Programme of SPA-CE 2011

Wednesday, 12 October: Meeting in Laško. 

16.00–19.00    Arrival and registration at THERMANA LAŠKO
19.00-20.00     Opportunity to get acquainted with spa offer of Thermana Laško
20.00               Welcome reception

Thursday, 13 October: SPA-CE TRADE SHOW
Learn about spas and health resorts. Meet your partners, seat down for meetings.

08.30 – 09.00   Registration at Thermana Convention centre where  SPA-CE 2011
                         will be taking place
09.00 – 9.20     Arranging additional meetings with your partners
9.20 – 12.00     SPA-CE trade show. Appointments between providers and hosted
                         buyers. Just follow the schedule of the meetings you set beforehand
                         and learn about the offer present at SPA-CE.
12.00 – 13.00   Lunch
13.00 - 18.00    Appointments between providers and hosted buyers.
20.00                Official reception for all participants

Friday,14 October: SPA-CE TRADE SHOW

09.00 - 12.00   SPA-CE Breakfast
                        A chance for exhibitors and hosted buyers to talk further business while
                        sitting down and enjoying a delicious breakfast together.
12.00 -13.00    Lunch
13.00 -15.20    SPA-CE Seminar:
13.00 -13.10    Iztok Altbauer, director of Slovenian Spa Association, welcome speech
                        and short overviews of the offer of Slovenian spas
13.10 -13.30    Maja Jahn, Thermana Laško, presentation of the host of the third
                        trade show of spa & Wellness tourism
13.30 -14.00    Kathrin Spiller: Wellness Stars
14.00 -14.20    Mikič Živojin, Presentation of the offer: Kupke Dudinci, Hotel gate One,
                        Hotel Bystra from Slovakia
14.20 -14.40    Peter Vesenjak, director of Hosting, d.o.o., in collaboration with
                        Slovenian Tourist Board: Presentation of  the “Update of the Benchmark
                        analysis of Slovenian, Hungarian, Czech, Italian and Austrian Spas and
                        Health Resorts “
14.40 -15.00    Presentation of spa and wellness offer in Hungary
15.00 -15.20    Presentation of best practice case from Slovenia

16.00               Departure to study trips for hosted buyers: Classical Slovenian Spa
                        and Wellness, Wellness in Slovenia and Croatia, Danubius Hotel in Hungary              

WELLNESS STARS Lecture (.pdf 2.2MB)

Saturday, 15 October and Sunday 16 October

Study trips for hosted buyers: Classical Slovenian Spa and Wellnes, Wellness in Slovenia and Croatia, Danubius Hotel in Hungary.

How will the workshop be organised:

• the exhibitors will present themselves to the hosted buyers at 4 m2 exhibition stands, a desk and 4 chairs for conducting the appointments,

• the exhibitors will receive information about the hosted buyers via the website no later than 14 days prior to the start of the exhibition,

• the hosted buyers will be able to choose the exhibitors they whish to have an appointment with,

• before the event, each exhibitor will receive an individual schedule of appointments,

• appointments with hosted buyers will run according to schedule – each appointment will last no more than 20 minutes,

• if you register on time (by 30 April 2011), the organiser guarantees at least 18 appointments with hosted buyers.