CONVENTA SELECTION
CONVENTA SPECIAL ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS ŠPELA JERUC With her youthful energy Špela carries out even the most difficult journalistic tasks. Over the past two years she has become an important part of the Kongres team and is now ready to conquer the media world
KONGRES MAGAZINE Page 6 In Focus LIVE CAMPAIGN, The next big thing in marketing, Colja M. Dams Page 10 WORDS THAT SELL, Welcome to the world of content marketing, Gorazd Čad
NATALIJA BAH ČAD An unforgettable member in the editorial board of travelogues, who at each destination adds her icing on the cake. She has insight into the soul of destinations based on many years of practical experience with the organisation of events. She is interested in everything from the history, geography and destination marketing to care for the tiny little things that make the big events.
Page 21 Meetologue PIRAN - City of Salt Page 27 Behind the Scenes EXCLUSIVE REPORTAGE, RADISSON BLU OLD MILL BELGRADE
MIHA KOVAČIČ Miha Kovačič is known as a highly professional and motivated, zealous, positive, hearty and constructive colleague. Under his management, the Slovenian Convention Bureau became an important connecting point and an efficient marketing and promotional institution of the Slovenian meetings industry, which currently unites over 60 of the most important Slovenian providers of congress services.
City Report Page 37 SALZBURG Page 41 ISTANBUL MEETINGS STAR Page 48 Meetings Star Award 2014 BEST MEETING DESTINATIONS 2014 TOP 10 NATIONAL DESTINATIONS 2014 TOP 10 REGIONAL DESTINATIONS 2014 TOP 10 SMALL TOURIST DESTINATIONS 2014
POLONA SIMŠIČ The knowledge and experience she accumulated with organization of advertising festivals and conferences, she successfully transfers to the meetings industry. She tells stories of the project Conventa and makes sure that they are always up-to-date and interesting.
Page 60 Hidden Congress Guest TESTING TO THE LIMITS CONVENTA CATALOGUE Page 84 Conventa Ambassador PAUL KENNEDY
ANA HOTKO A new member joined our team recently - the young, professional and ambitious Ana. She is eager to improve her knowledge about the Meetings industry and gain priceless experience.
Page 85 Conventa Hall of Fame TOMAŽ KRUŠIČ Page 88 Conventa A-Z Page 90 Meet The Team Page 94 Experiencing Congress Destinations at Fam Trips Page 102 LIST OF EXHIBITORS Page 148 Who is Who at Conventa 2015
GORAZD ČAD Editor of the magazine is in his profession a geographer and historian. He united his professional education and love of discovering new lesser-known convention destinations with love and passion for the meetings industry. In meetologues he will try to share his enthusiasm with the readers.
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G www.facebook.com/kongres.magazine Editor in Chief Gorazd Čad Assistant to the Editor in Chief Ana Hotko Editor of Croatia Addendum Daniela Kos Editor of Kongres Telescope Robert Cotter Design Nenad Cizl dtp and prepress Premedia, Andrej Juvan Translation Barbara Bračko, Ana Lotrič (Interpreting and translation DRAGOMAN) Proofreading: Joshua Birch Rocchio Printing Grafex, grafično podjetje d.o.o. Circulation 1.000 copies ISSN Number 1855-8615 The Kongres magazine is entered into the media register under sequence number 1423. Magazine issued in January; March; May; July; September; November Publisher, Production and Marketing Toleranca Marketing d.o.o., Štihova 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, t: +386 (0)1 430 51 03 f: +386 (0)1 430 51 04 v e: gorazd.cad@toleranca.eu Issue date January 2015 For the content reproduction it is required to get the written editorial consigment.
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