Professional EducationConference in Tourism,MICE and Hotel Industry

Belgrade, SerbiaOctober 11th-13th, 2013

Dear guests and participants

On behalf of the organizing team, we would like to thank you for participating at Professional Education Conference in Tourism, MICE and Hotel Industry - EIAT 2013. It is only fair to conclude that 6th EIAT Conference was a great success! Our sincere gratitude goes to all the participants, who shared their knowl-edge and our vision, and helped us create the leading Educational Tourism Event in South East Europe! We truly hope that EIAT has met your expecta-tions, as our overall goal was to deliver the tradition of excellence for the sixth time. We are looking forward to seeing you on EIAT 2014, or any future event, organized by Center for Tourism Re-search and Studies.

Six Years Advancing Together

EIAT 2008 EIAT 2009 EIAT 2010

EIAT 2011 EIAT 2012 EIAT 2013

Mr. igor Marjanović; Business Academy of Rijeka: On behalf of the Business Academy of Rijeka, I would like to thank you for organizing this great event. All students and participants were very satisfied as the conference was more than interesting. We are definitely coming next year again!

About EIAT

EIAT stands for Education and Industry Advancing Together, as it shares the vision of encouraging the collaboration be-tween academia, public and private sector and sends the message that only by recognizing each other strengths, we can ensure sustainable economic and social develop-ment. Since 2008 EIAT has become regionally recogniz-able brand that introduces global leaders in the tourism industry and address young and dynamic students from the region of the Western Balkans. Since 2009, EIAT has been supported by IMEX Frankfurt, the world’s largest trade fair in the domain of convention industry and MPI, the larg-est association in convention business, where globally re-nowned speakers and leaders of the MICE industry come highly recommended from IMEX. Since the beginning, EIAT has been recognized by the Government of Serbia, which has helped us deliver the excellence into this professional education event.

Six Years Advancing TogetherThis Year, EIAT had 2 Parallel Tracks:

EXECUTIVE TRACK

Professional education sessions wereTaylor made for Public sector decision makers, Private sector stakeholders, Hospitality representatives, Tourist organisations, Touroperators, Profes-sors and Teaching assistants.

GENERATION Y TRACK

Educational sessions, Taylor made for students, future leaders and best of the best from Generation Ys. Main focus was on leadreship, team work, tourism and hospitality management with professional advices from experts and industry leaders.

Mr. Anthony Hyde; Barbican Business Events: I thought that EIAT 2013 was truly a great conference. It was very well thought out and I had the opportunity to hear some interesting and Inspiring speakers, as well as make new contacts and meet some very highly regarded people. Everyone was incredibly friendly and welcoming and I very much look forward to returning next year.

Students Challenge

This year, the students have exceeded all our ex-pectations, showing us how intelligent, creative and professional they are.

All the participants were separated in teams, and given the project assignment, to invent a new tourist product for the following century. The goal was to be creative, innovative and to work as a team! We created the simulation with an assign-ment for each team, to „sell the product“ within 7 minutes presentation to four top managers, who are potentially interested in funding the product.

The board of judges has chosen the winning team of young leaders with the best project solution „WORLD WIZARD!“ Congratulations to you all!

Andrea Ožegović; University of Applied Sciences VERNIgor Šegota; Business School PAR, RijekaStipe Ražnjević; Karlovac University of Applied SciencesKatarina Halovanić; Karlovac University of Applied SciencesMatic Zupančić; Faculty of Tourism Studies TuristicaSantim Sodin; Faculty of Tourism Studies Turistica

Mrs. Angela Coan; Indigo Pearl Thailand: The EIAT conference exceeded my expectations. The speak-ers and topics were all very interesting, but I must say the students were the stars. I am so impressed with how professional and motivated Generation Y is!

EIAT 2013 Award of Excellence - World Wizard Team

14 Countries

25 International hotels

270 delegates

5 National Tourist Organizations

100 Students

5 Local Tourist Organizations

19 Speakers

15 Media Partners

23 Topics

10 Academia Partners

With many other Tourism Industry representatives or individual participants.

BULGARIA

GERMANY

ROMANIA

HUNGARY

UNITED KINGDOM

SERBIASLOVENIASWITZERLAND

SLOVAKIA

CROATIA

MACEDONIA

BOSNIAI HERCEGOVINA

MONTENEGRO

GREECE

EIAT 2013 Participants

Mr. Marko Ilić; Falkensteiner Hotel Belgrade: Thank you for inviting me and organizing such a great event. It was more than useful listening to the sessions and meeting many experts- speakers and other partici-pants.

EIAT 2013 Venue

Opening CeremonyYugoslav Film Archive

EIAT VIP DinnerGrand Casino Belgrade

Conference VenueHyatt Regency Belgrade

EIAT Official Accommodation for DelegatesIN hotel Belgrade

EIAT Dinner and PartyHotel PARK Belgrade

Mrs. Danijela Stanković; student: EIAT conference was very interesting, innova-tive and a great experience. I have learned many things, and met some great people as well.

EIAT 2013 was About ...Different people sharing the same vision

Working & networkingProfessional Education Sessions

Hyatt Regency Hyatt Regency

Meeting Experts and Professionals

EIAT 2013 was About ...

People & Networking

EIAT 2013 was About ...

Enjoying Traditional Food, Wine and Music

Hotel Park Belgrade Hotel Park BelgradGrand Casino

Discovering Belgrade and Serbia - Yugoslav Film Archive

EIAT 2013 was about ...

Inspiring Young Leaders

Generation Y Track Students Challenge

Mr. Predrag Obradović; Singidunum University: On behalf of the students and professors from Singidunum university, I would like to congratulate you for the excellent organization of EIAT conference. It was a honor and a pleasure, to be a part of such a successfull conference, full of positive energy and a great atmosphere.

EIAT 2013 Organizer & Partners

Destination Branding and Promotion

In order to accentuate Tourist Organisation contribution to the Destination branding and promotion, EIAT has assembled many National and local Tourist Organizations. We are proud to have the following organizations participating the conference:

Mrs. Agata Mikulova; Bratislava Tour-ist Board: EIAT conference was very fruitful for me! Thank you for the in-vitation and for professional organisa-tion of the conference. We are look-ing forward to our cooperation in the future.

It is only fair to conclude that 6th EIAT Conference was a great success! Our sincere gratitude goes to all the participants, who shared their knowledge and our vision, and helped us create the leading Educational Tourism Event in South East Europe!

To download presentations and see our on line follow up, please visit our web site: www.eiat-conference.org

To download conference photos in high resolution, please visit the following links:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e6xhz6yexaggqz3/J2vMg6YK_G

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hmxszwej55pspox/hzaOaCyB5-

Stay tuned for new updates and information about future events, organized by Center for Tourism Research and Studies. You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn EIAT profiles, or visit our web page www.ctrs-balkans.org

We are proud to announce the forthcoming EIAT 2014 in October at hotel Crowne Plaza, Belgrade.

Mark Your Calendars

Looking Forwardto Seeing You Next Year!