Kvarner finally welcomed the Skål International World Congress

Photo: Hotel Ambassador

Author  HrTurizam.hr

11. October 2022.

Today, the program of the World Congress of Skål International, which after 2005 is being held again in Croatia, in Kvarner and in Opatija and Rijeka, from October 13 to 18, was announced in the Salon of the City of Rijeka. 

The host of this prestigious tourist congress is Skål Club Kvarner, a member of Skål International, the largest international tourism organization, which unites directors and managers from all tourism sectors. 

Skål Klub Kvarner, which gathers more than 30 tourism managers in Kvarner, won the hosting of this prestigious congress in 2018 for hosting in 2020 under the slogan "Skål International World Congress in the European Capital of Culture", and after a postponement due to two pandemic years , Skål International's congress will be held "live" with the participation of around 400 participants, influential tourism managers, from more than 40 countries around the world. 

In addition to Skål Klub Kvarner, the hosts of the congress are the TZ of Kvarner, the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the cities and tourist boards of Rijeka and Opatija with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Croatian Tourist Board, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce - County Chamber of Rijeka and the TZ of the island of Krk.

"The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Opatija with graduate university students is included in the organization, since one of the goals of Skål International's activities is to attract tourism students and enable them to acquire the necessary qualifications through practice, said the president of Skål Club Kvarner and the Congress Organizing Committee Tamara Cerneka.

It is a great pleasure that after many years of lobbying and preparation of the congress, the members of Skål International have finally arrived in Kvarner, said the director of TZ Kvarner Irena Persic Zivadinov, thanking all co-hosts and stakeholders involved in the preparation of the congress.

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She reminded that the five-year work took place during an extremely difficult period for the global tourism sector, which was affected by the pandemic and war. "Despite this, we managed to attract around 400 participants from all continents of the world at this year's congress. Znthe desperation of this congress is all the greater since the participants are professionals from the tourism sector who are expected to close deals and bring guests to Kvarner in the future." states Peršić Živadinov.

"This is the world's biggest tourist event this year, and with it, Kvarner, that is, Rijeka and Opatija, become the center of the tourist world.", noted the president of Skål Hrvatska Nik Račić, and stated that more than 90% of the congress participants they are the first time in Croatia, which adds value to the promotion of the destination. "Already everyone is delighted with the beauty of the area and the hospitality of the hosts. This is a guarantee that the congress will result in the arrival of new guests from all over the world." Račić concluded.

After the Get-together retro welcome party in Opatija's Gervais Center on Thursday, October 13, the next day, on Friday, October 14, an opening ceremony was prepared for the participants of the congress and numerous Croatian dignitaries at the HNK "Ivana pl. Zajca" in Rijeka with the presentation of all participating countries and the awarding of Skål International awards in the "Sustainable Tourism Awards" contest. 

The working part of the congress with the Annual General Assembly of Skål International will be held on Saturday, October 15 at the "Royal" hotel in Opatija, and a whole series of meetings, business workshops and lectures for Skål International members will be held at the Ambasador hotel on Sunday, October 16. which is officially the central hotel of the congress. On the penultimate day of the congress, the President's gala dinner for the participants and guests of the congress will be held in the Crystal Hall of the Kvarner Hotel.

For the first time, Skål International's World Congress will also have a humanitarian dimension through the celebration of a global campaign to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer in October through the collection of donations for the Club of Women Treated for Breast Cancer "Novi Život" of the Opatija City Red Cross Society.

Author  HrTurizam.hr

11. October 2022.