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ZAGREB, croatia
| www.zagreb-convention.hr
Airport
Zagreb International Airport is 16
km. from the city, a drive of about
20 minutes.
Accommodation
893 rooms in 3 five H hotels
1,496 rooms in 12 four H hotels
1,225 rooms in 21 three H hotels
Key venue
The smart new Hypo EXPO XXI
Conference Centre holds 1,000
delegates in its largest room.
All seven meeting rooms are
pillar-free and have movable
partition walls.
Worth a visit
The Croatian National Theatre
(1895) is the outstanding
example of baroque architecture.
Zagreb City Museum, founded in
1907, shows Zagreb life throughout
history to the present day.
Cafés are a Zagreb obsession
– don’t miss ‘the biggest café in
Europe’ in Tkalčićeva Street. Or
walk through the fruit and flowers
of Dolac market to even more
trendy Opatovina Street.
Staying on
Visit nearby Hrvatsko Zagorje
and its numerous castles and
churches or the impressive
mediaeval fortified town of
Medvedgrad on Medvednica
mountain. For a longer stay, take
a trip to the Adriatic coast, in
particular the UNESCO-protected
cities of Split and Dubrovnik.
Preparing for the gala dinner at Zagreb Fair
Hypo EXPO XXI and the heated tent on the terrace
City showcase
The 900-strong International Healthy City
Conference was a chance to hold events in
many of Zagreb’s most interesting locations
Z
agreb rose to the occasion when
some 900 participants, 65 per
cent of them from other countries,
attended the World Health
Organization’s International Healthy
City Conference last October. Among them were
city and state dignitaries such as the president of
the Republic of Croatia and the Minister of Health
& Social Care, along with 65 mayors from cities
belonging to the Healthy Cities movement.
“Hypo EXPO XXI Conference Centre was
the main venue where the extensive scientific
programme took place in plenary and parallel
sessions,” reports PCO Ljupka Sabovic,
director-MICE department, Generalturist Ltd.
“Because of the large number of conference
rooms required, one plenary and 10 breakouts, we arranged for additional space at the
adjacent University Computing Centre. We
also added a heated tent on the terrace of the
conference centre which served as extra space
for lunches and coffee breaks.”
The official language of the conference was
English, with simultaneous interpretation in
Croatian, French, Hungarian, Spanish, Russian
and Turkish. The four-day event was the biggest
health conference ever organised in Croatia and
an opportunity for the many visitors to socialise
in a number of Zagreb’s different venues.
“As the PCO, the fact that we organised the
social programme in five different locations
was probably the major challenge for us,” says
Sabovic. “Croatia’s rich cultural and historical
heritage and also recent achievements were
presented through forms of artistic expression
together with selected food, beverages and
entertainment.
“The venues included the concert hall, the
museum and the exhibition hall at Zagreb Fair
where we created a setting for the gala dinner
with a special stage for the entertainment
and another luxury tent on the lake. The
highlight of that farewell party was a musical
firework display. It was a perfect ending to the
conference.”
Contact
Drazen Hochecker
Director
Zagreb Convention
Bureau
Tel: +385 1 48 98 555
Fax: +385 1 48 14 340
or 949
Email: [email protected]
www.zagreb-convention.hr
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