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Managing director of Tourism Ljubljana re-elected as head of the prestigious international association ECM

The value of a strong community and connections has been demonstrated over the past year, marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, which is no longer only a global health emergency, but a multi-dimensional crisis of economic, social and even geopolitical dimensions. Tourism is one of the most resilient industries, which quickly restores balance, if or when it is destroyed. Nevertheless, it is clear that the recovery will be slower this time.

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November Gourmet Ljubljana: A Month of Culinary Delights

Alongside a variety of culinary experiences, tastings, cooking classes, and workshops, the festival will feature the first Ljubljana Beer Trail, NovemBeer Gourmet Ljubljana, the street event “The Spoonful Trail”, “Spooning with chefs", conversational evenings with culinary writer and host Boštjan Napotnik alongside the most renowned Ljubljana chefs. The festival will also include a charity cooking show “Chef Up”, where students from BIC Ljubljana will present their own interpretations of "Taste Ljubljana" dishes, aiming to impress chefs Luka Jezeršek, Mojmir Šiftar, and Igor Jagodic, as well as the audience judges.

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Ljubljana Once Again Among the Top Congress Destinations

As a co-creator of Conventa’s strategic development, she made a decisive contribution to its long-term vision and international orientation, as well as to Ljubljana’s timely and thoughtful integration into the most important international networks, associations and discussions within the meetings industry. Through active engagement in international organisations and professional bodies - including serving as President of the Board of City Destinations Alliance (2019–2024) and as a member of the Advisory Board of the European Tourism Association (ETOA) - she enabled Ljubljana to become an equal interlocutor in shaping key industry directions and strategies.

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Ljubljana wins the sustainable tourism award in the European Capital of Smart Tourism 2019 competition

A panel of independent experts and representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament decided so yesterday in Brussels on the basis of Ljubljana's candidature, presenting our capital city's most important measures and plans in the fields of sustainable development, accessibility, digitalization, cultural heritage and creativity

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Ljubljana received the sustainable tourism award in the European Capital of Smart Tourism competition

Ljubljana won the award on the basis of its candidature, presenting our capital city's most important measures and plans in the fields of sustainable development, accessibility, digitalization, cultural heritage and creativity.

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A Winter Fairy Tale for Children: Grandpa Frost, Street Theatre and Snowy Adventures in Ljubljana

He will greet children along the route from Breg, across Čevljarski Most Bridge, Mestni Trg Square, Stritarjeva ulica Street, Prešernov Trg Square, Wolfova Ulica Street, Kongresni Trg Square and Novi Trg Square, with stops in front of City Hall, Prešernov Trg Square and Novi Trg Square.

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European Food Summit - food for future’s good

It’s up to us to create a future of milk and honey We need concrete solutions, how the right decisions and actions can change the attitude towards food, improve food culture and promote responsibility towards food. The European Food Summit is one of the most important culinary events in Europe. With an emphasis on sustainability, diversity and food culture, it sets the direction for the future.

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https://www.visitljubljana.com/assets/Uploads/EU-CVB-Network-Press-Release-10.02.2021.pdf

It was one in a series of virtual networking sessions that the Network has hosted in the last couple of months. It was attended by some of the most influential people in the industry from AIM Group International, Kenes Group, K.I.T. Group and MCI Group. ‘’I could feel the strong combination of collaboration and knowledge sharing of this new dynamic network.

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Positive attitude towards tourism amongst Ljubljana citizens

The elements of the city centre that inhabitants of Ljubljana stated they like most frequently were the infrastructure (33%), the closure of the centre to traffic (27%), the wide range of events (27%), and orderliness and cleanliness (24%), followed by cuisine, restaurants and bars (18%), nature, Ljubljana as a green city and the Ljubljanica River (14%), and old and historical buildings (12%).

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Dr Miro Haček PhD, vice president of the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA)

This is a good question, one that I often ask myself, considering that I finished one of Slovenia's best science and mathematics-oriented secondary schools, Gymnasium II in Maribor, and that apart from history it was science and mathematics that interested me most. But on the other hand, I spent my teenage years witnessing Slovenia's transition to independence and the formation of an independent state, which probably played a crucial role in arousing my interest in politics and political science and tipped the scales in favour of my enrolment in the Faculty of Social Sciences, when I could actually have enrolled in and be accepted to any faculty I wanted. 3.

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