Eco Resort Network: Delegates & Agenda

1-2 JUNE 2022 BLED, SLOVENIA

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AGENDA 31st May: delegate arrival and welcome drinks reception

1 June 9.30am Introduction by organising team to the event and our partner – The Slovenian Tourist Board – plus our sponsor YALA Luxury Canvas Lodges 10.00am Live link interview with Sarah Dusek, Investor & Founder of Enygma Ventures, Co-founder Under Canvas.

Believer in the power of business to impact our world for good.

11.00am Coffee Break 11.30am Bill Bensley welcome (remote) 11.40am Louis Thompson of Nomadic Resorts and David Leventhal resort owner, on the inspiration behind and creation of Playa Viva’s new treehouse village 12.30pm Presentation in interior design trends for eco hotels by Kristina Zanic, Founder & CEO of Kristina Zanic Consultants, award-winning interior designer & design studio.

1.00pm Networking Lunch 2.00pm Conversation with Noelle Homsy, Co-Founder ENVI Lodges about the brand, the vision and the future.

2.30pm Panel Session - A blank canvas – how tented structures can be your inspiration including Wilfried Baeten Co-Owner RAY Tensile Design, Tom Butterfield, Sales and Business Development Manager, Eco Structures Australia, Sander Jacob, Product Manager Creative Structures and Robert Klun, Architect, Magnet Design.

3.15pm Coffee Break 3.45pm Garden Village Bled and other Slovenian glamping sites Maja Dimnik talks about how she helped to launch some iconic glamping resorts in her home country.

4.15-5.15pm My Investment Journey Sarah Dusek tells us about creating and selling Under Canvas, setting up her own investment fund Enygma Ventures and her latest project and what she has learned along the way.

Conversation with Mohamed Belkhodja, Director of Investments & Special Projects and others.

5.45pm Leave for Garden Village Bled Gather for a quick tour of this award-winning glamping/eco resort followed by drinks reception and dinner – sponsored by YALA. 10.00pm Return to Park Hotel

2 June 9.30am Welcome from Sonu Shivdasani Founder and CEO of Soneva (Guardian of the Culture); (Founder of Six Senses Resorts) – (remote) 9.35am What I learned the hard way panel session involving resort operators with up and running businesses covering those things that they might have done differently. With Karl Plunkett MD Eco Beach Resort and experiential accommodation consultant, Zlatko Pankov Founder Abeille Maison, Kerry Roy, Founder Cerchio del Desiderio.

10.30–11am Presentation by Maša Klemenčič Project manager, Research, Development, Innovation and EU Projects.

Coffee Break 11.30am Panel Session: Design Your Location to Maximise Your Income and Sustainability, Led by Todd Wynne-Parry, MD Horwath HTL, Jure Dolenc GLAMPro and Miha Kovačič, co-Founder Conventa.

12.30pm Wellness Marcin Dabrowski, SPA & Wellness Business Development consultant, on how we need to think differently about incorporating wellness into our resorts.

1.00 pm Networking Lunch 2.00pm Panel Session – Marketing and Branding. How to stand out in a crowded green marketplace, how to secure bookings online, who to partner with and how to use social media and influencers – led by Maja Dimnik, CEO World of Glamping, Brett Melzer, Co owner/ founder Gangtey Lodge Bhutan, Balloons over Bagan, Sarah Riley, Glamping And Eco-Resort Business Coach, @katarina_bencek – Influencer.

3.00pm – Coffee Break 3.15pm Projects in progress, Rachel Bowers on a new German Vineyard eco hotel plus Astrid Arlove of OBOĒ, Mauritius – a new urban eco hotel project.

4pm Final discussions – how can we be more sustainable now? A call to action and inspiration with ideas for everyone to take back with them. With Beks Ndlovu, Owner African Bushcamps (joining us live from Africa) In conversation with Marta Bormioli Gambardella of Journeys Namibia and others.

For those delegates remaining – we are organising an informal dinner.

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GLADYS CAMPHUIJSEN

LIZA WILLEMSEN

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, YALA LUXURY CANVAS LODGES

DESIGNER, RAY TENSILE DESIGN

IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

WILFRIED BAETEN

BRETT MELZER

CO-OWNER RAY TENSILE DESIGN

CO OWNER/ FOUNDER GANGTEY LODGE BHUTAN, BALLOONS OVER BAGAN MYANMAR

IN-PERSON

DAVID LEVENTHAL CO-FOUNDER OF RR & OWNER OF PV REGENERATIVE RESORTS/PLAYA VIVA RESORT IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

TODD WYNNEPARRY CEO & FOUNDER MONTARE HOSPITALITY IN-PERSON

LOUIS THOMPSON

KARL PLUNKETT

FOUNDER AND CEO

FOUNDER & CEO EXPERT IN DESIGN & MANUFACTURE ECO RESORTS

IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

MAŠA KLEMENČIČ

KRISTINA ZANIC

PROJECT MANAGER, GREEN SCHEME OF SLOVENIAN TOURISM

CEO KRISTINA ZANIC CONSULTANTS

JOINING US AND PRESENTING ON JUNE 2 THE SLOVENIAN TOURIST BOARD ARE PARTNERS IN THE ECO RESORT NETWORK EVENT

IN-PERSON

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J MENDES FOUNDER – NO FOOTPRINT CONSULTING

IN-PERSON

RACHEL BOWERS

MOHAMED BELKHODJA DIRECTOR INVESTMENTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS RAS AL KHAIMAH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN-PERSON

JARO BERCE NEW PROJECT OWNER

NEW PROJECT OWNER

IN-PERSON

NOELLE HOMSY CO-FOUNDER ENVI LODGES

IN-PERSON

MAJA DIMNIK FOUNDER & CEO WORLD OF GLAMPING, EVENT ORGANISER ECO RESORT NETWORK IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

STEPH CURTISRALEIGH EVENT ORGANIZER ECO RESORT NETWORK IN-PERSON

ROBERT KLUN ARCHITECT PRESIDENT AT MAGNET DESIGN D.O.O.

IN-PERSON

SARAH RILEY

KERRY ROY

FOUNDER INSPIRED COURSES

FOUNER, CERCHIO DEL DESIDERIO

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ANDREJA M BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER KRISTINA ZANIC CONSULTANTS

IN-PERSON

SANDER JACOB PRODUCT MANAGER, CREATIVE STRUCTURES

IN-PERSON

LARS SCHÄFER GLAMPING ADVISOR OUTDOOR HOSPITALITY GROUP

IN-PERSON

MARTA BORMIOLI GAMBARDELLA JOURNEYS NAMIBIA

IN-PERSON

FOTIS DRAKOPOULOS

MARCIN DĄBROWSKI

FOUNDER AND OWNER OF COLORS HOTEL

SPA & WELLNESS CONSULTANT

IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

JURE DOLENC

JON BRECELJ

CEO, GLAMPRO

CMO, GLAMPRO

IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

KATARINA BENCEK

EDWARD BUSBY

INFLUENCER

CO FOUNDER, CROWN AND CANOPY

IN-PERSON

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ZLATKO PANKOV GENERAL MANAGER AND OWNER OF PANEKS

IN-PERSON

MARK CURTISRALEIGH THE SUNDAY TIMES

IN-PERSON

MIHA KOVAČIČ

KATHRIN KOVAČIČ

CO-FOUNDER CONVENTA

EXPERIENCE CREATOR, MICE EXPERT

IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

TOM BUTTERFIELD

ASTRID ARLOVE

SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ECO STRUCTURES

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, OBOĒ LTD

IN-PERSON

IN-PERSON

MARTIN HOHN

JOÃO FREITAS

FOUNDER & CEO ATMA.LIFE

DIRECTOR OF GROWTH & PARTNERSHIPS HOST

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ELIE CASAMITJANA FOUNDER IKIOM

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BILL BENSLEY CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT BENSLEY

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LUCA FRANCO

BEKS NDLOVU

FOUNDER LUXURY FRONTIERS

FOUNDER & CEO, AFRICAN BUSH CAMPS

ONLINE

SONU SHIVDASANI

FOUNDER AND CEO, SONEVA (GUARDIAN OF THE CULTURE), FOUNDER, SIX SENSES RESORTS ONLINE

ONLINE

SARAH DUSEK INVESTOR & FOUNDER, ENYGMA VENTURES, CO-FOUNDER UNDER CANVAS

ONLINE

GARDEN VILLAGE BLED On June 1 – we will be taking our delegates to the awardwinning glamping resort Garden Village Bled for a tour and dinner.

This glamping site was ground-breaking when it opened and our co-organiser Maja Dimnik and delegates GLAMPro were involved in designing and launching it. At the time, the concept of experiential hospitality was little known. The site itself is unusual and set on different levels with a river running through it. Accommodation consists of treehouses, tents on platforms over the river and other tented structures near the bio pool and vegetable gardens. Playful touches abound and the restaurant by the pool with grass-topped tables and a stream that runs through it – will be the perfect setting for our dinner, hosted by our sponsor YALA

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