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As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 19th of September, 2019, after the DoubleTree and Canopy hotels, this is the third Zagreb hotel operating under the Hilton brand in Zagreb, it boasts a four-star categorisation, with Zagreb City Hotels investing a massive 20 million euros into it. Although it only opened its doors this summer, the Hilton Garden Inn which opened on Radnička cesta (road) back in July is already full of guests, and Croatia's presidency of the EU Council already guarantees some good traffic for the first half of next year and beyond already, according to Josipa Jutt Ferlan,…

As Morski writes on the 19th of Seotember, 2019, following a meeting between Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Franković and representatives of the Global Council for Sustainable Tourism (GSTC) in Hamburg, it was agreed that this council should conduct a destination assessment for Dubrovnik, based on the criteria for sustainable tourism and destination management established by the United Nations (UN). The research and measurement will last for three months, after which the city administration and Dubrovnik's public will be presented with an expert evaluation of the activities to date and practical guidelines for improving the results in sustainable tourism. The sponsor of…

September 19, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Zadar and Split. Dutch low-cost airline Transavia has announced their 2020 flight schedule. Flights to Croatian destinations remain mostly with the same number of flights as this year, though the airline has chosen to boost operations to Zadar next year.  Namely, Avio Radar reports that the route between Rotterdam/The Hague and Zadar began operating this year from July with two flights a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Next year, this line will begin operations two months earlier, from April 18. In the…

September 18, 2019 - Authentic, innovative experiences are plentiful in Croatia, but it takes the right person to bring them to life. One of the stars of fabulous tourism content,  Iva Silla from Secret Zagreb, tells us a little more. Zagreb has really come alive, both as a city and a tourist destination in the last ten years. And while Advent in Zagreb has perhaps become the capital's most recognisable brand in recent years, there is plenty to see and do all year round.  One of the pioneers of Zagreb tourism is Iva Silla, whose Secret Zagreb agency did things…

ZAGREB, September 18, 2019 - Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said in parliament on Wednesday that the results of this year's tourism season and the year overall were excellent. Financially, we will reach last year's 12 billion euro and will have a 3-5% increase, he said during question time, adding that arrivals would be almost 5% higher than last year and nights by about 2%. In the first six months of the year, there was an increase of 6%, between 3 and 4% in the peak season and, judging by announcements, we expect a 3-4% increase for the remainder of the…

September 18, 2019 - Croatia Airlines, Croatia's national air carrier, and a Star Alliance member, celebrated its 30th anniversary in Zagreb T.portal reports that at the commemorative ceremony, held at the company's technical center at Zagreb Airport, was attended by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia and Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovic, senior political representatives, Star Alliance Executive Director Jeffrey Goh, international representatives of airlines and organizations, many business partners of the company from Croatia and abroad, and employees of the company headed by CEO Jasmin Bajic. Prime…

Dubrovnik has suffered at the hands of the cruise ship industry for several years now. As the environment is threatened and the situation with these gigantic floating cities grows ever more problematic, Dubrovnik made several promises to limit the number of cruise ships allowed to enter the Port of Dubrovnik (Gruž), but the complaints just kept rolling in regardless of that fact. Has TUI provided an answer to this burning issue, at least partially? As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 17th of September, 2019, the City of Dubrovnik, TUI Cruise and the Global Cruisers Association CLIA organised a tour…

Delnice is a quiet little town in Gorski Kotar, in the mountains near the sea, and full of surprises waiting to be shown to visitors. Jelena Holenko Pirc (Lynx and Fox) and the STEP RI Science and Technology Park at the University of Rijeka, have designed a new, creative tour called "Live the Story of Delnice". It was a part of the EU project ATLAS Interreg Italy - Croatia. The tour was created to reveal the valuable and diverse heritage of this town and the region of Gorski Kotar, both during the high tourist season in Croatia and outside of…

September 17, 2019 - The popular American Airlines service between Dubrovnik and Philadelphia will run until the end of October next year.  As many of you are already aware, American Airlines connected Croatia and the United States for the first time in 28 years this year. Namely, the Oneworld member began seasonal operations between Philadelphia and Dubrovnik from June 7, which will run until September 27, 2019. The American Airlines service operates using a 209-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with a capacity of 28 seats in business class and 181 seats in economy class, and Wi-Fi services are available throughout the entire…

Septemeber 17, 2019 - Could the Green Lake be the next ‘Red’ or ‘Blue’ lake of the Imotski area? Braco Cosic writes for Slobodna Dalmacija that the Green Lake in Ričice, located in the Proložac municipality, apart from its main purpose, which is to collect water for irrigation in the Imotski field, provides opportunities for additional exploitation. Due to its beauty, the environment in which it is located, and its underwater resources, it is suitable for investments that would give some new and valuable content to the fast-growing tourism in the whole Imotski region. However, it could also bring back…