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The leading tourist fair in the region, Alpe-Adria: Tourism and Leisure Time is inviting the providers of tourist services to register. The event will take place from 29 January to 1 February 2014. The deadline for registration is 20 December. Those who will register by 1 December will enjoy special benefits. Once again we will award Jakob, a special prize for excellence and quality in tourism within Alps-Adriatic region. This year’s topic is Innovative Positive Street Food.

At the end of September 2014, the GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre will host the annual ABTA convention. The largest British tourist association (Association of British Travel Agents) and second largest association of this kind in the world consists of over 1200 companies with approximately 5000 branches of tourist agencies and around 900 travel organizers.

The 24th Ambient Ljubljana – furniture fair opens on the 1st October and lasts until Sunday. This year, it hosts 209 exhibitors from 21 countries. Compare tastes as well as styles and prices, of course. Get inspired by Italian design, which is presented as part of Italian festival 2013.

The 52th international Home fair ended with great success. The comprehensive exhibition covering all fields of civil engineering occupied all spatial capacities of the GR - Exhibition and Convention Centre plus two additional halls. The fair presented 628 companies from 33 countries.

Last year, almost 500.000 visitors attended exhibitions, meetings, congresses, corporate celebrations and other social events at the GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. This represents an increase of more than 90.000 visitors compared to a year before. In other words: more than 200 events were held in 2012.

The Alpe-Adria-Trail runs along existing paths, connects them and hence has all the character of a hiking trail. On each stage there are several landmarks which substantially influence the rhythm of hiking. In future each stage will include at least one “magic place”, a special place where the four elements are in harmony.

The new beer hall Bunker opened its door in Ljubljana under Jurček pavilion in the former Vinoteka (wine shop). You can choose among 70 sorts of beer, among them primarily Belgian beers – from pale, red ales and dark, wheat beers to fruit beers. There is also an exquisite choice of culinary specialties, with an emphasis on Italian cuisine, so that beer and food flavours are in harmony and they complement each other.

GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre has successfully joined AIPC - the International Association of Congress Centres - is the industry association for professional convention and exhibition centre managers world wide.

Alpe-Adria Fair, which takes place every year at the end of January at GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, promotes development of tourism, also in the light of a sustainable development.

GR - Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre was last year the Golden Sponsor of the conference Life Style Natural – Green Workplaces, which took place in the framework of the Nature-Health Fair.