Top Meeting Agencies In 2016

With more than 36 years of experience in the travel industry Globtour Event is one of the leading Croatian fully licensed travel agencies. Vesna Pritchard’s team consists of a group of motivated, passionate people who are dedicated to the work they do, sharing a common mission, vision and values in order to provide their customers with the very best service.

Intours reached its zenith moment in 2013, when the company was recording impressive business results, an increase of brand awareness and rapid growth. For the company 2013 meant moving in a broad regional presence, where it has continued to increase its market share. Tomaž is also active as president of the council of the Slovenian Convention Bureau, in which he is responsible for improving the visibility of the industry in Slovenia.

As a long-time tourism professional he has mainly been working with corporate clients, associations and medical doctors attending congresses. His main vision was focusing and specialising on this complex and demanding field of congress organisation in order to deliver the highest possible service. Being passionate about excellence stems from their company name: Penta [Greek, from pente, five; as the top mark]. Today, after 20 years of continuous activity, the company is a proven leader in the field of MICE services.

Dubrovnik Travel is recognised in the market as an extremely marketing-oriented company that steers the trends of regional DMCs. A clear marketing strategy and a systematic operation are visible at both the service level of co-operation with the most demanding clients as well as in the credible results, which were reflected in receiving the Gazelle Award in 2011. Daniel is heavily involved in the meetings arena, also as a member of peer associations and the voice of the convention industry of Croatia.

Natalija joined Go.MICE in 2008 with ten years of experience as a PCO behind her and with a vision to run a private congress agency that would be flexible, creative and personal. Together with her team of MICE enthusiasts she has proven that the organisation of a successful congress involves not just logistics, but also creativity and innovativeness. She strongly believes that the organisation of any kind of event is founded on a trustworthy partnership that builds a positive outcome. Conventa is one of the projects that she has been involved with from the very beginning and this concept of regional B2B events has also been successfully transferred from MICE to the Spa & Wellness industry, as well as the active tourism field.

The Liberty International Tourism Group is a successful international company that has been working on the international tourist market for over 20 years. The company grew out of one office into an international corporation with 43 offices in 33 countries across various parts of the world.

Congress and Events Management Director of CD Congress Centre Ljubljana since 2006, Breda Pečovnik is currently a member of the Slovenian Convention Bureau’s Board as well as the professional international associations of ICCA and IAPCO. She also teaches congress management at a college and faculty in Ljubljana.

For more than a decade she has been developing real DMC services in Montenegro as part of the Talas-M agency. With world-class clients she has helped to put Montenegro on the region’s incentive map via its own network of representatives throughout Europe, indirectly contributing to the country’s promotion. Due to their abundance of fresh ideas, which have been recognised in the Ovation agency and within the partnership of the Dubrovnik Talas-M, they have become one of the strongest regional DMC agencies.

A fresh start on the key marketing function of Croatian tourism is an important event for a man of the meetings industry, and one that comes with the great responsibility of setting the meetings industry on the list of key products that will help contribute to the de-seasonalisation of Croatian tourism. This is also an important event as an opportunity to strengthen presence in the professional and business environments. Slaven has many years of experience in economics and undoubtedly has all the credentials for success.

Since its foundation in 1990 Miross travel agency has successfully been organising seminars, conferences, travel requirements and any uniquely special arrangements. They are members of IATA (International Air Transport Association), ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association), ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents, International Chapter), YUTA (Yugoslav Association of Travel Agencies) and MCB (Montenegro Convention Bureau).

Vojin Bojković has been president and owner of Astakos Travel and Events for more than 20 years. Given his dedication to new creations, passion to explore new possibilities, locations and destinations, ASTAKOS Travel & Events will maintain the position of the leading PCO & DMC in Montenegro and is showing signs of becoming one of leading PCO & DMCs in Serbia.

Starting off as a Generalturist intern whilst studying at the Zagreb School of Management, the three months spent there allowed him to become familiar with the functioning of such enterprises and upon completion Vid followed this path by getting a job in the congress department of travel agency O-Tours. It was here that he started as assistant project manager and over the years of experience and practice in the agency has quickly progressed to the position of independent project manager.