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May 29, 2009

55th International Wine and Spirits Tasting at the GR Ljubljana Convention and Exhibition Centre

Every year at this time the Ljubljana Convention and Exhibition Centre hosts the international wine (28 May – 1 June, 2009) and spirits (27 May, 2009) competition, with this year’s event already the 55th in a row. Alcohol – 29 samples from 4 countries – was sampled yesterday by five tasters from Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, while wine samples will be put to 23 foreign and 37 local tasters from tomorrow through to Monday. The wine tasters come from 17 countries and will score 470 wine samples from 17 countries. On 16 June, the Jurček pavilion will host an awards ceremony for the prize-winning wine and spirit samples, where the winners will be announced and presented with medals and diplomas.

More info at www.vinoljubljana.com

May 27, 2009

55th International Wine and Spirits Tasting at the GR Ljubljana Convention and Exhibition Centre

Every year at this time the Ljubljana Convention and Exhibition Centre hosts the international wine (28 May – 1 June, 2009) and spirits (27 May, 2009) competition, with this year’s event already the 55th in a row. Alcohol – 29 samples from 4 countries – was sampled yesterday by five tasters from Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, while wine samples will be put to 23 foreign and 37 local tasters from tomorrow through to Monday. The wine tasters come from 17 countries and will score 470 wine samples from 17 countries. On 16 June, the Jurček pavilion will host an awards ceremony for the prize-winning wine and spirit samples, where the winners will be announced and presented with medals and diplomas.

Vino Ljubljana ranks amongst the top 10 most elite competitions in the world and has been under the patronage of three of the most prominent world organisations, responsible for the sensory evaluation of wines, from the very beginning. These are: OIV – the International Organisation of Vine and Wine from Paris, France (from 1955); UIE – the International Union of Oenologists from Paris, France (from 1980); VinoFed – the World Federation of International Wine and Spirits Assessment from Montreal, Canada (from 1994). Vino Ljubljana 2009 is also sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia.

Vino Ljubljana is organised based on OIV rules, with total anonymity of individual samples assured, featuring world renowned tasters as the judges, while the whole event is very modern from a technical point of view. Wines are scored based on a 100-point method proposed by OIV, the International Union of Oenologists and VinoFed. The points method is complemented by a written evaluation of every wine parameter (with profiles of individual wine parameters and aroma descriptors). The wine evaluation process is subject to application of a special computer programme. Tasters are required to complete all three evaluation phases. The event in Ljubljana will see foreign samples represent a total of 70 per cent of all samples, with local samples making up the remaining 30 per cent.

Vino Ljubljana has been running since 1955 and is considered as the oldest international wine tasting event in the world. Let us reiterate that Ljubljana has been a very prominent city of wine since the middle ages, when it was known for its wine and vine. Ljubljana was the sampling location for Illyrian wines as early as 1811, while the first wine exhibition was hosted in the autumn of 1926 within the scope of the Ljubljana Grand Fair. Since 1990, the winners or recipients of awards at the event in Ljubljana have been using their prizes to promote their products in EU member states.

The grand award ceremony for the winning samples of wines and spirits on 16 June will act as the setting for announcement and award of the following prizes:

From the international spirit competition – two champions;
The international wine competition will produce world champions, a Slovenian champion, champions of individual wine-growing regions, Slovenian sort champions, trophies awarded by VinoFed, Tsukamoto, Akos Asvany, winners of Slovenian wine particulars and the grand gold medal.


Results of last year’s competition


More information: Marjana Lavrič, PR Manager at the Ljubljana Convention and Exhibition Centre: 01 300 26 26, 041 236 912; marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si.

More about Vino Ljubljana at www.vinoljubljana.com

Feb 26, 2009

Let's build together!

48. International HOME Fair, Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre (3 - 8 March 2009)

On Tuesday, 3 March, the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre has opened the doors of the 48th International Home Fair with the motto: Let's build together! This year, 577 companies from 30 countries are exhibiting their offer on 18,000 m2 of exhibition space. As the fair has again increased in size, exhibitors are presenting their offer in all of the exhibition halls of the Centre, three additional prefabricated halls and external exhibition surfaces. The fair includes a varied accompanying program, prepared by the ZRMK Construction Institute, the Association of Woodworking and Furniture Industry at the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia and the Korak Information Centre. Last year, the fair attracted 52000 visitors.


CONTENT
The Home fair is one of the largest and most visited events at GR, it is an international fair of construction which showcases offers in joinery, internal design, decorations for your home and garden, cooling and heating equipment, building materials and products and products for technical protection, style and extra spirit in your home.

EXHIBITION PROGRAMME BY HALLS.

• Mestna Hall - A1 - joinery, garage doors, fence systems, technical security
• Kupola Hall - A - prefabricated houses, roofing, skylights
• Lobby of the Kupola - shades, insurance, publishing, lectures and counseling
• Gallery - catering
• A - A2 Passageway - publishing
• Kocka Hall - A2 - joinery, security doors
• Marmorna Hall - B - air conditioning and heating equipment, bathrooms and sanitation equipment
• Marmorna Hall Lobby - B2 - heating equipment
• Marmorna Hall - B Basement - parquet and laminate floors, cooling and heating equipment, construction
• Marmorna Hall Lobby - B2 basement - heating equipment, tools, purification plants
• Steklena Hall - C - construction, roofing, fronting, insulation technology
• Fontana Hall - D - construction, roofing, fronting, insulation technology, colors, lacquers, shading
• Jurček - E - gardening and landscaping equipment, bathroom equipment
• F - Hall - furniture, beds and water beds, garden furniture, saunas and swimming pools
• Exterior - fireplaces, stoves, chimneys, cement products, joinery, swimming pools and equipment, gardening and landscaping equipment, construction products and materials

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
The exhibition is accompanied with a varied program, aimed not only at the professional public but at all visitors.
The ZRMK Construction Institute and the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning are organizing energy counseling for visitors free of charge each day from 10.00 to 18.00 (right extension of the Lobby). There will also be a presentation of the activities of the Eco Fund, Slovenian Environmental Public Fund with resources for loans and subsidies for environmentally friendly investments of natural and legal persons.

Visitors are also welcome to attend themed lectures. Lecturers include energy consultants of the ENSVET network and professionals from the ZRMK Construction Institute operating in the field of living environments, construction physics and energy in buildings, as well as in the “Sign of Quality in Construction” project. The Sign of Quality in Construction is an optional certification sign and service trademark used for differentiation of the best products and services in Slovenian construction. he main goals of the project include the promotion of products and services of the highest quality, improvement of quality of construction in Slovenia and informing and protection of customers - users. The program includes two free professional workshops:

• 6. 3. (12.00 - 14:00) the Cooling of Buildings is a Hot Topic workshop - a project in two phases: the first phase is aimed at creating a review of sustainable methods for cooling buildings and presenting good practices in cooling of business and public buildings. Results of the technologies and approaches along with select good practices are joined together in the Keep Cool tool (link: http://www.keep-cool.net/). This tool provides tips and guidelines for investors, technical advisors, maintenance personnel and building users, along with detailed descriptions of cooling technologies and case studies of good practices. As the information is adapted to different user profiles, the workshop is interesting both for professionals (technology descriptions, LCC analysis software) and maintenance personnel, investors and end users.

• 7. 3. (12.00 –15.00) This lecture will discuss current themes in new construction and renovation of low energy and passive buildings.

Association of Woodworking and Furniture Industry at the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia, Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses has prepared professional lectures and commercial presentations aimed at all those interested in prefabricated wood construction (4 - 7 March, common exhibition space of the Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses, Hall A):
- Passive wooden houses
- Wood prefabricated construction in terms of energy efficiency
- Finding financial incentives when building with wood
- Building with wood - an opportunity and challenge for Slovenia
- Use of wood as contribution to mitigating climate change
- Wood in folklore

KORAK Information Centre (Urška Hall):

• 4. 3. (15.00-18.00): Counseling for contractors - legally informed and healthy contractor
• 5. 3. (15.00-18.00): Maintenance and sanitation of premises - moisture in premises: problems and solutions
• 6. 3. (15.00-18.00): Light in space - light, colors and perception of space; characteristics of good lighting

At the end of the week, the Home Fair (lobby of City Hall - A1) will host the presentation of the Non Violence Network - an association of the four largest non-governmental organizations against violence in Slovenia:

• Association SOS Help Line for Women and Children - Victims of Violence
• Ključ - centre for fight against THB
• Women’s Counselling Service
• Association Against Violent Communication

At the coming International Women’s Day, 8 March, they wish to call the visitors’ attention to the most common violation of women’s human rights. Every fifth woman in Slovenia is a victim of violence in the very place where she should feel safest - at home.

AWARDS
The Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre and the Association of Woodworking and Furniture Industry at the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia are traditionally presenting the Star of Europe award for the best products in internal and external joinery.

OPENING
The grand opening of the Home Fair will take place on 3 March 2009 at 12.00 in the Urška hall (2nd floor, Dunajska 18). The event will be opened by Mayor of Ljubljana, Mr. Zoran Jankovič.

CATALOG
Upon purchase of a ticket, each visitor receives a fair catalog containing a list and short descriptions of all exhibitors, a list of represented companies and map of halls.

PRIZES FOR VISITORS
GR has again prepared a number of prizes, donated by exhibitors. Each 500th visitor of the fair will receive a free pass for the Ljubljana Furniture Fair, coming in November this year.

TICKET PRICES

• 7.00 EUR - Regular entry pass (adults)
• 5.00 EUR - Discount pass (Children aged 7 - 16, students, retired persons):
• free of charge - Children up to the age of 7, disabled persons in wheelchairs and their assistants

Registers are open 9:15 – 19:15 from 3 to 7 March 2009 and from 9:15 to 17:45 on 8 March.


FAIR OPEN HOURS

• 3 - 7 March 2009: from 9:00 to 19:30
• 8March 2009: from 9:30 to 18:00

PRESS CENTRE
The press centre at Dunajska 18, 1st floor, is open from 9.15 to 19.00 every day of the fair except the last day, when it will close at 17.00. Representatives of the press have access to all relevant event information. Journalists can also get accredited at the centre, if they did not do so at the fair website.

THE FAIR ONLINE
The Home 2009 fair is presented online at the following address: www.home-fair.si

Jan 19, 2009

Tourism and Leisure Show, Boat Show and Conventa at GR Ljubljana

On Thursday at 11 a.m., the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre is set to open the Tourism and Leisure Show including the Boat Show, which, as their respective names already point out, represent the entire Slovenian tourism offering next to global tourist destinations, while this year will see a special focus on ideas for quality free time. A novelty of the events is the magazine Oddih (Relaxation), which each visitor is set to receive when purchasing a ticket. 22. January 22 and 23 will also see the Exhibition and Convention Centre hosting Convent, the first conference sector exchange for SE Europe. The event is of a business nature and is closed to the public, with the tow-day event set to play host to meetings of event organisers and business conference services providers.


DETAILS

• Tourism and Leisure – a guide through the tourist offering, a guide to experiencing Slovenia and getting to know the world, ideas for active and quality free time; the organiser is the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, together with our partners. This year's Show is set to stretch across 7.000 square metres of indoor and outdoor exhibition space and will play host to 142 exhibitors from eight countries.
• The 5th Boat Show – show featuring smaller sports and tourist boats, organised by the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. This year’s Show will include 2.00 square metres of exhibition space in the “Cube” hall with 24 companies from three countries taking part.
• Conventa, the first business conference for the conference sector operating in SE Europe, organised by the Slovenian Convention Bureau. Conventa, which is the follow-on from the national project Simex, will take place this year on over 1.400 m2 (in 2008 this figure was 770m2), namely in the lower floor of the Marble hall. The show is expected to draw over 130 foreign guests in addition to domestic participants, with arrivals anticipated from various countries, mostly EU, including conference services providers from SE Europe (besides Slovenia, service providers are also expected from Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Bulgaria). Conventa’s aim is to enhance the profile of the region’s conference services offering.

CONTENTS.
The Tourism and Leisure Show represents the latest tourism trends in the coming year under a joint motto Ready for new adventures?, offering a concrete range of destinations and activities, with ideas for active free time. The event’s sponsor is the Ministry for the Economy of the Republic of Slovenia.

The exhibitors’ offer has been broken up thematically into the following sections:

• Presentation of Slovenian tourism offering by individual destinations

Projects by the Slovenian Tourism Organisation, the Tourism Association of Slovenia and other individual stakeholders present a holistic offer of tourism services available in our country. STO will present visitors with their award-winning project Stepping out – byways are more seductive than highways, while local tourist organisations and societies are set to present themselves by showing off home crafts, traditions and cuisine. With its 100 years of tradition, the Tourist Association of Slovenia combines almost 700 tourist societies and local tourist associations with ten thousand members, mostly volunteers. Every year, these organisations prepare for numerous events which both local and foreign tourists are very fond of. Their diverse work will be put on display by around one hundred tourist societies and associations in the Jurček pavilion, with stalls and an animation corner. They are set to be lightened up by tasting of culinary goodies, displays of old customs, habits and crafts, with displays of souvenirs, presentation of promotional material, performances of folklore and musical groups, etc.

• Presentation of international tourist destinations and various tourist service providers (travel organisers and travel agents, spas, hotels, carriers, camping & caravanning, etc.)

The show will play host to presentation of eight foreign countries (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Spain and Turkey), including several domestic agencies who market global destinations. This year, the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre will devote particular attention to attracting international exhibitors and becoming a member of ITTFA, the renowned international tourism fair organisation. They hope to take advantage of membership in the organisation to raise their profile as a tourism event on an international level.

• Ideas for quality leisure activities (biking, hiking, surfing, golf)

This year, special attention is set to be devoted to ideas for quality leisure activities. The biking tourism activities on offer will include a range of bikes and equipment, specialised offer and services, biking trails and expert literature.

Together with the Golfing Association of Slovenia and the Slovenian Golf Courses Economic Interest Association, a joint presentation of the Slovenian golfing offering has been organised, in particular for those with no experience in the field, but who are eager to get new experience. This will provide visitors with a one-stop-shop for all information on how and where to become a golfer, what equipment is needed for the sport, while they will also be able to try out the game itself on an improvised course at the exhibition centre. Surfing enthusiasts – this includes windsurfing, kite surfing and surfing – should not despair either, as the show will provide them with information on surfing gear, surfing schools, surfing trips, etc. This section will include consignment sales of used surfing equipment, presentation of clubs, competitors and specialised websites.

The show will be livened up in a large part by the organisation of the Chamber of Mountain Centres, with an extraordinary presentation of the first organised ski slope in Ljubljana – Kindergarten on snow, where kids will be able to ski down the Exhibition and Convention Centre makeshift slope. Visitors will also be presented with the benefits card Active Slovenia, which allows visitors to purchase ski passes at a knock-down price of 20% off.

Boat Show:
The first-ever boat show was organised at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre in 2005, while the event follows on from the once prominent Alpe-Adria Fair and later the Holiday Fair.
The Show will feature boats of various dimensions and purposes (family cruisers, fishing boats, rubber boats, speedboats – sports boats for various water activities, etc.), among them: Chaparral 250 sig (cruiser), Vista 278 (family cruise), Quicksilver 640 WE (fishing boat – big game fishing), Sea Ray 195 (speedboat – sports boat). Novelties on the market are set to include presentation of the rubber boat series K7 – Eros.

AUXILIARY PROGRAMME
The associating activities always give the show an air of liveliness. The conference halls and lecture halls, stages and exhibition space will all feature various popular and expert lectures, round tables, various presentations and feasts (round table on the Suitable form of environmentally-friendly tourism in parks organised by the Triglav National Park, a series of lectures by Kompas d.d., the traditional fancy-dress “kurentovanje” festival, presentation of oriental dances, swing, etc.). Ultra-marathon runner Marko Baloh will take part in a 10-hour charity spinning marathon together with visitors. The bikers’ club KD Rajd is taking part with their presentation of the Funsports Rajd park, including mountain-biking and BMX-biking, while monocyclist Jože Voroš (Gulliver Sports Team) is presenting his traffic-preventive project entitled Attention drivers, slow driving will also get you far. The Slovenian Tourist Organisation will hold a round table entitled The Financial Crisis as a Challenge for Slovenian Tourism.

Visitors will have the opportunity to renew their knowledge on diving. Aquas d.o.o. is set to organise a lecture on underwater fishing. This will include various fish-catching techniques, the diverse and quality equipment required for the sport, advice for save free diving, etc., hosted by Robi Podgoršek, a 13-time national champion.

CATALOGUE.
When buying their tickets, visitors will also receive the magazine Oddih (Relaxation), i.e. the endorsed leisure and tourism magazine, as well as a catalogue featuring the exhibitors at the Leisure and Tourism and Boat Show. The magazine was published as a supplement to daily newspaper Dnevnik on January 20, 2009.

OPENING HOURS:
10.00 - 19.00
10.00 - 17.00 / Sunday

ENTRANCE FEE
Regular ticket (adults): 5,00 €, concessions 3,00 €
(children from 7 to 16, high school and university students, OAPs); children up to the age of 7 and disabled visitors on wheelchairs, including their company: free of charge.

Ticketing offices will be open from January 22 to January 24, 2009 from 9.45 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., and on January 25, 2009 from 9.45 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

OPENING.
The grand opening of the Tourism and Leisure Show and the Boat Show will take place on January 22, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the Glass hall of the Ljubljana Exhibition and Conference Centre. The event will be opened by Darja Radić MA, state secretary at the Ministry for the Economy.

PRESS CENTRE.
The press centre at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Conference Centre (Dunajska 18, 1st floor) will remain open during both of the events from 9.45 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., with the exception of the concluding day, when it will close at 4.30 p.m. Journalists will be provided with all current information on the fairs. They may also get their accreditations there if they have not previously done so on GR’s website.

More on the events: www.ljubljanafair.com

Sep 23, 2008

A true feast for the eyes

Parallel events, the Codelli Vintage Vehicles Festival and the Antiquity and Fine Art 2008 exhibition, organized by the Slovenian Society of Gallery Owners and Antiquarians stirred up a lot of interest among exhibitors and visitors alike during the National General Election weekend (20 and 21 September). The two combined events covered 6648 square meters of internal and 7400 square meters of external exhibition space and hosted 50 exhibitors from four countries. More than 5000 visitors took a tour of the cultural heritage of Slovenia over the course of two days.

The festival is named after baron Anton Codelli, famous inventor and first automobile owner in our part of the world. The Mercedes – Benz Club of Slovenia, displaying its exhibits in the Jurček pavilion, issued a special postage stamp commemorating the 110th anniversary of the first automobile arriving to Slovenia. Stamp designer Andrej Vidmar (Studio Alias) used an image of the Benz Velo Comfortable vehicle from 1898 as used by the young baron on his trip to Ljubljana on 15 November that same year. The self-adhesive stamp with a nominal value of C was printed in an impression of 1020 pieces. Baron Codelli’s inventive genius was presented at the 2nd Festival through a selection of unique photographic material from a period between 1911 and 1914, when the baron was constructing the first wireless telegraph station with two Ljubljana colleagues in the German colony of Togo in Western Africa. The selection is a part of a traveling exhibition of the Ethnographic Museum of Slovenia.

This year, the 2nd Codelli Festival of Vintage Vehicles showcased personal and other vintage vehicles, motorcycles, farming and military vehicles, none of which was less that 30 years old. Approximately 300 exhibits were displayed, of which 170 were motorcycles and bicycles, 10 tractors and 90 automobiles. An exceptional collection of vintage Mercedes vehicles (15) dominated the Jurček pavilion (E) and a selection of pre-war Fords (8) was exhibited in the Cupola hall (A) and the Cube (A 2). There were approximately 30 pre-war automobiles present at the fair, counting in those which were brought to the plateau in front of the GR Cupola. Plečnik’s motorcycle was already exhibited at last year’s first festival. There were a few especially precious pearls at the Festival: an Aston Martin made in 1967 (seen in James Bond 007 films, valued at over 100.000 EUR), a Daimler Barker Cabriolet (1951) and a Mercedes Benz 290 Cabriolet B from the Kroepfl private museum in Austria and an Austin Seven Special from 1938, which was until recently used at competitions in England. The oldest automobile at the Festival was a Ford T Speedster from 1911. The exceptionally well preserved old-timer was exhibited at the exhibition space of Oldtimer Club Škofljica. Another special exhibit was a Puch motorcycle from the Vransko Motorcycle Museum, a 1911 Norton Manx 500 in perfect drivable condition, given as a gift to guard member and racer Barborič by Josip Broz. A special place among motorcycles was given to a Horex Regina, which has been taking part in the infamous race at Ljubelj for over ten years. It was exhibited just as it was at the end of the race on 14 September 2008. The motorcycle is driven by 74 year old Mr. Albin Šturm, who received a trophy as the oldest participant of the Ljubelj race. Vintage vehicles on exhibit were supplemented by an exhibition of photographs by Blaž Zupančič titled Tin Heritage. The author has exhibited his images in Ljubljana, Graz, Salzburg, Paris and Munich, where he received the Rodenstock company award this year.

The Gallery of the Cupola hall hosted a sales exhibition of the Slovenian Society of Gallery Owners and Antiquarians titled Antiquity and Fine Art 2008. Exhibited pieces of 17 exhibitors included works of Rihard Jakopič, Zoran Mušič, Marija Lucija Stupica, statues, clocks, porcelain, rugs, silverware and other valuables.

Both events were supplemented by a rich accompanying program. The Festival was opened on Saturday 20 September at noon by the Mayor of Ljubljana and honored by a performance of Janez Škof and musical group Čompe. After the performance, a cozy atmosphere was assured by Moto Club MAK Vodice and representatives of the Vodice municipality. On Sunday afternoon the GR became the finish area of the 18th Slovenia Classic Marathon, organized by the Codelli Society of Classic and Sports Vehicle Enthusiasts. A musical performance of the Secondary Musical School of Ljubljana accompanied the award ceremony for the winners of the three-day marathon, taking participants to Banovci and back.

There were many more specialties and exhibits to be seen, there was an exhibition of antique radios, vintage bicycles (100), a railway collection of vintage railway vehicles, a locomobile and a display of sandblasting and restoration of automobiles.

The two day event took place on 20 and 21 September and was opened from 10:00 to 18:00 and was especially aimed at cultural and technical heritage enthusiasts, young families and senior citizens. Entrance fees were charged at 5 and 3 EUR. Great numbers of visitors proved that the event was indeed a welcome sight. See you next year.

Jun 6, 2008

Winners of the 54th International Wine and Spirits Competition have been announced

The truth about wine and spirits, which was sought after in the last days of May and beginning of June at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Congress Centre during the 54th International Wine and Spirits Competition has finally been found. 24 samples of spirits from five countries have been assessed by five tasters this year. The title of world champion among spirits was awarded to Fructal d.d. from Slovenia and Zenit d.o.o. Čuprija from Serbia. 61 wine tasters took part in the oldest wine competition in the world and chose as many as three Slovene wines for the title of world champion from 578 samples form 19 countries. The award ceremony will be held on June 12th at 20.00 hours at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Congress centre. More information on the event: www.vino-ljubljana.com


WORLD CHAMPION WINES

• White dry wines

Sauvignon Pullus, 2007
PTUJSKA KLET d.o.o., Slovenia

• White dry wines with remnants of sugar
Rumeni Muškat (Yellow Muscat), special natural wine of superior quality from dried grapes, 2004
PRUS JOŽEF, Slovenia

• Red dry wines

CCC Syrah, 2005
La Bodega de Alboloduy, s.l., Spain

• Sparkling wines

Rose sparkling wine 2006
PTUJSKA KLET d.o.o., Slovenia


SLOVENIAN CHAMPION WINES

Rumeni Muškat (Yellow Muscat), special natural wine of superior quality from dried grapes, 2004
PRUS JOŽEF, Slovenia


GRAND GOLD MEDALS

Rumeni Muškat (Yellow Muscat), special natural wine of superior quality from dried grapes, 2004
PRUS JOŽEF, Slovenia

Muskat Ottonel, 2006
FINK HERMANN, Austria

Traminac (Traminer) ice wine, 2003
Kutjevo d.d., Croatia


TSUKAMOTO TROPHY

• Bouza Tannat Parcela Unica, 2004
CHACRAS DEL SUR S.A., Uruguay


VINO FED FEDERATION AWARD

• Capris cabernet sauvignon, 2005
VINAKOPER d.o.o., Slovenia

SLOVENE SORT CHAMPIONS


CHARDONNAY
Chardonnay archive selection, 1995
VINO BREŽICE d.d., Brežice

YELLOW MUSCAT
Rumeni Muškat (Yellow Muscat), special natural wine of superior quality from dried grapes, 2004
PRUS JOŽEF, Metlika

SAUVIGNON
Sauvignon Pullus, 2007
PTUJSKA KLET d.o.o., Ptuj

TRAMINER
Traminer wine from dried grapes, 2007
LIDIJA MAVRETIČ, Metlika


CHAMPIONS OF SLOVENE WINE REGIONS


• KRAS
Carsus, 2001, cat. 3/21
ŠTOKA PRIMOŽ

• SLOVENE ISTRIA
Capo d'Istra shiraz, 2006, cat. 3/21
VINAKOPER d.o.o.

• ŠTAJERSKA REGION
Probus-Pinot Gris-selection, 2001, cat. 1/04
VINOGRADNIŠTVO ŽELEZNIK

• VIPAVA VALLEY
Merlot, 2004, cat. 3/21
VINA DORNBERG d.o.o.


WINNER OF SLOVENE WINE SPECIALTIES

VINAKRAS z.o.o. SEŽANA
Teranton, 2003

WORLD CHAMPIONS OF SPIRITS

Prior Viljamovka (Pear brandy)
FRUCTAL d.d., Slovenia


Specialna rakija od suhog grožđa sa dodatkom glogovog cveta (special brandy with an addition of hawthorn blossom)
ZENIT d.o.o. Čuprija, Serbia

May 28, 2008

Searching for the best at the Vino Ljubljana 2008 international wine competition

Ljubljana, 27 May 2008 - Today marks the opening of the 54th International Wine and Spirits Competition at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. The event comprises of the international spirits tasting (28 – 29 May 2008) and the international wine tasting (30 May - 2 June 2008). Spirits – 24 samples from five countries – will be judged by five tasters from Slovenia and Serbia, while wine samples will be judged by 24 foreign and 37 domestic tasters. Wine tasters - 15 of which are taking part in the competition for the first time – are coming from 19 countries and will sample 580 wines from 19 countries. The Jurček pavilion will host the award ceremony on 12 June, where winners will be announced and receive medals and diplomas.

Vino Ljubljana is one of the 10 foremost wine competitions in the world and has since its inception enjoyed full sponsorship of all three most important world organizations for sensory analysis of wine. These are: OIV – International Organization of Wine and Vine from Paris, France (since 1955), UIE – International Association of Enologists from Paris, France (since 1980), VinoFed – Global organization of international wine and spirits competitions from Montreal, Canada (since 1994). An esteemed sponsor of the Vino Ljubljana 2008 event is the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food.

Vino Ljubljana is organized according to OIV rules. Total anonymity of individual samples is assured, while they are evaluated by renowned tasters through the most modern of procedures. Wines are assessed through a 100 point method proposed by OIV, UICE and VinoFed. The points method is further expanded by descriptive assessments of all parameters of wine (by profiling separate wine parameters and aroma descriptors). Special computer software is used to assess wines. Tasters are obliged to fulfill all three phases of evaluation. Approximately 70 percent of samples at the Ljubljana wine competition come from abroad and about 30 percent are domestic.

The following awards will be given to the best wine and spirits samples at the award ceremony on 12 June:

- from the international spirits competition – two champions,
- from the international wine competition – world champions, Slovene champion, region champions, Slovene sort champions, VinoFed trophies, Tsukamoto Akos Asvany, winner of Slovene wine specialty and the Grand gold medal.

The Vino Ljubljana competition has been conducted since 1955 and is currently the oldest international wine competition in the world. Let us not forget that Ljubljana has been a city of wines and vines and an important centre of wine trade since the middle ages. The first tasting of wines from Illyria took place in 1811 with the first wine show in 1926 at the Ljubljana Fair as part of the Ljubljana in Autumn event. The predecessor of the current event was the first Yugoslavian wine show in 1954. In 1976 Ljubljana hosted the general assembly of OIV and the first international wine competition under OIV rules. Since 1990 the winners of medals and awards in Ljubljana can use them for promotion in European Union countries.

We invite you to arrange a visit at the 54th International Wine Competition on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday from 9.00 to 13.00. Please arrange your visit with Ms. Marjana Lavrič, Public Relations Manager at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Congress Centre: 01 300 26 26, 041 236 912; marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si. More information on the event: www.vino-ljubljana.com

Mar 17, 2008

15th Calendar of Proceedings with fringe events

Dear Madams and Sirs,

enclosed please find the 15^th Calendar of Proceedings with fringe events.

15th Calendar of Proceedings with fringe events (.doc)

Mar 9, 2008

47. international Dom fair visited by a record 52,000 people

From Tuesday March 4th to Sunday March 9th 2008, the GR fairgrounds hosted the 47th international DOM (Home) fair under a common motto New dimensions of your home. 555 companies from 26 countries exhibited their offer on 17,000 m2 of exhibition space. This year, special emphasis was given to the promotion of prefabricated construction, which was presented in a common exhibit by members of the Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses.

The Dom (home) fair, one of the largest and most visited events at GR, is an international fair of products and services in the field of construction. Rich supporting program was prepared by the Wood Economy association at the National Chamber of Commerce, the ZRMK Construction Institute with energy consulting for visitors without charge and the Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses at the National Chamber of Commerce with lectures under a common title Quality of living with wood.

This year the Wood Economy Association at the National Chamber of Commerce and Gospodarsko Razstavišče fairgrounds traditionally awarded prizes for the best joinery products called Star of Europe. This year's award STAR OF EUROPE winners are:

• for the program of interior joinery - the LIP BLED d.o.o. company for their Kitzbühel fireproof door product
• for the program of exterior joinery – the INLES d.d. company for their energy efficient wooden window product ISO 68.

Tha fair was seen by 52,000 visitors, more than ever before. Each visitor receive a GR fair catalog with a list of exhibitors, which served as a guide to the fairgrounds and accompanying events.

More information at: www.gr-sejem.si; Marjana Lavrič, Public Relations Manager (Mobile phone no. 041 236 912, e-mail: marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si)

Feb 29, 2008

New dimensions of your home

47. international DOM (Home) fair, Gospodarsko Razstavišče fairgrounds Ljubljana (4 - 9 March 2008):

From Tuesday March 4^th to Sunday March 9^th 2008, the Gospodarsko Razstavišče fairgrounds will open its doors to visitors of the 47th international DOM (Home) fair under a common motto "New dimensions of your home". This year, 555 companies from 26 countries will exhibit their offer on 17,000 m2 of exhibition space. As the number of exhibitors has grown since last year, we set up two extra halls on the GR plateau along the Dunajska street. As on many years before, the fairgrounds are completely sold out.  This year special attention was given to the promotion of prefabricated construction, which will be presented in a common exhibit by members of the Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses.

The Home fair is one of the largest and most visited events at GR, it is an international fair of construction which showcases offers in joinery, internal design, decorations for your home and garden, cooling and heating equipment, building materials and products and products for technical protection, style and extra spirit in your home.  The exhibition is accompanied with a varied program, aimed not only at the professional public but at all visitors. Organizers prepared the accompanying events in cooperation with the Wood Economy association at the National Chamber of Commerce, the ZRMK Construction Institute and the Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses at the National Chamber of Commerce. The ZRMK Construction Institute will offer consulting on home energy free of charge every day from 10:00 to 18:00 in the Galerija hall.  Talks will be held about efficient energy consumption, modernizations of energy systems, the use of heat pumps, low energy and passive houses, heat insulation, modern fossil fuel applications and other topics. The Kupola (A) hall will host lectures of the Section of Slovene Manufacturers of Prefabricated Houses titled The quality of residing with wood every day.  Presentations will include the topics of planning a prefabricated passive building, passive homes, earthquake safety and energy consumption of prefabricated homes.
The Wood Economy association will organize lectures in the Urška lecture halls every morning from Wednesday to Friday (4 - 7 March). To list only a few titles: Purchase behaviour of prefabricated home buyers, Environmental adequacy and efficiency of wood-fired heating installations, Fire safety of wood and wooden constructions, Assurance of wood and wood product quality in construction, etc.  
Each year the Wood Economy Association at the National Chamber of Commerce and Gospodarsko Razstavišče fairgrounds traditionally give awards for the best joinery products called Star of Europe. Two equivalent prizes are given to products from the internal and external joinery categories. Prizes will be presented at the opening ceremony of the fair, which will be opened by Minister of Economy Andrej Vizjak.
The GR fairgrounds expect over 50,000 visitors, as many as last year when the fair hosted 486 companies from 26 countries. Each visitor shall receive a GR fair catalog, which is intended as a guide to the fairgrounds and accompanying events. The catalog also contains a list of short presentations of each individual exhibitor.
The fair is open from March 4^th to March 9^th from 9.30 to 19.30. On the last day, March 9th, the fair closes at 18.00. Ticket prices are 6 EUR for adults, 5 EUR for children and youths 7-16 years of age, students and retired persons, entry for children up to the age of 7, disabled persons and their assistants is free of charge.

More information at: www.gr-sejem.si; Marjana Lavrič, Public Relations Manager (Mobile phone no. 041 236 912, e-mail: marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si)

Jan 24, 2008

Find everything you need for tourism and leisure at GR

The fair, which has this year brought together all entities featured in the field of tourism, offers a wide range of holidays, cooking, camping & caravanning, boats, holiday campers, mobile homes and camping equipment. The wealthy range of extra-fair activities offers plenty of opportunities to exchange information between sellers, service providers and consumers. The event is taking place over an area of 13.000 square metres of exhibition space, featuring 542 companies from 25 countries. The fair, where organisers expect more than 30.000 visitors over the course of four days (24 – 27 January, 2008), is open every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The largest fair event to date in Slovenia entitled Choose your direction! this time brings together for the first time ever tourism's entire range of services and ideas to spend your free time. In addition to Simex, the 2nd corporate tourism exchange (24 –25 January, 2008), organised by the Slovenian Convention Bureau, which is of an exclusive nature, the event also features the following:

- Tourism and Leisure – a guide through the tourism offering, a guide to experiencing Slovenia and getting to know the world; organised by GR, including partners;
- 4th Boat Salon – a salon of smaller sports and tourist vessels, organised by GR;
- 5th Camping & Caravanning Festival – a festival of the entire range of holiday vehicles and camping equipment on offer; organised by As-press.

Simex, which acts as the meeting point for the most prominent representatives of the convention industry, conference, seminar and congress organisers, this year also features, in addition to local companies, 49 invited companies from 18 different countries. The goal of the entire fair, including Simex (short for the Slovenian Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events), is to transcend local boundaries and fill the market niche in the wider international arena.

The Tourism and Leisure fair, which evolved from the current Holiday Fair, is a new, joint event for everyone working in tourism. It has been endorsed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestries and Food, the Tourist Association of Slovenia and the Slovenian Tourist Organisation (STO), which is presenting Slovenia's local attractions within the scope of the project Na lepše! (Stepping out!) (www.slovenia.info). STO is also presenting two other important innovative and creative projects: an interactive presentation of Slovenia for the youth population – web portal Play and Get to Know Slovenia and Bank of Slovenia's Tourist Opportunities, the first online juncture of supply and demand in the field of innovation and other fields within Slovenian tourism. The fair features a special exhibition of protected agricultural products or foods. It is set to acquaint visitors with the contents, significance and type of labelling of protected produce or foods, namely agricultural products or foods with protected designation of origin and geographic denomination, i.e. those which are more or less linked with the region they are named after. Also on show will be produce and foods carrying a denomination of guaranteed traditional speciality or superior quality. The scope of presentation of local wines and wines in the quality wines class features winemakers as the follow-on of the My Wine project. The above food and wine will be available for tasting and purchase at the fair itself. The fair further features all of Slovenia’s natural spas.

The Camping and Caravanning Festival, which this year moved from the natural surroundings of camp Ljubljana Resort to the Ljubljana Exhibition and Conference Centre, features over 200 companies. The most comprehensive offer is provided by our own Adria Mobil, German Hymer and the French company Rapido. Among the first officially presented brands in Slovenia are the prestigious Concorde and Niesmann+Bischoff, Benimar, Caravelair, X-GO and Poessl. The Festival is the only opportunity to see practically the whole range of holiday vehicles available in Slovenia in one place: 105 mobile homes, holiday trailers and mobile houses through 35 particularly foreign brands, which is complemented by a diverse offer of vehicle accessories, camping equipment, including technical and travel literature.

The first-ever Boat Salon was organised by GR in 2005, and the event is a spin-off of the once eminent Alpe-Adria fair and the later Holiday Fair. In addition to sellers of smaller boats, this fair will also feature providers of nautical equipment and services from Slovenia, Italy, and Croatia, who have become traditional participants of the event. Nautical-related activities and providers of equipment and services complementing nautical tourism will also be on show. The event will see the debut display of the boat produced by company IVA d.o.o., Odin 820 Nova, which combines the features of a sailing boat, a motor boat and a yacht without frontiers, which feels at home in any waters, including the novelty of the Izola Boat Fair, the exclusive wooden yacht FEATHER 14 by company Azimut d.o.o.

The organisers are hoping to use this holistic tourism and leisure offering to raise the profile of the local tourist and culinary offer. The joint slogan of the even, Choose your direction! is therefore trying to convey that every visitor can find an offer accommodating their budget, be it for a short or longer stay, home or abroad, on a boat or on wheels, in a hotel, spa or camp. Furthermore, the Fair seeks to become the juncture of West and South-Eastern Europe in terms of supply and demand in the industry as the biggest of its kind in SE Europe. Entry is free of charge and visitors are also given a free Fair catalogue.

More information on the events is available at: www.gr-sejem.si
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Gospodarsko razstavišče, d.o.o., Marjana Lavrič, PR Manager; marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si, 01 300 26 26, 041 236 912

Jan 24, 2008

Find everything you need for tourism and leisure at GR

The fair event organised by the Ljubljana Exhibition ad Conference Centre under the joint name of Choose your direction! sees all entities from the field of tourism and leisure in Slovenia come together for the first time, bringing together as many as four previously independent fairs to make it the biggest event of its kind. The fair was officially opened by Marjan Hribar, director of the Directorate for Tourism at the Ministry of the Economy, while other speakers at the opening of the event included Ante Madjar, director of the Ljubljana Conference and Exhibition Centre, Zoran Jankovič, mayor of the city of Ljubljana, and Dimitrij Piciga, director of the Slovenian Tourist Organisation.

From 24 to 27 January, visitors will be able to visit the following events from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (entry is free of charge):
• Simex, the Slovenian Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events (up to 25 January, 2008)
• Tourism and Leisure, presenting Slovenia and 12 European countries, a guide through the tourist offering both home and abroad
• The Camping & Caravanning Festival, a festival of the entire range of holiday vehicles and camping equipment on offer
• Boat Salon, a salon of smaller sports and tourist vessels.

13.000 square metres of exhibition space will feature as many as 542 companies from 25 countries. Visitors will be able to get a closer look at the wide range of holidays on offer both home and abroad, together with culinary offerings, boats, holiday trailers, mobile homes, camping equipment etc. The aim of the event is to attract as many visitors as possible – over 30.000 are expected – , who are able to choose their direction in order to suit their budget, the length of their stay, either home or abroad, be it in the sky, on the tracks, on the water or on the road. Obviously, the purpose of the event, particularly at the time of Slovenia presiding over the European Union, to transcend local boundaries and fill the market niche in the wider international arena as well.

More information on the events is available at: www.gr-sejem.si
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Gospodarsko razstavišče, d.o.o., Marjana Lavrič, PR Manager; marjana.lavric@gr-sejem.si, 01 300 26 26, 041 236 912

Individual events contacts

Tevž KORENT (Tourism and Leisure): 051 307 548

Primož LONGYKA (Camping & Caravanning Festival): 041 344 587

Urška BOŽIČ (Boat Salon): 041 585 402

Dec 19, 2007

Choose your direction

A holistic tourist and leisure offering – the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre (24.–27. 1. 2008)

Ljubljana, 19. 12 2007 – Choose your direction! That's the uniting motto behind the event, which this time includes as many as four fairs and one exchange for the first time, featuring Tourism and Leisure, Wine and Food, the Camping&Caravaning Festival, the Boating Salon and Simex, the Corporate Tourism Exchange. The event, which is set to feature more than 200 exhibitors on over 8000 m2 of exhibition space, the organisers are expecting around 30.000 visitors. There is no entrance fee.

The fair Tourism and Leisure, which evolved from the previous Holiday Fair, is a new, joint event for everyone working in tourism. It has been endorsed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestries and Food, The Tourist Association of Slovenia and the Slovenian Tourism Organisation, which presenting Slovenia's local attractions within the scope of the project Na lepše! (Stepping out!) (www.slovenia.info). The fair features a special exhibition of protected agricultural products or foods. It is set to acquaint visitors with the contents, significance and type of labelling of protected produce or foods, namely agricultural products or foods with protected designation of origin and geographic denomination, i.e. those which are more or less linked with the region they are named after. Also on show will be produce and foods carrying a denomination of guaranteed traditional speciality or superior quality. The scope of presentation of local wines and wines in the quality wines class features winemakers as the follow-on of the My Wine project. The above food and wine will be available for tasting and purchase at the fair itself.

Since we Slovenes love to discover the world, treasures of foreign cities, regions and countries, the fair will feature the tourist services on offer in 12 countries, with the featured partners worth mentioning this time around including Turkey and Macedonia. Presenting its supply and demand side of business tourism is also the 2nd Slovenian Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events (www.simex.si), which is being organised on behalf of the Institute-Slovenian Convention Bureau by GR with its partners and is intended particularly for the expert public.

The 5th Camping and Caravanning Festival 2008 is set to move from its current outdoor location to the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre for the long term. Despite having more exhibition space intended for holiday vehicles, i.e. mobile homes, caravans and mobile houses, the entire exhibition space is already sold out. 5000 m2 of space is set to feature 50 exhibitors – including over 200 of represented companies – the entire range of providers of this type of equipment on the Slovenian market, as this is the most extensive presentation of its kind in Slovenia. They are set to present over 100 of the newest models of mobile homes and holiday caravans of 32 European manufacturers, including some prestigious ones, whose value exceeds 200.000 euros. Also on view and on sale will be all the additional equipment for these types of vehicles, camping gear, mountaineering and recreational equipment, bikes, scooters, travel literature and presentations of local and foreign campsites. The festival is also set to feature prizes: each day of the event, the organisers will dish out a one-week Spring family holiday. The prize winners will be able to choose amongst 87 different destinations from around Europe.


He first-ever Boat Salon was organised by GR in 2005, and the event is a spin-off of the once eminent Alpe-Adria fair and the later Holiday Fair. In addition to sellers of smaller boats, this fair will also feature providers of nautical equipment and services from Slovenia, Italy, and Croatia, who have become traditional participants of the event. Nautical-related activities and providers of equipment and services complementing nautical tourism will also be on show. The organisers of the Boat Salon are convinced that the event will attract a large number of visitors, while at the same time the event will be a real opportunity for brokering deals and breaking through into the corporate world of nautical tourism.


The organisers look to use this holistic tourism and leisure offering to make the general public aware of the meaning of tourism and achieve a higher level of recognition of the local tourism and culinary offer, present destinations around the world together with their characteristics, while at the same time take advantage of the fair as an event in the capital of the EU at the beginning of our country’s presidency over the Union, thereby attracting attention of foreign interest groups.

More on our events: www.gr-sejem.si
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Gospodarsko razstavišče, d.o.o., Marjana Lavrič, PR Manager (01 300 26 26, 041 236 912)

Nov 23, 2007

Coming up Gibanje in šport 2007

The Gibanje in šport Fair (Exercise and Sport Fair) is meeting point for professional sportsmen and sportswomen, manufacturers, their representatives, business contacts from the world of sport and not least those who like exercise.

Nov 11, 2007

The largest furniture fair to now

On Sunday evening the gates closed on the 18th Ljubljana Furniture Fair, which by the size and number of exhibitors was the largest to now. At the fair, which was held in all totally occupied GR halls and on the pavement of the specially erected City hall, 309 companies from 23 countries exhibited. The best products were awarded prizes. The exhibitions of furniture were accompanied by other events. 50,000 visitors were attracted to the picture of the Slovenian furniture industry over the six days.
With the motto The Revolution Continues, GR especially wanted to present design as the exceptional advantage of quality products of the Slovenian furniture industry, which they want to get into the higher price classes on foreign and domestic markets, thus continuing the orientation set last year. The most awards, three, were awarded to the company for interior equipment and advice, DONAR d.o.o. from Ljubljana. Along with the prize Matej Feguš, the company’s managing director, received at the Ljubljana Furniture Fair in 2001 and 2002, this year were added the first prize and sculpture Zlata vez (Golden Band) for the working chair Na me, designed by Feguš&Komek. For the lamp Leaf designed by Yves Bemer, Feguš also received the Top Ten award and as best out of 10 the Top of the Top.