented themselves. The Show also showcased more remote destinations, such as Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina with Italy and Hungary in their entirety. Approximately 16,000 visitors attended the event.
 
The need for regional integration was emphasised by Mr. Wolfgang Platzer, PhD, Secretary General of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community, who stated at the official opening on the 1st day of the Show: “I emphasize once again – and I will not stop doing it until we have achieved the aim – that we have to promote our common area together in interesting tourism markets around the world.

Two international Jakob prizes for excellence and quality in tourism were also presented at the opening. Under this year’s theme of Innovative tourist programmes in the field of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation the international expert jury selected:
-    Project of Ecological Village of Forest Fairies at Camping Bled, Sava Turizem d.d. - Camping Bled, and
-    Project from Austrian Styria entitled Nature Park in Motion, Nature Park Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen.

The subject of the competition for the 2013 Jakob prize will be: Innovative and original ways of including immovable cultural heritage in tourism.
 
In cooperation with the Slovene Association of Chefs and Confectioners and other partners, Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show hosted an international cooking competition, the Global Chef Challenge, which took place in front of a live audience of visitors. The challenge for the best chef was extended also to junior chefs under 23 years of age (the Hans Bueschkens Junior Chef Challenge). Teams from Malta, Italy, Montenegro, Cyprus, Croatia, Bulgaria, Portugal and Slovenia took part in the competition.
The Italians proved out as the best chefs. Angelo Di Lena won among the seniors and Francesca Narcisi in the category of junior chefs up to 23 years of age.

Below you can find Press Releases in other languages:

- German
- Hungarian
- Croatian
- Italian

 
Jan 27, 2012

The Show is lively, tasty and entertaining

Until Sunday, GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre is hosting one of the most lively and varied fairs in Slovenia. The Tourism Show, which carries the name Alpe-Adria since 2011, is the official tourist event of the Alps-Adriatic region, which incorporates 10 individual regions of Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. The Show also presents more remote destinations, such as Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Italy and Hungary in their entirety. Why visit the Show? Because you will have access to all information, not available on line; because it also showcases gastronomy and wine; because each exhibition space is a piece of unknown world, which welcomes every visitor with open arms. You will be guided through the Show by icons, helping you to find your type of holiday and your top destination. The Show also presents Slovenian winemakers with a wine tasting, and while there, you can also attend a live International Chef Challenge of master chefs from South Eastern Europe and admire their cooking. Tasty! Visit the Show – each day from 10 am to 7 pm, on Sunday by 5 pm.

 
Jan 27, 2012

First day of Alpe-Adria Show was a success

Last night, Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show and the Boat Show officially opened their doors. This year, GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre presents over 300 tourist service providers from 11 countries and 16 nautical companies, all organised by destinations and tourist products. The Show is the largest tourism event in the Alps-Adriatic region with Ljubljana as its tourist centre. Upon the occasion of the Show opening, Wolfgang Platzer, Secretary General of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community, stated: “I emphasize once again – and I will not stop doing it until we have achieved the aim – that we have to promote our common area together in interesting tourism markets around the world. We already had an interesting morning which was under the Motto “Alpe-Adria – the rising star of Europe”. And indeed this is what we are. Marketing experts of the individual regions and states have to stop seeing each other as competitors. Let us join forces and promote the Alps-Adriatic area together – on tourism fairs worldwide, in major international TV channels, in international magazines. The idea is great, but it needs implementation on a bigger scale. With our – admittedly small – means my organization, the Alps Adriatic Working Community, will be helpful in achieving this aim.” The experts attending the conference organised by GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre together with Slovenian Tourist Board (STB) and Tourism Ljubljana, i.e. representatives of the Government, among them Mr. Marjan Hribar, MSc, Director General of the Tourism and Internationalisation Directorate of the Ministry of Economy of RS, brand managers and other professionals from the tourist industry agreed that the key mission of the Show is integration and joint promotion. The Jakob prize was also presented at the Show opening. Today, two accompanying events aimed at tourist industry professionals took place: the lectures in the framework of Travel Zoom Focus and the 2nd Annual Meeting of Tourist Guides of the Alps-Adriatic region.

 
Jan 24, 2012

Turizem Ljubljana z Osrednjo Slovenijo

At the Alpe-Adria Show, Tourism Ljubljana also presents itself within the framework of the Central Slovenia region. The Happy Johnny double-decker bus will host accordion ensemble Pustotniki and a rich presentation of the region – the tourist offer of the following 26 municipalities: Kamnik, Komenda, Vodice, Medvode, Mengeš, Trzin, Domžale, Lukovica, Moravče, Dol pri Ljubljani, Litija, Ig, Borovnica, Logatec, Vrhnika, Log, Dragomer, Brezovica, Horjul, Dobrova – Polhov Gradec, Škofljica, Grosuplje, Ivančna Gorica, Šmartno pri Litiji, Dobrepolje, Velike Lašče and Ljubljana. You are cordially invited to taste culinary specialities by master chef Jože Oseli and wine from the restaurant Svarunov hram, as well as to participate in the prize draw! 

 
Jan 24, 2012

Novelty of the Show – Gastronomy and Wine

The most significant novelty of this year’s Alpe-Adria Show is the emphasis on gastronomy and wine. Within the framework of the Show, an International Competition of Chefs from South Eastern Europe will take place in front of a live audience of visitors, while Slovenian winemakers will also present themselves. The association Vinska družba Sovenije offers tasting of Slovenian wines and also provides information on the differences among them. You are also invited to visit the exhibition space of Tourism Ljubljana in the Steklena hall and taste the culinary specialities by master chef Jože Oseli and wine from the restaurant Svarunov hram. Sweets and desserts await you at the exhibition spaces of local tourist associations from across Slovenia.

 
Jan 23, 2012

Destinations outside of the Alps-Adriatic (AA) region

The Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show is the only fair within the AA region, which presents the tourist offer to the public organized by destinations from which the exhibitors originate, and by products of the exhibition programme. The destinations are divided into destinations within the AA region and those more remote, i.e. destinations outside of the AA region. This year, the presented countries include the following: entire Italy and Hungary, not just their regions within the AA area, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Morocco, the most western Arab country and one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Africa, presents itself at the Show for the first time.

 
Jan 22, 2012

Alpe-Adria: the meeting point

This year, Alpe-Adria will again host two meetings of tourism industry professionals: the Meeting of Tourist Guides and the Meeting of Travel Journalists of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community. Within the framework of the 2nd Meeting of Travel Journalists of the Alps-Adriatic region, a round table on brands in tourism is planned, which will include the participation of renowned experts from the field of tourism, marketing and media. The business conference Travel Zoom and Focus is also aimed at the expert public.

 
Jan 20, 2012

Global Chef Challenge

In cooperation with the Slovene Association of Chefs and Confectioners and other partners, Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show will also host international cooking competition, the Global Chef Challenge, which will take place in front of a live audience of visitors. The challenge for the best chef will be extended also to junior chefs under 23 years of age, i.e. the Hans Bueschkens Junior Chef Challenge. You will be able to admire top master chefs during the preparation of 3-course menus. Ten menus will be prepared each day and you will be able to taste them as well… Bon appétit!

 
Jan 20, 2012

JAKOB awarded

The recipient of the Jakob prize, the prize for quality and excellence in tourism in the Alps-Adriatic region under this year’s title Innovative tourist products in the field of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation, has been selected! Actually, two recipients were selected, since the international expert jury, presided over by prof. Janez Bogataj, PhD, and composed of Joško Sirk, Italy, Lojze Wieser, Austria, and Miloš Milovanović, Serbia, has decided, in accordance with the set criteria, to award two equal prizes to:
 
- Project of Ecological Village of Forest Fairies at Camping Bled, Sava Turizem d.d. – Camping Bled and
- Project from Austrian Styria entitled Nature Park in Motion, Nature Park Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen.
 
The project of the Ecological Village of Forest Fairies at Camping Bled represents an innovation in the range of services currently offered by campsites. Its special feature is the fact that the houses originate from the local tourist heritage (culture, forestry) and that the tourist offer (food, sanitary facilities, etc.) is based on the local culture. The special value of the project is that the tourist offer was created in a relatively simple manner, without excessive investment. Nonetheless, the results are enviable.
 
Similarly, the project from Austrian Styria, the Nature Park in Motion, is an example of distinctive innovation connected with the central aspiration of the global tourist development, i.e. natural and sustainable development. The project is of extraordinary high quality, including its infrastructure, and is based on studying the nature through the culture of reading. The jury believes that this could be a good example not only for Austria but also for the comprehensive European tourist endeavours. The jury also concluded that despite the fact this year’s number of applied projects was relatively high, the applicants did not fully understand the purpose and goals of the competition and particularly its subject – the emphasis of which, as always, is on innovation.

Jakob is the allegory for the »first« tourist, tourist traveller, i.e. such a tourist that Europe desires in its efforts to develop this important industry and social movement, which reaches back to the second half of the 18th century but has a much longer history, in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way. It is precisely this dimension of the cultural heritage of tourism, characteristically symbolised by Jakob, that we would like to mark with the most visible, innovative, creative and other movements in the tourism of the Alps-Adriatic region.
 
The subject of the competition for the Jakob prize 2013 shall be: Innovative and original ways of including immovable cultural heritage in tourism.
 
The two Jakob prizes will be presented on the 1st day of the Show, i.e. 26 January, at 7:30 pm at the official opening of the Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show in the Jurček hall. Sincere congratulations to the two prize winners!

 
Jan 19, 2012

Prize Naša Slovenija for Villa Bianca

The City Municipality of Velenje received the prize Naša Slovenija for its reconstruction of Villa Bianca. The prize is awarded to individuals, associations and informal civil initiatives for their endeavours in preserving Slovenian cultural heritage, landscape and the foundations of Slovenian visibility within the entire Slovenian cultural and ethical space. The City Municipality of Velenje received the prize for the reconstruction of Villa Bianca in the category of Preserving heritage. The presentation of the prizes will take place on Saturday, 28 January 2011, at 12 noon at the 2012 Alpe-Adria Show. Congratulations!
 
The movement for preserving and establishing Slovenian cultural and natural heritage/landscape – Kultura-natura.si is a call for proposals published by a non-government volunteer civil movement, supporting, encouraging, developing and connecting civil initiatives in the field of research, presentation, protection and establishment of Slovenian cultural heritage and landscape.

 
Jan 17, 2012

GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre at the Conventa Trade Show

GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre – the leading events centre in Ljubljana and the largest events centre in Slovenia presents itself at Conventa on a special exhibition space. The Meeting Industry Trade Show, which takes place at GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre for the 4th time this year, is the leading event in the field of the meeting industry of South Eastern Europe. Visit us in the Marmorna hall – exhibition space no. 5, where we will be happy to reveal to you our business advantages.

 
Jan 17, 2012

Get to know our national minorities in our neighbouring countries

Are you familiar with the areas of outstanding natural beauty and sights of Austrian Carinthia or of Friuli–Venezia Giulia in Italy? Do you know that Slovenians are also among inhabitants of these areas and will welcome you with open arms and in our mother tongue? Visit Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show and get to know their joint project This is our home, within the framework of which you can select a 3-day package with a multitude of attractions of Carinthia: the paths of the inhabitants of Carantania or gastronomy with a scent of homeliness. Would you rather hike from Čedad/Cividale del Friuli to Nadiža/Natisone and to Višarje/Monte Santo di Lussari? Or would you prefer to visit Friuli and the Goriška region: the sea, nature, history and authenticity? Discover your neighbours! www.tusmodoma.eu

 
Jan 11, 2012

Croatia and campsite Straško

Who isn’t familiar with beautiful spots along the Adriatic, which annually attract numerous Slovenian visitors? This year, Novalja from the island of Pag presents itself at the Alpe-Adria Show with its campsite Straško, which is particularly suitable for families due to its 950 lots and 200 mobile homes (bungalows). Croatia as a whole participates at the Show with its offer organized by regions; in addition, certain individual exhibitors, such as sea shipping company Jadrolinija, Tourist Association of the City of Zagreb, etc., are also present at the event.

 
Jan 10, 2012

The Alps-Adriatic region in Ljubljana

The Alpe–Adria: TIP Show is not only the largest national fair for promoting tourism in Slovenia, but also the only official regional tourism event of the Alps-Adriatic region. On the one hand, the association and integration of the region is significant particularly for the promotion of this part of Europe in more remote markets such as Japan, USA, Australia, etc.; and on the other hand, for increased visibility of the nearby rich and varied tourist offer for the inhabitants of the region themselves. Why not explore the land of our national minorities in neighbouring countries, drive to Lake Balaton or visit the hilly Austrian Styria? In addition to Slovenia and Croatia, the following regions comprehensively present themselves at the Show:
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Veneto from Italy, which are represented by the Italian National Tourist Organisation ENIT
  • Carinthia from Austria
  • Baranja and Vas county from Hungary, which are represented by the Hungarian National Tourist Organization
Discover your new destination within the Alps-Adriatic region!

 
Jan 9, 2012

Slovenian tourist regions at the Show

In addition to Croatia, Slovenia is the only country covered by the Alps-Adriatic region in its entirety. This year, Alpe-Adria: TIP presents the following Slovenian tourist destinations, i.e. regions according to STO: Gorenjska, Osrednjeslovenska, Goriška – the Emerald Route, Obalno-kraška, Notranjsko-kraška, Jugovzhodna Slovenija (SE Slovenia), Spodnjeposavska, Zasavska, Savinjska, Podravska, Koroška and Pomurska. The local tourist actors present their destinations through their picturesque traditions, dance, songs, cuisine, and their natural and cultural heritage. Numerous providers of leisure and sports equipment, from golf, snowboarding to cycling and beyond, also present themselves at the Show.

 
Jan 6, 2012

Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show at the end of January

Does your hectic way of life and daily business obligations make you dream of winter vacation? Relax! We are here: Alpe–Adria. Visit the leading event in the field of tourism in the Alps-Adriatic region, the Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show, accompanied by the Boat Show, between 26–29 January 2012.

As soon as you enter the Show, you will immediately transform into one of the four common types of tourists – a laid-back or active holidaymaker, a trip-maker or adventurer – and start exploring the Alps-Adriatic region with its rich tourist offer from Slovenia as well as the neighbouring Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. The Show additionally presents other foreign destinations, such as Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Travel, discover, taste, relax and explore the Show! Local tourist actors will present a rich offer of holidays, trips, active leisure and adventures into the (un)known through picturesque traditions, dance, songs, cuisine, and natural and cultural heritage. You can decide for organized guided tours through the Show, which will also host the Competition of Chefs from South-eastern Europe, play golf, explore the nautical and surfing equipment, enjoy in wine tasting and simply – relax. Plan your visit at the Show. You are cordially invited.

 
Nov 28, 2011

Compete for the JAKOB 2012 prize

Jakob is a prize for quality and excellence in tourism in the Alps-Adriatic region, which will be awarded at the Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show at the end of January 2012. The international expert jury presided over by Prof. Janez Bogataj, PhD, each year chooses a winner based on the set criteria – the prize receive those, who significantly contribute to the mosaic of innovative tourist endeavours of the Alps-Adriatic region. The main theme of the Jakob 2012 competition is: Innovative tourist products in the field of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation.
 
The applications submitted in the course of Jakob 2012 Competition will be assessed by the international expert jury from the area covered by the Alps-Adriatic Working Community. The jury will assess projects of various applicants who enrich tourist offer in the places and areas of the Alps-Adriatic region with innovative tourist products in different fields of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation. The assessment will mainly focus on regulations and guidelines concerning the sustainable and environmentally friendly development. The Jakob 2012 Competition is intended for various providers of tourist programmes and themes in the concerned field, i.e. in the field of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation. The expert jury will assess only implemented products and projects that are already being carried out.

Jakob is the allegory for the »first« tourist or tourist traveller: such a tourist, Europe desires in its efforts for environmentally friendly and sustainable development of this important industry and social movement, which started in the second half of the 18th century but has a much longer tradition. It is precisely this dimension of the tourist cultural heritage, characteristically symbolized by Jakob, we would like to mark with the most visible, innovative, creative and other movements in the tourism of the Alps-Adriatic region.

You are cordially invited to participate! Deadline for applications is 10 January 2012.

 
Nov 24, 2011

Applications for Alpe–Adria Show possible until the end of the month

A friendly reminder for all those active in the field of tourism and leisure and other interested: the deadline for applications for the Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show 2012 is 30 November 2011. Visit the Show’s webpage and see the rich and varied offer of the central tourism event of the Alps-Adriatic region, which presents its offer by tourist products, i.e. organized by the 4 main types of tourists. You are cordially invited!



 
Nov 14, 2011

22nd Ambient Ljubljana – Furniture Fair successfully completed

The Fair, which was officially opened on Tuesday, 8 November, by President of the National Council of Republic of Slovenia Blaž Kavčič, MSc, closed its doors on Sunday, 13 November. Over the 6 days, the Fair showcased 297 companies from 19 countries on 25,300 m2 of exhibition surfaces. As in previous years, the Top Ten prizes were presented for best creative achievements in the field of design. This year, the highest prize among the 10 was awarded to Toni Kancilja for the solid wood cabinet manufactured by Mitja Bolčič, Mizarstvo Bolčič. Three equal prizes for the Best Exhibition Space were presented to: company Kolpa, d.d., Metlika, project Alpe-Adria Holz/Les – Collignum, and company Pobles. The Golden Plaque of the Naš dom magazine (the Večer publishing house) and the prize awarded by the Designers Society of Slovenia were also presented. The furniture exhibition was accompanied by the supporting programme, which included expert conferences, round tables and exhibitions. The Fair was attended by 35,500 visitors.

The recipient of the highest prize awarded by GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre was selected by special international jury presided over by Prof. Janez Koželj. The cabinet Istra, made of solid wood, was chosen since »it proves that wood represents an immense source of inspiration to the designer. Although wood may be used in various combinations and forms, let them be organic or geometric, its natural properties are always expressed. The designer of the awarded product used wood in a manner to preserve its characteristics of a living, organic part of nature, together with its record of life, and thus creating direct and consistently achieved useful form, without unnecessary additions or ornaments.« Upon receiving 2 prizes, the Top 10 and the Top of the Top prize, designer Toni Kancilja stated: »The prizes embody the strongest bond between the master, who creates the object, and the designer, who envisions it. This bond is necessary; without it, there is no success. The award is thus the confirmation that this bond is very strong.« Mitja Bolčič, Mizarstvo Bolčič: »These prizes are even more significant since we received them for prototypes, which were produced at the last minute, spontaneously, while controlling the construction of unpredictable, but because of long years of experience, on the basis of predictable characteristics of wood.«

In addition to receiving the prize for the Best Exhibition Space awarded by GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, the Alpe-Adria Holz/Les - Collignum project also won the prize of the Designers Society of Slovenia. Upon this occasion, designer Andrej Mercina, from the company Trije arhitekti, said: »The two prizes have special meaning particularly in the context of the background, the story itself, which goes beyond the Collignum trademark products and the exhibition space itself. Through the Alpe-Adria Holz/Les project, at the persistence of the project manager Mrs. Marina Einspieler (Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Klagenfurt) and co-workers, and on the basis of ideals of interregional, intergenerational and interdisciplinary cooperation alongside all possible problems, which occur in such multi-member group, we are successful in uniting new design energy with awakened traditional joiners’ knowledge and contemporary technology. The design of furniture elements consciously reaches for the widest range of design themes and aims for the widest target public since we would like to transpose the described high standards of the Collignum brand to the general public. The exhibition space was thus seemingly easy to design; we only had to faithfully follow the cleverly conceived connecting thread of local specifics, ecological sensitivity and commitment to wood. The prizes are the best possible epilogue of this first phase of the Collignum project, a project with a message.«

Another company also received 2 prizes at the 22nd Ambient Ljubljana Furniture Fair; the Top 10 prize and the Golden Plaque of the Naš dom magazine for 2011 were awarded to the company Brest pohištvo d.o.o. for the multifunctional programme ALTERA, designed by Matej Velušček. »The prizes again confirm the correct direction of development of multifunctional furniture of the company Brest pohištvo d.o.o., which began years ago with the Modulo prototype programme. The prizes provide the development team of the company Brest with additional motivation and impetus«, told Velušček and added, »before joining Brest as a designer in February 2011, I was employed in one of the architectural offices in Ljubljana. This switch to industrial design succeeded me very well. The prizes of the Ambient Ljubljana – Furniture Fair provide me, as a beginner, with assurance and additional motivation for the future. It is a good start.«

Congratulations to all prize recipients! More about the prizes and the accompanying programme available at http://www.pohistveni-sejem.si/za-obiskovalce/obsejemski-program-in-nagrade-za-razstavljavce/

The next Ambient Ljubljana – Furniture Fair will take place at GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre between 5 and 11 November 2012.

 
Oct 25, 2011

Spinning new ambients

Are you interested in design, furniture and other items of interior design as the functional and aesthetic elements of living spaces? Welcome to the Ambient Fair, the largest fair event dedicated to furniture industry in Slovenia. This year, 297 companies from 19 countries present themselves on 25,300 m2 of exhibition surfaces in all available halls, including the Apel hall complex (as we have named the Slovenijales building), and on the external exhibition surfaces. We invite you to browse through the detailed programme at the new Fair webpage.

 
Oct 20, 2011

The Alpe-Adria Show also the official centre of the region

The Alps-Adriatic Working Community has officially confirmed the Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show as the central tourism event of the Alps-Adriatic region, which includes 10 individual regions of Italy, Austria and Hungary, as well as Slovenia and Croatia in their entirety.

Thanks to this great success of the central fair event in the field of tourism and leisure, Ljubljana has turned into the tourist hub of the region and is thus becoming a highly visible business junction of the leading tourism actors of the region and wider areas. The Alps-Adriatic region is progressively gaining in popularity mostly due to the organised tours for tourists from remote countries, such as China, Japan, USA, etc. As emphasised by Wolfgang Platzer, PhD, the Secretary General of the Community, »we need a joint approach for the joint marketing of the whole region in interesting tourist markets around the world – after all, the Working Community stretches from Lombardy to Hungary, from Burgenland to the far south of Croatia.«

Let us remember: In January 2011 the Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show made a successful thematic and geographic breakthrough in the region as the only Show presenting the tourist offer organised by destinations, from which the exhibitors originate, and by products of the exhibition programme. Within this offer, the visitors could identify themselves according to the 4 common types of tourists – from active, to laid-back holidaymakers, trip-makers and adventurers.

The next Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show will take place between 26 and 29 January 2012 and will significantly upgrade this year’s concept of the Show with the following novelties:
The organisers are preparing many more professional events and also the possibility of a guided tour of the Show for the visitors.

Part of the Show will again be the Jakob prize, the prize for quality and excellence in tourism of the Alps-Adriatic region. The subject of the Jakob 2012 competition is: Innovative tourist products in the field of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation. An international expert jury with members from the areas of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community, presided over by Professor Janez Bogataj, PhD, will assess the projects that bring innovative tourist products in various areas of alternative forms of leisure and relaxation and thus contribute to the tourist offers of the cities and areas of the region. When assessing, the jury will follow the provisions and guidelines for sustainable and natural development. Various tourist programmes and themes providers from the mentioned field, i.e. alternative forms of leisure and relaxation, may apply for the Jakob 2012 prize.

The first Jakob prize was awarded for the project by Hotel Triglav Bled – Chef Uroš Štefelin Culinary School in the field of gastronomy. Marcela Klofutar, Executive Director of Hotel Triglav Bled, explained the significance of the prize for their endeavours in rising awareness about eating and drinking culture and habits in Slovenia: »Within the framework of the Culinary School we organise cooking workshops for children, adults, companies, etc., as well as presentations of catering professions at elementary schools for parents and counsellors. Foreigners get to know our culture, nature, and customs through these cooking workshops and thus spread the good word about Slovenian culinary beyond our borders. «

The last Show in January 2011 presented 332 providers of tourist services and 20 nautical companies from the region. In addition to the tourist offer of the Alps-Adriatic region, the Show also presented more remote destinations, such as the countries of former Yugoslavia, Spain and Turkey. Approximately 16,000 visitors and 265 Slovenian and foreign press representatives attended the refreshed event.

More information:
Špela Bratun, Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show, 01 300 26 20, spela.bratun@gr-sejem.si
Marjana Lavrič, Head of Public Relations, 041 236 912, marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si


 
Sep 27, 2011

Alpe–Adria Fair – Linking Cultures of the Alps-Adriatic region

The world day of tourism 2011 under the slogan »Tourism – linking cultures« celebrates the role of tourism in removing barriers among cultures and in encouraging tolerance, respect and mutual understanding.
As the organizers of the leading tourist fair in the Alps-Adriatic region, we too are aware of the importance of linking various cultures, this is why we established a mutual partnership for this year's Fair with the Project Group on Tourism at the Alps-Adriatic Working Community and with the honourable sponsors, Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Slovenia and City Municipality of Ljubljana, aimed at converting the tourist fair into a meeting point of Alps-Adriatic tourist actors.

The necessity of linking on a regional level was emphasized by Dr. Wolfgang Platzer, Secretary General of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community, who used the opportunity of the Fair opening ceremony in January to state: »… I believe it's time to make a step further: we need a common approach for the common marketing of the whole region in interesting tourist markets across the world – after all, the Working Community covers the area from Lombardy to Hungary, from Burgenland to the far south of Croatia. Slovenia and Croatia are examples of good practice and I hope that marketing experts from other parts of the region will follow them to our common benefit. We must not perceive each other as competitors as our common Alps–Adriatic region really has a lot to offer«, concluded Platzer.

The mission of the Alpe–Adria: Tourism and Leisure Show is to encourage friendship, understanding and multicultural dialogue as well as to establish links in the field of tourism in the Alps-Adriatic region and present tourism to people outside the region. Connecting five different cultures and languages within Europe in this manner is an important tool of international communication and is essential for marketing the tourist potential of the region.

You are kindly invited to have a look at and read the World Tourism Day 2011 Message.

 
Sep 12, 2011

Top ideas invite you to face your creative challenges

Are you bursting with ideas from the summer months? Excellent! Early application for TOP IDEAS 2011, i.e. the Design Trade Show, which was introduced last year at the Ambient Fair and which showcased over 40 young designers, will provide you with the opportunity to present your conceptual ideas in international competition.

Let us remind you that projects from the field of culture of living, such as furniture, lights, hangers, small tabletop items, etc., may include any and all levels of the design process (conceptual design, idea projects, models, prototypes, etc.) preceding industrial production. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia will award three TOP solutions. We invite you to submit your application (see www.topideje.si) at the latest by Wednesday, 28th September of this year. We wish you all success with your designs!

Detailed information on: www.topideje.com

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