Tourism. We make it happen.
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Tourism. We make it happen.
hosting_brosura_04_ENG_03.FH10 Mon Feb 18 16:22:43 2008 Page 36 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K S I N C E Tourism. We make it happen. Composite 1 9 9 7 hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 14:04:08 2008 Page 5 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Dear Business Partners and Colleagues, Those with whom we have already successfully cooperated, those with whom we are beginning cooperation with full expectations, and those of you we are approaching with our proposals for future cooperation. For you, in the framework of its companies, colleagues, and partners, the international group of Hosting companies has devoted ten years and more of intensive experience and hundreds of executed projects in various fields of tourism to professional planning and the successful and profitable realization of projects in the field of the tourism and the leisure time industry. Hosting comprises a group of companies that with expert knowledge, specialist know-how, and an extraordinary orientation toward the successful realization of projects in tourism helps to realize the dreams and expectations of guests of the hotels, tourist resorts, health spas, wellness centers, water parks, entertainment centers, marinas, comprehensive tourist destinations, municipalities, regions, or countries whose owners, investors, management, or leaders are our partners and clients. In parallel with consulting and professional activities, we also intensively invest our own capital and participate in investment consortiums for projects we develop with our own skills. All the members of the Hosting Group are bound to the principle of constant orientation toward creative, modern, applicative, and feasible solutions and to the principle that we never advise or propose solutions to our clients and partners that we dont believe in ourselves and in which we are not prepared to invest our own capital. In proposing solutions to achieve your goals, we are always oriented toward innovative but simultaneously very concrete, feasible, commercially and developmentally realizable, and profitable proposals and projects during the realization of which we will Composite stand beside you with complete professionalism to the end. The trust of our clients and the safety and stability of our commercial and professional proposals is based on more than a decade of rich experience in tourism and tourist-related professions in an international environment that is also reflected in the commercial stability and permanent growth of the companies in the Hosting Group. We invite you to join the club of those who with constant adaptation to the international environment are creating the most powerful industry in the world, the hospitality industry, and can always say with pride: Tourism. We make it happen. Peter Vesenjak Founder of the Hosting Group and Director of Hosting d.o.o S I N C E 1 9 9 7 hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 7 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K About our company leta A brief history Our vision The Hosting Group began in 1997 with a small company in Ptuj, Slovenia, and the energy of one individual. Its growth continued with the widening of activities, the establishment of a network of competent collaborators, the opening of an office in Ljubljana, and a transformation into a company with six specialized but synergetically linked centers that are extremely capable of offering comprehensive interdisciplinary but at the same time highly specialized support to the development and operation of projects in the field of tourism and hospitality. Hosting wants to continue the growth and remain the most widely recognized and effective company with the most comprehensive offer for professional consultation, engineering, and development of investment projects by linking opportunities, projects, and international capital in central, southeastern and eastern Europe, specializing in the field of tourism and the leisure time industry. Our connecting of the diverse expert knowledge and partner companies with interdisciplinary knowledge and capital power for the realization of ideas will accelerate the growth of tourism, strengthen the leisure time industry, guarantee companies and their collaborators a competitive advantage, growth and long-term stability and the successful and profitable realization of projects that become leading examples of good and successful practice throughout the region. Our work began with consulting projects for tourist destinations and tourist companies and continued with the proactive planning challenges of numerous development projects of our own for which we had to find clients. And we found them. In ten years, the company has met hundreds of challenges and with its ideas has expanded many frontiers in the perception of tourism. Hosting soon began to project its knowledge and experience into the international environment and by establishing companies, widening its network of collaborators in the countries of central and southeastern Europe, and linking with partners throughout the world became an international group of companies recognized by both the public and private sectors as a reliable and innovative partner that in every corner of one of the fastest growing regions of Europe is establishing new opportunities for the development of tourism. razvoj drube Composite Our mission The Hosting group of companies exists and develops its own services based on knowledge, experience, and innovative creativity to satisfy the needs and expectations of its clients and partners in the field of tourism. Our goal is to apply the professional and creative knowledge and highly motivated experience of our staff and of specialist outsourced partner companies to the creation of concrete innovative, developmental, and commercially successful solutions for our clients in an international environment. With successful and concretely oriented services and projects and by linking opportunities and projects in central, southeastern, and eastern Europe with international capital, we contribute to the development of tourism in the widest sense and thus to the economic growth, employment, the quality management of the environment, and the improvement of the quality of life in the areas where we work. hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 17:11:05 2008 Page 8 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K About our company About our company Investment partners; individual investors, funds, and consortiums of strategic and financial investors and financial institutions 90 % 10 % Hosting d.o.o. (ltd.) Ljubljana, Slovenia 100 % STORY HOTELS Hosting West & East Investments Venture capital fund Investments in tourism & real estate projects in Central, Southeast & East Europe PLANNED NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE IN 2008 - 2010 ® Management of venture capital fund by Hosting Group Always your home HOTEL MITRA Ptuj, Slovenia (ownership of real estate property) min. 75 % - 100 % 100 % OTHER STORY HOTELS In Central and Southeastern Europe (ownership or lease) HOSTING Consulting d.o.o. (ltd.) Ljubljana, Slovenia HOSTING ADRIATICA d.o.o. (ltd.) Zagreb, Croatia 100 % 50 % 100 % HOSTING SouthEast Europe d.o.o. (ltd.) Belgrade, Serbia HOSTING Investment d.o.o. (ltd.) Belgrade, Serbia 100 % Ownership of real estate and development investment projects in Croatia Representation office in Banja Luka, B&H Ownership of real estate and development investment projects in Serbia PROJECT COMPANIES in Republic of Croatia 23,3 % Terme Gaja d.o.o. (ltd.) Destrnik, Slovenia 100 % Aqua Aera Terra d.o.o. (ltd.) Drakovec, Croatia 100 % Gaja Spa Resort Project, (ownership of eight hectares of building land and thermal water bore in the Municipality of Destrnik and total development project for a new tourist thermal spa center in southeastern Slovenia) Composite 85 % TREBINJE RESORT d.o.o. (ltd.) Trebinje, RS, BIH 100 % 24 ha of land and existing well of thermal water (75 oC temperature and analyzed healing factors) in north-western Croatia (Spa tourism and real estate green-field investment project) 402 hectares of land in Trebinje, BIH, (large scale tourism and real estate development investment project in public-private partnership with the Municipality of Trebinje in Herzegovina in BIH in the vicinity of Dubrovnik, Montenegro, and Serbia) 75 % ECO POWER INVESTMENT d.o.o. (ltd.) Belgrade, Serbia 100 % Project to acquire concessions and construction of small hydroelectric plants in Serbia (energy-real estate development investment project in collaboration with partners in Serbia) 20 % - 50 % MONTENEGRO ADRIA ESTATE d.o.o. (ltd.) Budva, Montenegro 100 % Land for development of real estate investment project of ethno-luxury villas and apartments above Budva in Montenegro (Tourism Real Estate Investment Project) hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 9 C About our company Hosting group operation scheme Key services, products, and activities Development and design of new tourist products and services and raising the success level of existing tourist products and services Development and branding of innovative tourist investment projects Administration of tourist facilities and acquisition and training of management and operating staff for tourist facilities Specialist project engineering and administration of investment projects in tourism Development in tourism Business consultation in tourism Engineering tourist facilities Market communication & design in tourism Recruiting and training human resources in tourism Administration / management of tourist facilities Specialized but simultaneously comprehensive and interdisciplinary solutions to meet the needs and expectation of Hostings clients and partners in tourist projects in an international environment. Hosting as consultant and engineering company in tourism Composite Development of our own tourist investment and development investment projects and collaboration with international consortiums of investors in tourism. Hosting as investor Fields of professional knowledge and specialization in the field of tourism in the Hosting Groups professional teams: Development and design of new tourist destinations and raising the success level of existing tourist destinations M Y CM MY CY CMY K hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 10 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Services we offer our clients Case example 1. Development and design of new tourist destinations and raising the success level of existing tourist destinations Target result for clients/partners: Long-term successful and attractive tourist destinations with satisfied and proud local residents and tourists Highly interdisciplinary approach involving experts in marketing and planning in tourism, spatial and urban planners and architects, financial experts, designers, artists, sociologists, etc. Plan for achieving results (how Hosting achieves results for clients): Orientation to concrete development activities and launching of investment projects and their financial feasibility with guaranteed financial resources Professional analysis and research, monitoring of trends in the market for tourist destinations Long experience monitoring trends at tourist destinations Composite Tourism development strategy in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Strategy for developing and marketing of an Alpine mountainous tourist destination Preparation of complete documentation for submission to the structural fund (742.000 EUR) on behalf of the tourist destination Redesign of total graphic image of tourist destination Design and usage system for trademark of tourist destination Design and execution of image catalogues, folders for mass and specialized target groups distribution, and catalogues of tourist establishments hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 11 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Case example Services we offer our clients 2. Development and design of new tourist products and services and raising the success level of existing tourist products and services Long experience monitoring trends in the market of tourist services and establishments offering various tourist service Development strategy for directing transit travellers toward theme routes and tourist destinations in Slovenia Plan for achieving results (how Hosting achieves results for clients): Highly interdisciplinary approach involving experts in marketing and planning tourist products, financial experts, business analysts, specialists in individual fields of tourist activity, designers, artists, psychologists, etc. Strategy for marketing project and recruiting partners and tourist establishments for cooperation in the NEXT EXIT campaign Professional analysis and market research of tourist services and various activities in tourism (hotelkeeping, health spas, MICE tourism, wellness offers, casinos, water parks and pools, etc.) Orientation directed toward implementing activities to establish new or improved existing tourist products and services or business operations of tourist companies and organizations for their concrete realization and market success Target result for clients and partners: Marketing and commercial success and innovative tourist services and products that satisfy the expectations of tourists and bring long-term commercial success to those offering tourist services Thorough analysis and diagnosis of business operations of tourist companies and organizations Composite NEXT EXIT Byways are more attractive than highways development project for the Slovenian Tourist Board Preparation of action plan, elaboration of graphic and text constants for NEXT EXIT project (20022005) Plan for management and development of program for 20042006 The NEXT EXIT project received the Grand Prix award for best tourist brochure from a professional jury of the Austrian tourist magazine Tourist Austria International in 2002 Our client, the Slovenian Tourist Board, received the First Prize award for the NEXT EXIT project at the RDA 2003 trade fair of tour bus operators in Köln, Germany, in the Partner der Busturistik category for innovativeness in bus tourism hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 12 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Case example Services we offer our clients 3. Development and branding of innovative tourist investment projects Target result for clients and partners: An outstandingly attractive, innovative, and commercially successful investment project totally elaborated in every aspect that brings high returns and financial security for investors and developers and provides a unique experience for future guests Plan for achieving results (how Hosting achieves results for clients): Knowledge of the tourist market and trends in the development of tourist investment projects Professional analysis and research Clear definition of target segments of consumers or guests Creative planning (defining the concept) and competitive positioning of investment project Interdisciplinary team of experts for marketing and implementing services in tourism including financial experts, urban planners, architects, designers, psychologists, sociologists, etc., engaged in planning program content, business elements, and design of investment project Composite Branding and creatively executed market communication for achieving market attractiveness and high added value of investment project Securing financial incentives from public sources and concluding the financial construction of the investment project with equity and debt capital as well as with special development subsidies granted by public sector and international institutions Securing the cooperation of experienced operators to manage the investment project during the operational phase Gaja Spa Resort, Janeovci - Destrnik, Slovenia Development program and feasibility study for the greenfield concept for the Gaja Spa Resort Janeovci investment project, Spa Hotel 4-5*, apartment colony, 250 rooms Analysis of assets, elaboration of basic philosophy and concept of project Program-project task and feasibility study of investment project Urban plan and architectural concept for entire project Elaboration of investment program for project Design and execution of total graphic image and brand of project Preparation and design of information memorandum for introducing potential investors and operators to the investment project Formulating plan for project documentation and managing the project in the financial construction, planning/engineering, and realization phases The investment project Gaja Spa Resort is included in the resolution of a short list of the 35 national development investment projects adopted by the government of Republic of Slovenia in 2006 hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 13 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Case example Services we offer our clients 4. Administration of tourist facilities and acquisition and training of management and operating staff for tourist facilities Target result for clients and partners: Successful, proud, and professional management of tourist facilities with satisfied guests, owners, and employees Specific professional training of management and operational staff adapted to the requirements of the specific tourist facility Consultation on basic program concept for the renovation of the 5* luxury hotel with 185 rooms in Slovenian Riviera in Portoro Plan for achieving results (how Hosting achieves results for clients): Regular monitoring of results of business operations and reporting to owners with the immediate modification of management principles as deemed necessary Succesfull acquisition of subsidies of EU structural regional funds for investment project (4 mio EUR) Analysis of specific needs and optimal principles for the successful management or administration of specific tourist facilities on the basis of analyzing the existing operation or the business plans for new facilities Preparation of plans and standards of management and operation and the implementation of services with concrete instructions for work in all jobs adapted to the specific tourist facility Involvement of experienced and professional management experts and teams Composite Old Hotel Palace, Portoro, Slovenia Payment for management relative to achieved results of business operations Mediation in acquiring an operator and concluding a contract for the management of the hotel (STARWOOD, brand Luxury collection) Plan and flow chart of administration and operations staff Collaboration in recruiting middle management personnel hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 14 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Case example Services we offer our clients 5. Specialist project engineering and administration of investment projects in tourism Target result for clients and partners: A professionally planned and managed investment project for the construction of tourist facilities that offers investors optimization of costs in the construction phase and the successful market entry of the investment project Managing and monitoring of investment project through strict and regular supervision relative to the organization, term plans, financial framework, target program content, and quality in the execution of individual phases of the project Plan for achieving results (how Hosting achieves results for clients): Proposing expert and professional decisions to investors or clients through complete project management Long experience and references in planning and managing investment projects in tourism (hotels, tourist colonies, swimming pools and water parks, wellness centers, casinos, etc.) Involvement of experienced, specialized, and interdisciplinary team in planning and managing tourist investment projects, including urban planners, architects, building engineers, interior designers, planners of tourist programs and content, financial experts and economists, all with a wealth of experience in planning tourist facilities Advising investors or clients on the recruitment and selection of the most suitably qualified contractors for executing the work and providing the furnishings for tourist facilities Professional supervision during the construction of tourist facilities Composite Regular reporting to investors and clients and obtaining their approval of all decisions Organization and administration of takeover of construction works, FF&E and finished facilities Assistance for investors in acquiring sources of financing for the investment project Advising investors on the pre-opening, start of business operations and entering the market Hotel Dunav, Zlatibor, Serbia Elaboration of concept, preinvestment study, and investment program for investment project of renovation, expansion of capacity, and operation program of Hotel Dunav in center of Zlatibor mountainous destination in Serbia (4* hotel, 100 rooms, spa, conference & banqueting centre, Casino) Elaboration of project documentation for acquiring building permits and execution of construction work and supply of furnishings Engineering of construction and furnishing of hotel facilities Management of facilities and all related programs in the operational phase in accordance with management contract hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 15 C Hotel Management Story Hotels Brand M Y CM MY CY CMY K Hotel Management Story Hotels Brand Hosting trademark for the development and management of a chain of distinctive small hotels In 2006, the Hosting Group became the owner of the Hotel Mitra in Ptujs old city center and thus began to actively and concretely realize its own development project of establishing a chain of distinctive small hotels. In 2008, after renovations and the reorganization of operations, the Hotel Mitra will be the first to introduce the high standards and new trademark of hotels with a story, Story Hotels. grading of existing facilities in accordance with the standards of the Story Hotels chain, and on the other it will provide the professional knowledge and standards for the successful operation and marketing in the increasingly demanding international tourist market (until the establishment of the Story Hotels Management company, Hosting Svetovanje d.o.o. will undertake these tasks). The Hosting Group established the Story Hotels project in 2005 and in 2007 completed the elaboration of special standards for the facilities and furnishings, services, and management of the smaller hotels in the Story Hotels chain. These standards have been derived from trends in the international market and modeled on the more individual and distinctive services and hotels with highly professional services and comfort for guests. The slogan of the chain, Always your home, reflects our vision of creating a home away from home for guests wherever our Story Hotels are located. The Story Hotels Management unit of the Hosting Group offers the owners of buildings (including municipalities and other bodies in the public sector that wish to develop a high quality accommodation offer in their areas), investors, the owners of existing hotel facilities who wish to upgrade or improve their operations, and the owners of buildings it is possible to convert into smaller hotels the following forms of business cooperation: The Hosting Group has set itself the goal that in fifteen years at least fifty 3-star+ to 5-star hotels will be operating under the Story Hotels bannerand under the special standards of the Story Hotels chainin Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and other countries of central and eastern Europe. They will operate under a franchise arrangement administered and granted by the Story Hotels Management company, an affiliate of the Hosting Group that will be established when there are between three and five hotels in the chain. On one hand, together with financial partners this company will offer favourable financial instruments to finance the construction of new facilities or the up- Composite a) A guaranteed financial scheme for financial investment, management of construction or renovation of hotels according to the standards of the Story Hotels chain, staff training by Story Hotels Management, and operation and marketing under the Story Hotels trademark upon the admission of the owner or administrators of hotel facilities to the franchise system of the Story Hotels chain. b) Consultation services of Story Hotels Management for owners during the reorganization of hotels and assistance in ensuring favourable financial resources for reorganization and marketing under the Story Hotels trademark upon the admission of the owner of the hotel facilities to the franchise system of the Story Hotels chain. c) Rental and administration by Story Hotels Management of renovated existing hotel facilities or newly constructed hotel facilities under the standards of the Story Hotels trademark, where the renter is the owner of and/or investors in the reorganization of the facility and under the condition that Story Hotels Management shall guarantee that the services and management of the renovated facilities meet the standards of the Story Hotels chain. d) Purchase of interesting sites or existing buildings by Hosting d.o.o. from owners in the private or public sector for the construction of new facilities or the conversion of existing buildings into small hotels whose management will be assumed by Story Hotels Management under the standards of the Story Hotels trademark. For the business collaborations described above, buildings and sites are of interest where there is the possibility of providing at least twenty (20) and a maximum of sixty (60) rooms or buildings with at least 1,200 m2 to 4,000 m2 of actual usable space. Being a member of the Story Hotels chain means being recognized as such and providing high quality and hospitable services for hotel guests. The goal of members is excellence and the commercial success of a business philosophy that all of us involved in the project consider most important: that our guests always feel as welcome with us as they feel at home. Therefore the slogan of the chain: Story Hotels Always your home. STORY HOTELS Always your home ® hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 16 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Clients we serve Clients we serve Public sector Private sector Public sector organizations (municipalities, regional authorities, public institutes, ministries, and other state organs) expect positive effects from the development of tourism on the development of economic and social categories of local, regional, and national economies that are reflected in an increased number of quality jobs, increased entrepreneurial activity, increased fiscal returns, a rising quality of life for the population, the preservation and promotion of local natural and cultural identity and heritage, and numerous multiplying effects directly or indirectly related to tourism. The Hosting Group offers public sector institutions and administrative bodies the professional and concrete realization of a goal National and international National tourist boards Goverments Ministries (tourism, environment, education, youth, agriculture, food ...) Cross border cooperations Composite -oriented and effective approach to planning the development of tourism through the preparation of long-term strategies for the sustainable development of tourism, master plans, marketing plans and branding of tourist destinations, and the creation of conditions and projects for attracting domestic and foreign investors to invest in areas that wish to engage in the development of tourism or improve the success of already established tourist areas and destinations. Regional Regional Chambers of Commerce Regional Tourist Boards Communities of the tourist regions Tourist associations (historic, natural and cultural ...) Local Municipalities Local tourist boards (public private partnership DMO`s) Tourist information centers Tourist companies, their management, and above all owners and investors pursue in the planning and management of investments and activities in tourism above-average profitability from funds invested and successful results from the effort invested. The success and profitability of projects and companies in tourism depends in greatest measure on the success and permanent and long-term quality in satisfying the needs and meeting the expectations of target groups of guests on one hand and on the other on unique, innovative, and forward-looking ideas and concepts in the creation of content for the tourist offer. The profitability and reasonableness of investing in tourist projects by the private sector is always dete- International companies and organizations International tourism companies Tourism and hospitality companies Investment companies and funds Real estate and financial investment funds rmined through the interwoven and interdependent profitability that is created on the basis of professional management of tourist activities and the profitability of the real estate that hosts the tourist activity, whose value is raised by successful tourist activities. The Hosting Group specializes both in the optimal planning of profitable investment projects in the field of tourism and in consultation and undertaking professional functions in the successful management of tourist facilities that in various forms of business cooperation we offer our clients and collaborate with business partners. Large, medium and small tourist companies Hotel companies Private accommodations Restaurants Resorts (spas, ski centers ...) Local tourist establishments DMO`s (destination management organizations and partnerships) hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 17 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Our projects and references Selection of some out of many references since 1997 Development and design of new tourist destinations and raising the success level of existing tourist destinations Ministry of the Economy and Regional Development of the Republic of Serbia: Elaboration of master plan for the development of tourism at the health spa destination of Sokobanja in Serbia, September 2007 Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia: Completing the Urban and Architectural concept and investment program for the Maun Apartment Wellness Complex, September 2006 Ljubljana Tourist Board, Slovenia: Development and Management Strategy of Ljubljana Tourist Destination, 2006 Regional Development Agency South Primorska region, Slovenia: South Primorska region Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy for the region of Slovenian Istria, karst and Ilirska Bistrica, 2006 Municipality of Bovec, Slovenia: Bovec Destination Development and Management Strategy, 2004 Municipality of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Kranjska Gora Destination Development and Management Strategy, 2004 Regional Development Agency of Celje d.o.o., Slovenia: Development of ecological tourist areas and centres in the Municipality of Savinja region, 2003 Ministry of Economy and Lipica Stud Farm, Slovenia: Comprehensive Revitalization of the Protected Area of Lipica, 2003 Municipality of Podèetrtek, Slovenia: Preparation of Tender Documentation for INTERREG II A SLO-CRO-HU, 2003 Kranjska Gora Local Tourist Organization and HTP Gorenjka d.o.o., Slovenia: Technical assistance in preparing project documentation for sport destination in the Julian Alps in the scope of regional structural funds, 2003 The Project Council of Fourteen Municipalities from Cerkno to Kostelothe joint "On the Trails of Natural and Cultural Heritage" projectand the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food: The design and marketing of a comprehensive tourist program with the main focus on discovering the region's natural and cultural heritage. Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia: Strategy of Tourism Development in the Area of Ljubljanas Brnik Airport and the nearby Krvavec Ski Center with Guidelines for Investments in the Tourism Infrastructure, 2001 - 2002 Municipality of Jurinci, Wine Route 13, Slovenia: Professional counselling in the formation of attractive tourist offers and their marketing, and professional training of tourist services providers, 2001 Composite Municipality of Bled, Slovenia: Project-based establishment of Local Tourist Organization with all pertaining activities along with organization and management plan for premises of the common tourist infrastructure in Bled including Festival Hall, Bled Castle, the thermal baths below the castle, the Straa ski slope, and the Ice Hall, 2000 Municipality of Piran, Slovenia: A draft of an organizational proposal and of legal acts for the establishment of a Local Tourist Organization in the Municipality of Piran with an emphasis on Portoro, 2000 Development and design of new tourist products and services and raising the success level of existing tourist products and services Slovenian Tourist Board Strategy for Cruise Boat project: Elaboration of strategy documents for development and marketing of cruise boat tourist product in Slovenia, 2007 Ivarèko Tourist Center, Slovenia: Review and revision of business model and marketing program concept for the Ivarèko Tourist Center and preparation of documentation in reference to a public tender for the acquisition of funds from the European Fund for Regional Development (ESSR) related to investment in the tourist infrastructure, 2007 Slovenian Tourist Board: Elaboration of development plan for marketing Slovene tourism for the 2007 - 2011 PERIOD, 2007 Pomurje Tourist Association, Slovenia: Creative content design, graphics, and execution and print image of catalogue of tourist destinations in the Pomurje region in four language versions (ENG, GER, ITA, HUN), 2007 Hotel Mitra, Ptuj; Slovenia: Preparation of content, graphics, and creative design of total graphic image for the web site of the Hotel Mitra in Ptuj, 2007 HOTEL MITRA Municipality of Rogaka Slatina, Boè Regional Park, Slovenia: Elaboration of management plan for Boè Regional Park and preparation of model for public-private partnership; elaboration of plan for development, promotion, and marketing of offer and programs for protecting the area in the concept framework of urbanistic, landscape, and architectural management; elaboration of total graphic image with usage manual; elaboration of tools for marketing communication including general image brochure, flyers for mass distribution, three protable billboards, multivision, internet pages; elaboration of plan for positioning tourist signs and other informative signs with basic design for individual signs, installation of signs, 2006 hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 18 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Our projects and references Consorzio Servizi Turistici del Tarvisiano, Sella Nevea e Passo Pramollo, Kärnten Werbung, and Slovenian Tourist Board: Conceptual design and production of brochure Playing Together Holidays Beyond Borders in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Carinthia, and Slovenia , 2006 Ministry of Sea, Tourism, Traffic, and Development, Republic of Croatia: Elaboration of total graphic image for the Look around Croatia project in the framework of the Building level of competitiveness of tourist areas along the main traffic routes in the Republic of Croatia project, 2006 Find your best way Istrabenz Hoteli Portoro d.o.o., Slovenia: Preparation of documentation in reference to a public tender for the acquisition of funds from the European Fund for Regional Development (ESSR) related to investment in the tourist infrastructure for the renovation of the old Hotel Palace in Portoro, 2006 Prima a.e., HLT fond, Podgorica, Montenegro: Program of reconstruction and development strategy with pre-investment assessment of development investments for the HTP Primorje a.d. in HTP Onogot a.d. tourist associations, 2006 Tankerska plovidba d.d. Zadar, Croatia: Due Diligence for Marina Dalmacija and Development Feasibility Program of Marina Dalmacija, CRO, 2005 Grand Hotel Lav d.o.o. Split, Croatia: Preparation of documentation for casino concession for Casino in Grand Hotel Lav in Split and total graphic image, 2005 Grand Hotel Lav split Unior Zreèe d.d. and Barsos MC, Slovenia: Investment, marketing, and financial program analysis for the renovation of the Rimske Toplice health resort and wellness center, 2004 Slovenian Tourist Board: Strategy for development of hiking in Slovenia as a tourist product, 2005 Municipality of Kranjska gora, Slovenia: Renewal of total graphic image for the tourist destination Kranjska Gora with image/brand usage manual, 2005 Slovenian Tourist Board: Implementation of the Next Exit Byways Are More Attractive Than Highways marketing campaign, recruiting of new partners and tourist establishments for marketing and sale of tourist offer along the byway routes, creation of graphic and slogan constants, design and production of campaign catalogues for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 Tourism Promotion Office, Zadar, Croatia: Visual constants for cruise boat company in Zadar, 2004 Slovenian Tourist Board: Handbook for Tourist Signposting on Expressways with pictograms on cultural and natural sites, 2004 Ljubljana Tourist Board, Slovenia: Graphic design and production of presentation brochure and City of Ljubljana Tourist Card, 2004 ljubljana card turistièna kartica ljubljane | ljubljana tourist card la carta turistica di lubiana | die vorteiskarte von ljubljana Composite Our projects and references Ministry of the Economy, Slovenia: Main company responsibl for the coordination and administration of the entire start-up phase of wellness tourism in Slovenia (the project team consisted of four supporting government institutions and ten companies), preparation of the strategic program with the 2004 - 2006 action plan, preparation of internal and external marketing plans, and preparation of basic standards), 2004 ÖAR Regionalberatung Gmbh, Graz, Austria: Evaluation of EU INTERREG III A/Phare CBC project implementation between Austria and Slovenia including cross-border tourism projects in border regions of Slovenia and Austria, 2004 Slovenian Tourist Board: Strategy for development of wellness tourist product in Slovenia, 2004 Municipality of Rogaka Slatina, Slovenia: Preparation of concept and application for regional development funds for Vonarsko Lake tourist offer project, 2004 Hotel Turist d.d., Slovenia: Pre-investment assessment and program for expanding capacity of City Hotel Turist, 2003 Istrabenz Hotels Portoro d.o.o, Slovenia: Development and restoration program for protected old Hotel Palace in Portoro, Slovenia technical proposal, marketing concept, capacity planning for individual program, feasibility studies and managerial consulting for investor, Portoro, 2003, 2004 HTP Gorenjka Kranjska Gora d.d., Slovenia: Investment and marketing feasibility study for restoration and business restructuring of Hotel Prisank, Kranjska Gora, 2003 Office for Youth, Ministry Of Education and Sport, Slovenia: Revision of strategy for the development of youth tourism 2003 Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia: Creative design and production of catalogue for CEMAT, Conference of Ministers for Spatial Planning, 2003 Office For Spatial Planning, Ministry Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia: Planning and graphic design for brochure on implementation of European guidelines for ensuring sustainable spatial development, 2003 Novo Mesto Regional Chamber of Commerce - Coordinating Board of the "On the Heritage Trails of Dolenjska and Bela Krajina project; Slovenia: Sales marketing activity and planning marketing communication activities, promotional catalogues, 2002, 2003 Development of TOURIST OFFICE 2000 software program package: For more efficient work of local tourist organizations, municipalities, tourism establishments, and national tourist agencies, 2002 Bohinj Local Tourist Organization, Slovenia: Total image design of the theme tourist product called The Land of the Goldenhorn, including concept for tourist brochure and signs for recreational theme trails, 2002 Association of Trade, Catering, and Craft Professionals in the Center of Ljubljana; Slovenia: Total image design and strategy of market communications including advertisements and the organization of a press conference at the extension of working hours, 2002 TOURIST ASSOCIATION OF SLOVENIA Tour As d.o.o. and Ljubljana Tourist Board, Slovenia: Total graphic image for Hospitality of Houses in Ljubljana New Tourist Rooms and Apartments in the City Center, 2002 Tourist Association of Slovenia: A proposal to renovate the total graphic image of the Tourist Association of Slovenia, and the design of a symbol for the "Youth, Knowledge, and Tourism" program, 2002 Municipality of Bovec, Slovenia: Total graphic image for the tourist offer in Bovec, together with slogans and tourist signposts for recreational theme trails, 2002 Association of Historic Towns of Slovenia: Production of the "Through Historic Towns - Acta Slovenica" guidebook, a general presentation brochure on Historic Towns of Slovenia, and a graphic design for a tourist card and directions for use. Terme Dobrna d.d., Slovenia: Total graphic design including system of signposting, information and marketing applications, and staff uniforms, 2002 G&P Hotels Bled d.o.o., Slovenia: Marketing, financial, and program-technical outlines for constructing wellness swimming pool and conference center in Hotel Golf, Bled 2002 HIT d.d., Slovenia: Investment program and marketing plan for the Hotel Maestral in Miloèer, Budva, Montenegro, 2003 Celica Youth Hostel, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Business plan and consulting on start-up activities, 2002 HTP Gorenjka Kranjska Gora d.d., Slovenia: Investment and marketing feasibility study for restoration of Hotel Larix, Kranjska Gora, 2001 Winegrowing District of Slovenske gorice-Haloze (Ptuj Wine Cellar): A multivision sound and light show; marketing of tourist services of the Cellar; label for Poetoviona sparkling wine; advertisement for Poetoviona sparkling wine; concept and production of leaflet and invitation card for the official opening of the renovated Cellar; advertisement for tourist offer of Ptuj Wine Cellar, 2000, 2001 Atomske Toplice d.d. (Terme Olimia), Slovenia: Marketing plan for new water park, total graphic design for water park, and slogans, 2001 HTP Gorenjka d.d., Slovenia: Total graphic design of the Hotel Larix in Kranjska Gora, 2001 Municipalities of Podèetrtek, Kozjansko, and Obsotelje; Slovenia: marsko-Virtanjska Wine Road, concept and realization, brochure and signposting of the wine road, 2001 Slovenian Tourist Board and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food: Planning, execution, and graphic design for the Catalogue of Wine Routes in Slovenia, 2000 Development and branding of innovative tourist investment projects Hotel Centar Igalo, Montenegro: Elaboration of project concept and investment program for the program and technical renovation of the Hotel Center Igalo in Montenegro, 2007 Laguna Murtar d.o.o. Sv. Nikola Tourist Colony on Murtar Island, Croatia: Elaboration of concept, branding, program and technical project tasks, concept of project and placement in context of complete tourist colony (resort) with five-star hotel and tourist apartments, 2007 HIT Alpinea d.d. Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Elaboration of concept and feasibility study for All-suite Spa Hotel Kompas in Kranjska Gora and arrangement of center of Kranjska Gora between Hotel Larix and Hotel Prisank with construction of multi-purpose tourist social center, 2007 Trebinje Resort, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Development of comprehensive concept, planning capacities and programs, spatial planning, branding, and concluding financial construction for building a large entertainment tourist colony of hotels, tourist villas, apartments, and related offer capacities of several thousand beds of four- and five-star quality on 500 hectares in the Municipality of Trebinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the immediate vicinity of Dubrovnik, Boke Kotorske, and the mountain national parks of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro, 2006 - 2007 Municipality of Tolmin abèe Mountain Tourist Colony (resort), Slovenia: Location analysis and feasibility study for development of greenfield investment project of a tourist colony with hotels and tourist apartments and houses in the Municipality of Tolmin, 2007 Terme Dobrna d.d. Hotel Zdraviliki dom in Hotel Park, Slovenia: Elaboration of concept and program-project tasks and investment program for renovation and expansion of capacities of the protected Hotel Zdraviliki dom building (4*+) and the Hotel Park (3*+), 2007 Euroinvest d.o.o. Lokve na Trnovski planoti Tourist Colony, Slovenia: Elaboration of program-technical concept and project tasks, branding, spatial planning, and pre-investment studies for greenfield tourism-real estate investment project in the 4*-5* mountain tourist resort of Lokve near Nova Gorica, 2007 hosting_brosura_net_ang.FH10 Mon Feb 18 13:48:51 2008 Page 19 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Our projects and references Our projects and references HIT Alpinea d.d. - pik Hotel Complex, Slovenia: Elaboration of concept and pre-investment feasibility study with all marketing, program, organizational, and business-financial elements for the transformation and expansion of the existing Hotel pik into the modern new port Hotel pik (3* or 4*), and the arrangement and plan of the pik Campground, 2007 kofije Hotel-Casino, Slovenia: Comprehensive cooperation in the planning and execution of pre-investment assessment of project, concept and investment program for a hotel with gaming salon and smaller wellness center for cosmetic surgery, 2007 Dunav osiguranje a.d.o. Hotel Dunav, Zlatibor, Serbia: concept and pre-investment assessment of investment project for the four-star Hotel Dunav in Zlatibor, Serbia, with wellness, conference, and casino programs, 2007 RTC Nin d.o.o.: Planning programs and capacities, branding, and managing project for the construction of the NIN Wellness and Health Center, 370 four-star rooms, 20062007 Municipality of Metlika, Slovenia: Pre-investment program and elaboration of concept with a tender memorandum for potential investors in the Metlika Thermal Spa. Complete study of and plan for theme trails in the Municipality of Metlika area linked with theme trails on the Croatian side of the Kolpa River. Development of a usage program for the Kolpa River for long-term and sustainable tourist recreation programs, 2006 Gold Club d.o.o. Hotel Erika, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Planning and projecting of five-star Hotel Erika with exclusive spa and conference offer in Kranjska Gora, 2006 - 2007 Paman Resort, Croatia: Development of entire concept and planning of facilities and programs, spatial planning for project, basic branding, and concluding of financial construction for building large tourist colony of hotels, tourist villas, and apartments with up to five thousand 4*+ and 5* beds and accompanying offer on a 400 hectare area with 14 kilometers of coastline at Juna Paman on Paman Island in Croatia, 2004 - 2007 Gaja Spa Resort Janeovci, Municipality of Destrnik, Slovenia: Total development program, branding, and feasibility study for greenfield investment project for thermal spa, Spa Hotel (4*5*), apartment colony, 250 rooms, 20052007 Composite iProjekt d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia: Analysis of value of investment in Wellness Park Hotel project in Cerklje and feasibility study, 2005 Trade Investment and Promotion Center, Slovenia: Analysis of investment opportunities in tourism in Slovenia, 2005 Norlandia Omsorg AS, Norway: Spa resort development plan, spatial and architectural outline plans, feasibility study for Nin Wellness & Health Center tourist complex in Nin-Zadar, Croatia, 2003 EMONA Group d.o.o. and Agroemona Domale d.o.o., Slovenia: Idea project and location documentation for the Vodice Water and Wellness Park near Ljubljana with a total surface area of 40,000 m2, 2002 Terme OLIMIA - Zdravilièe Atomske toplice d.d., Slovenia: Elaboration of program plan, marketing plan, investment plan, and financial plan, including the acquisition of grants, for the Aqualuna water recreation center. Pre-investment study and closing of financial calculation for the building of the Grand Hotel Olimia, 2001 Administration of tourist facilities and acquisition and training of management and operating staff for tourist facilities Istrabenz Turizem d.d. Hotel Palace in Portoro, Slovenia: Elaboration of plan for management and employment with recruiting of middle-management staff and mediation in the acquiring the offer of STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS to manage the Hotel Palace (5* Deluxe), 2007 Gea College, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Professional consulting and preparation of program module for new college training program and management specialization in tourism, 20062007 Turistica College of Tourism, Portoro, Slovenia: Lecture on theme Presentation of strategy for wellness in Slovenia and the development of tourist destinations in practice, 2005 Terme 3000, Moravske Toplice, Slovenia: Lecture for directors and middle management staff association on standardization and design of trademarks for wellness tourist products, 2005 HUM d.d., Korèula, Croatia: Consulting on catering and hotel services, together with analysis and reorganization plan of existing operations, 2005 EURECNA, CNA Veneto, REED Project: Training workshop for the staff of regional development agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina on preparing and implementing EU-funded development projects in the scope of the project Technical Assistance with Regional Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 2004 TGS - Turismo Giovanile E Sociale: Conference paper on examples of sustainable tourism in Slovenia, Asolo, Veneto, Italy, 2003 Handcrafts Association of Ljubljana & Rustica College: Lecture on marketing souvenirs in the framework of the project to establish the Ljubljana Tourist Cluster Ljubljana Mosaic, 2003 Turistica College of Tourism, Portoro, Slovenia: Lecture on theme "How to direct transit travellers onto Slovenias byways, 2003 Lipica Stud Farm, Slovenia: Lecture on cross-marketing of tourist services at the Lipica Stud Farm in the framework of the Revitalization of the Protected Area of Lipica development project, 2003 HTP Gorenjka Kranjska Gora d.d., Slovenia: Monitoring of catering and operational management of catering to improve quality of services and cost efficiency, 2002 - 2003 Lipica Stud Farm, Slovenia: Business consulting and operational monitoring of catering services, 2003 Terme Dobrna d.d., Slovenia: Management consulting and monitoring of catering at the spa, 2003 Intermunicipality Chamber of Commerce of the Podravje region, Slovenia: Lectures on the Law on Promotion of Tourism for professional and business entities involved in tourism, 2000 Municipality of Bohinj, Slovenia: Professional lectures on the implementation of the Law on Promotion of Tourism for tourist workers and activities for the establishment of a Local Tourist Organization, 1999 Municipality of Ormo, Wine Roads 14 and 15: Professional training in marketing of wine roads and their tourist offer with particular focus on wine and food. Organization of a professional tour at the end of training sessions, 2000 Administration of tourist facilities and acquisition and training of management and operating staff for tourist facilities Hotel-Casino Carnevale, kofije, Slovenia: Concept, investment program, and project documentation for building a four-star hotel (30 rooms) with wellness and casino programs, 2007 HIT d.d. - IZC entilj, Slovenia: Consultation, engineering, and supervision in the field of interior design and furnishing for the Casino entilj gambling and entertainment center through completion of building construction, 2007 Terme Dobrna d.d. Hotel Zdraviliki dom and Hotel Park, Slovenia: Management consultation and engineering of investment project to renovate and expand facilities of Hotel Zdraviliki dom (4*+), a protected building, and the Hotel Park (3*+), 2007 Gold Club d.o.o. Hotel Erika, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Elaboration of concept and project design for a new 5* de-luxe Hotel in Kranjska Gora, 2007 Lako Thermal Spa Mestni Hotel Celje, Slovenia: Elaboration of concept and engineering of project to install pool water and effects in Mestni Hotel Celje, 2007 Terme Ptuj d.o.o. Hotel Primus, Slovenia: Elaboration of concept and execution of project to install pool water and effects in Hotel Primus (4*) in Ptuj, 20052007 Grand Hotel Lav d.o.o., Split, Croatia: Investment Consulting Management for reconstruction of Le-Meridien Hotel (5*), 2005 HIT d.d., Slovenia: Planning and engineering consultation during building phase of casino in Gornja Radgona, 20032004 EMONA Group d.o.o. and Agroemona d.o.o., Slovenia: Project concept and location documentation for Vodice Water and Wellness Park in Ljubljana area with a total surface of 40,000 m2, 2002 TERME Ptuj d.o.o., Slovenia: Preparation of concept starting points for spatial arrangement of spa area, program-project tasks for engineering and possible spatial placement of new Hotel Primus (4*), 2004 Istrabenz d.d.: Engineering, marketing and financial plan, auditing of Riviera Invest d.d. company of Opatija, legal proposal for purchasing the company or real estate, Opatija, Croatia, 2003 Zdravilièe Moravske Toplice d.d., Slovenia: Program and architectural development of new five-star hotel at Terme 3000 Moravske Toplice Health Resort, 2003 HIT d.d., Slovenia: Preparation of concept for establishing a casino in Kobarid, 2003 Wellness Park Hotel below Krvavec Ski Center, Slovenia: Architectural and spatial plans for establishing a five-star hotel with a conference center, 2003 Terme Dobrna d.d., Slovenia: Elaboration of concept for expanding thermal pools and sauna center at the Hotel Vita, 2002 Terme Olimia - Zdravilièe Atomske Toplice d.d., Slovenia: Assessment of investment and preparation of purchase offer to buy the Tuhelj Thermal Spa in Croatia, 2002 Terme Olimia - Zdravilièe Atomske Toplice d.d., Slovenia: Elaboration of concept for investment in the renovation of the Termalia pool and wellness complex, 2002 Emona Group d.o.o. and Agroemona Domale d.o.o., Slovenia: Elaboration of investment plan and location documentation for Vodice Wellness and Water Park in Ljubljana area, 2002 Terme Dobrna d.d., Slovenia: Elaboration of model room and project idea for renovating rooms of Hotel Dobrna and preparation of concept for expanding water and wellness program of Hotel Dobrna, 2002 Terme Dobrna d.d., Slovenia: Supply and installation of catering technology and carpentry work and interior furnishings during the renovation of Hotel Vita in Dobrna and planning restaurant terrace with fishpond, 2002 Terme Olimia - Zdravilièe Atomske Toplice d.d., Slovenia: Elaboration of concept, engineering, and turnkey construction of Aqualuna water recreation center with 2,000 m2 of water surfaces and 20,000 m2 of entire building complex, 2001 HTP Gorenjka Kranjska Gora d.d., Slovenia: Projecting of entire renovation and construction work for the Larix hotel, including pools with 365 m2 of water surface, saunas, and conference center. Elaboration of project documentation to acquire site development permit and partial monitoring of construction, 2001 Ptuj Wine Cellar: Slovenia Concept, marketing plan, projecting, and elaboration of turnkey installation of multimedia equipment for tours of the Ptuj Wine Cellar, 2001 hosting_brosura_04_ENG_03.FH10 Mon Feb 18 17:49:11 2008 Page 39 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Partners Partners West & East investment AG, Switzerland financial investor SID Banka d.d. 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