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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.