Yet another business year is about end in Valamar. An extremely demanding year filled with many great challenges. One of the greatest ones was the successful implementation of our capital investment, i.e. building the largest congressional and spa hotel in Dubrovnik – the Valamar Lacroma Resort Hotel. The hotel was opened at the end of [...]
Monday, December 21, 2009
We would like to thank you for participation in the photo contest and all photos that you have sent. We are extremely pleased with the number and quality of the submitted photos and we will certainly use some of them in our future marketing activities. In accordance with the rules of photo contest, all guests [...]
Friday, December 18, 2009
Preparations for the New Year’s Eve party, a manifestation thanks to which Dubrovnik has been one of the most attractive world destinations in the past ten years, are underway. The traditional Christmas Fair was open for public in the Sponza Palace Atrium in the old heart of the town on 13 December. Traditional crafts and handicrafts [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Christmas! The most beautiful time of year. The air is filled with warm anticipation. A new candle is lit every Sunday and now and then a new Christmas decoration pops up reminding us that our favourite holiday is drawing near. The house gives out the scent of the first pastry delicacies (fritule - battered pastry) [...]
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Christmas and New Year holidays are right around the corner. St. Nicholas’ Day is behind us and I hope all of you that behaved nicely received a gift. I suppose now you are thinking about Christmas gifts for your dearest ones. My recommendation is to make something yourself; that is the most beautiful gift of [...]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Christmas is the most joyful Christian holiday with a long tradition in Istria. The customs here date way back to the ancient times: a specific type of pasta (posutice) and codfish (bakalar na bijelo) are eaten alongside a fireplace (Istrian ognjisce) on Christmas Eve. The entire family gathers around the lavishly prepared Christmas table after all [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
Dubrovnik hotel indoor tournament began on Saturday, on the 5 December and will take place for the next four weekends in the sports hall in Dubrovnik. 16 teams applied for the tournament, Valamar and the hotels Radisson Blu SAS, Importane Resort, Iberostar, Croatia, Bellevue, Park, Excelsior, Dubrovnik Palace, Plat, Libertas Rixos, Argentina, More, Hilton and [...]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Advent is the time of year when the believers prepare for Christmas, one the most important Christian holidays. According to the Bible, this is a period of four Sundays before Christmas which symbolize four thousand years that had passed from the creation of the world until the Coming of Jesus Christ. Christmas time is one [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Much could be written on the Istrian cuisine and its specialties, but I would like to suggest definitely trying all these specialties while visiting Rabac and Labin. Since it is Christmas time, we have decided to present the food characteristic for Labinstina region, namely, krafi from Labin. In a word, they are the royalty among [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Fort Revelin, Humanitarian concert, Dubrovnik symphony orchestra Rotary Club – Dubrovnik, 15 December, 8 pm. Marin Drzic Theatre, Ballet divertissement, Dance Studio Lazareti, 17 December 7.30 pm. Marin Drzic Theatre, Vanca Kljakovic The testament, Director: Ivan Leo Lemo, 18 - 19 December. Marin Drzic Theatre, Maestral vocal group & friends, 21 December 7.30 pm. Revelin Fort, Christmas gala concert, [...]
Monday, December 7, 2009
If you are coming down with the Christmas fever and would like to spend Christmas at the seaside, we invite you to spend the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Porec. As a prelude to the festivities, the band Novi fosili will perform live at a concert for the good old times at the [...]
Friday, December 4, 2009
Welcoming the New Year’s Eve on Stradun is one of the most magnificent events one can experience in the town of Dubrovnik. The large covered stage, the light effects which make the surrounding monuments shine like they are magical, the lights flowing down the bell tower and spreading across Stradun at midnight; all of this [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Christmas time and giving presents is right around the corner. First and foremost give your leather boots a good cleaning and let them be as high as possible since St. Nicholas is coming! This year too the Culture Centre of the town of Krk will organize the programme of celebrating St. Nicholas Day from 5 [...]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Although December has just begun, I can rightfully say that the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are right around the corner. I have always loved this time of year; decorating the Christmas tree and exchanging gifts, Christmas carols, towns and their holiday decorations, smiling faces and most of all the comfort and warmth we feel [...]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
We thank all the guests for taking the time to fill in the questionnaires and the applications. The information you have provided us with in the questionnaire is very valuable to us and we hope that you will witness the improvements in our services already in 2010. In accordance with the prize competition rules, [...]
Marketing Specialist in Riviera Poreč Inc. Poreč is Nives’s birthplace, and she has longtime experience in tourism. She has been working at Riviera since 1996, and she writes about events and curiosities of her home town on Valamar blog…
Senior Associate in Marketing in Rabac Inc. On Valamar blog, she writes about subjects related to Rabac, the town she has private and business relations to, and also the town where she acquired her first experiences related to tourism as a high-school girl.
Marketing officer at company Dubrovnik-Babin kuk Inc. Nike is from Dubrovnik, she speaks three languages, and she started her carrier at hospitality desk in Valamar Dubrovnik President Hotel. Naturally, on Valamar blog, she writes about things related to her town Dubrovnik.
Lorena, a sales and marketing officer at Zlatni otok Inc., was born in a small town of Smokvica near Novi Vinodolski and she is 27. With this blog, she will regularly inform us about interesting things and events on the “golden island” (zlatni otok) of Krk.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009