We take challenges head-on and we create opportunities

WE ARE ACTIVE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

Giving a voice to members’ interests and drafting initiatives when decision of substantial impact for hotels, restaurants and tourism are prepared and implemented, as well as various documents and laws and regulations. To that end, the Chamber will foster on-going partnership co-operation with all competent bodies and institutions at all levels, in Slovenia and at the international level.
Economic and social dialogue in the matters connected with employment (industrial) relations within the industry.
Encouraging development and competitiveness of individual sectors of tourism and catering (keeping a close watch on and comparing economic trends, development and trends in Slovenia and around the world, preparation of estimates and forecasts, taking positions and monitoring development-related decisions).
The organisation of and participation in the provision of vocational education.
Provision of basic industry information and advice.
Organisation of specific education and conferences.
Promotion of the activities pursued by the Chamber and its members.
International participation with sister institutions in other countries and with sister international associations.
Assistance to members venturing into foreign markets.
Organisation of important tourist and catering professional gatherings.
Implementing tasks in relation to the public mandates (authorisations).

OUR PRIORITY OBJECTIVES ARE:

Efforts for delivering correct and good conditions for industry operations, tourism and catering (i.e. adequate regulations), with the aim to facilitate further development and competitiveness of the activities on the local, i.e. national and international market;
Efforts aimed at decreasing adverse effects of the global financial crisis on the results achieved by tourism and catering i.e. accommodation facilities and restaurants;
Preparation of the new collective agreement for the catering and tourism (hospitality) industry;
Efforts for recruiting and training human resources for the hotel and restaurant business.

SECTIONS, BOARDS, WORKING GROUPS:

Gaming Association
Association of Tourist Agencies of Slovenia – ZTAS
Board for Camping Sites
Section of hotel landladies
Cooks and confectioners society
Section of food and beverage managers - F&B managers
Section of wine experts – Sommeliers
The exam board for candidates taking the state exams for tourist guides
The commission for granting of the licences for tourist agencies
The negotiating group for bargaining with the representative trade union for the collective agreement for the catering and tourism industry
The working group for the organisation of GTZ – Catering and Tourism Convention (the biggest getting together of people working in hotels and restaurants in Slovenia with more than a 50-year tradition and more than 5,000 visitors)

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AREA:

EFCO – we are members of the European Federation of Camping Site Organisations
WACS – The World Association of Chefs Societies – membership of the global network of chefs associations
ECTAA – The European Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations – members are ZTAS

BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Every year for more than 56 years in a row the Association stages the largest professional or guild event in Slovenia – Catering and Tourism Convention – GTZ. The event attracts hundreds of exhibitors and competitors. The event goes on for three days and the venue changes so that exhibitors and visitors get a chance to be in different Slovenian tourist resort (e.g., Bled, Terme Olimia, Kranjska Gora, Portorož, Moravske Toplice, Maribor…). The convention is very popular and it attracts more than 5,000 visitors every year and offers a prime business opportunity for exhibitors from other countries eager to present themselves in the Slovenian market for catering equipment and services. Contact: Mr. Srečko Koklič, tel.: +386 1 58 98 226.