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THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOURISM BULGARIA - DREAM AREA
8 - 9 January 2004, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
Draft program
ATHENS 2004 - next door
| January 7, 2004 | |
| 13:00 - 18:00 | Registration, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Banquet Lobby |
| January 8, 2004 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Banquet Lobby |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Official Opening, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sredetz Ballroom Experience Bulgaria, Take a Zigzag!, cartoon, produced by Odisseia-In, Ltd. Welcoming address by: Lidia Shouleva, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Solomon Passi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Ruiz, Executive Director, European Travel Commission Bob Miller, Former Governor of Nevada State, USA, Conference Co-Organizer |
| 9:30 - 10:40 | Panel Session 1: Olympic Games - Pathway to Tourism Development Dimitar Hadzhinikolov, Deputy Minister of Economy Vasil Ivanov, Minister of Youth and Sports |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Nikolaos Dimadis, President, Greek National Tourism Organization Rok Klancnik, Director of Communications, WTO Jaime Ruiz, Executive Director, European Travel Commission |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 - 13:40 | Panel Session 2: Modern Infrastructure - A Necessity for Successful Tourism Development Nikolay Vassilev, Minister of Transport and Communications Colonel Petar Iliev, National Service Border Police, Ministry of Interior |
| 13.40 - 15:10 | Panel Session 3: Pre-Olympic Activities - Are We Ready to Get the Benefits Kosta Angelov, Bulgarian Olympic Committee Òsvetan Tonchev, Chairman, Bulgarian Tourism Chamber Thomas Tait, Former Nevada Minister of Tourism, USA, Conference Co-Organizer Nedialka Sandalska, Executive Director, Balkantourist |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:10 |
Rumen Mitov, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Anton Brachkov, District Governor, Blagoevgrad |
| 16:10 - 16:40 | Panel Session 4: Athens 2004 - Opportunities to Boost Sales in Tourism Donka Sokolova, President, BATA Post-Olympic Effects on the Bulgarian Tourism Rosica Manolova, Directorate of Analyses and Forecasts in Tourism |
| 17:00 | End of Day 1 - Closing remarks |
| 19:30 | Balkan Cuisine Evening, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Serdica Ballroom |
| January 9, 2004 | |
| 9:00 - 10:20 | Panel Session 5: Develop and Optimize Tourism Promotion and Marketing Kremena Nedyalkova, National Tourism Advertising and Information Agency Sofia Hotel Alliance, Presentation given by Friedrich Niemann, GM, Hilton Sofia, Josef Halbherr, GM, Kempinski Hotel Zografski and John Grieg, GM, Radisson SAS Grand Hotel Sofia Accelerating the Cycle of Development by building Bulgaria-the Brand-through People James Knight, Director of Business Development, Senior King Communications, UK The Online Business - Unlimited Opportunities for Tourism Chavdar Pulev, Executive Director, TIRS Ltd. |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 - 12:00 | Panel Session 6: Funding Tourism Enterprises EU Programmes and International Donors Boryana Pencheva, EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance Prof. Todor Krastev, Chairman, International Council on Monuments and Sites Bulgarian Tourism Diversification - Strategies, Plans, Programs and Projects, Effects and Defects Petar Petrov, Chairman, Bulgarian Association for Eco and Rural Tourism |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 - 14:20 | Local Authority Support Dr. Rumen Rashev, Mayor, Veliko Tarnovo Municipality Angel Toporchev,Mayor, Velingrad Municipality Polly Trifonova, Deputy District Governor, District Vidin Veselin Zlatev, Mayor, Shumen Municipality |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Private Sector Investments Anelia Dimitrova, Bulgarian American Credit Bank |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | Panel Session 7: Human Resources Development in the Tourism Industry Ass. Prof. Marin Neshkov, Deputy Rector, University of Economics, Varna Tania Dimitrova, HR Manager, Radisson SAS Grand Hotel Sofia Todor Radev, Rector, International College, Albena Ass. Prof. Maria Vodenska, Chair of Tourism, Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" Ass. Prof. Nikolina Popova, Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" Svetla Rakadzhiiska, University of Economics, Varna Lina Anastassova, Burgas Free University Vesselin Blagoev, International University |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Coffee Break |
| 16:40 - 18:20 | Panel Session 8: New Opportunities in Tourism Business Bulgaria One Way, movie, produced by Odisseia-In, Ltd. Sustainable Adventure, Eco and Rural Tourism in 2004 Lubomir Popyordanov, Chairman, Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism Wine Industry The region of Melnik, Andon Totev, Mayor, Sandanski Municipality Todoroff - the World of Wine and Art, Ivan Todoroff, Wine Cellar "Todoroff" Key Requirements in Establishing a Successful Eco and Rural Tourism Development - Case Studies/Best Practices Stoian Kapsazov, Kapsazovi kashti, Kovatchevitsa Bogdan Kabasonov, Tourism Information Center, Momchilovtsi Silvia Hinkova, RTA "Stara planina" Lilia Brezina, Information Center - Karlovo |
| 18:20 - 18:30 | End of day 2 Official Closing |
| 19:30 | Official Gala Dinner |