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Column, No. 4/2011 (V.): Adria Airwys, the kidney in the body of Slovenian tourism

Caring for Slovenian tourist icon

This article does not have the intention of stirring up fear of a possible downfall of Adria Airways. God forbid! Quite the contrary. I’m certain that the Slovenian national air carrier, which is, let’s be honest, in trouble, will be able to find a suitable solution. Adria is not some obscure co ...
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Column, No. 3/2011 (V.): Getting Greener Together

AIPC Column by AIPC President, Edgar Hirt

The fact that the drive toward sustainability was not deflected in any serious way by the recent global recession strongly suggests that it is a factor that is here to stay. Meetings and conventions will be affected by this, not simply because of the impacts of these events themselves but because th ...
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Column, No. 5/2010 (IV.): Quality service is not enough

‘Getting out there and getting the Business’

The Conventa Academy gathering in Portorož in mid November did in my opinion convey very clear messages and at the same time prompted many positive responses to facing up to the challenges of winning new and increased business.
 
One of my friends in the global meetings industry Linda Periera de ...
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Column, No. 5/2010 (IV.): Commitment is key and professionalism has to follow

The role of Convention Bureaus in the region of SE Europe

Today’s role of a Convention Bureau for a city or a region is quite different to previous times. And this difference reflects the changes on a global level. Today Convention Bureaus are part of the Meetings Industry, in a larger sense belonging to the Knowledge Industry.
Convention Bureaus have to ...
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Column, No. 5/2010 (IV.): Green meetings reinforce a corporation’s reputation

Are Green Meetings the Future of Meetings?

I’d love to think so! Our journey as an industry to green our meetings has only begun in earnest the last few years and I see loads of examples that our industry is headed in that direction.  Before I get too far though, it’s important to define green meetings so we’re all on the same pag ...
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Column, No. 4/2010 (IV.): Social legacy goes beyond the simple ‘greening’ of conferences

The social legacy of conferences

Many participants in conferences are uncomfortable with the type of ‘conspicuous consumption’ that often characterizes such events. This is particularly the case when luxurious meetings take place against a background of disadvantaged communities or in developing countries.

Consequently, there is ...
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Column, No. 4/2010 (IV.): The destination plays a key role in developing a business experience brand Introduction:

A strong brand of a business experience requires coherent action and cooperation of all actors

Business tourists are just beginning to be recognized in the field of tourism, even though official statistics still find it hard to distinguish between business and other types of tourism. Despite that, available data demonstrates business tourism holds an important place within the tourist industr ...
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INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR:
Dejan Križaj, MSc, is a researcher and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Tourism Studies Portorož – Turistica, University of Primorska. His research centres on the specifics of innovation in tourism and their encouragements. He has been running the Innovations Corner c ...
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Column, No. 3/2010 (IV.): Column

The point and background of team building


INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR:
Roman Vodeb, a double MSc (Kinesiology and Sociology of Culture), offered some new interpretations in occupational psychology many years ago, using Freudian psychoanalysis.
By now he has covered the concepts of mobbing, burnout, workaholism, stress economy and non self-cons ...
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Column, No. 3/2010 (IV.): Column

It’s not what we have, but what we can share

I often find myself in situations where I fervently defend my belief, that the economic crisis period we are faced with, has brought us down to earth and  in a positive way. The recession, this hated, frequently used, sinister word, is losing it’sgrip and doesn’t scare today as much as it d ...
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