“I Miss Communismâ€? by Ines Wurth and Mark Soper

Running time: about 70 minutes

My name is Ines Wurth and I am from Croatia.

It's not in Asia, but it is in Europe between east and west.
And it is a part of Yugoslavia. kind of.
And it is Communist. . . Well, kind of.

There are very few rules and regulations in communism. The freedom of an individual has no limits. The system provides basic needs and the foundation for any human being. Mother government owns everything. No need to be a grown up.

I miss Communism.
Kind of. Why? Because.

It all started four years ago. After a busy, hectic day, I mentioned to my boyfriend that I missed Communism and he passed Hagen Daaz Vanilla ice cream out of his nose.

East goes West; communism goes capitalism; atheism goes God. From Croatia to America and back, my story is about three generations of women who lived through three wars in a drama with intense comic moments that won't leave you untouched. It's what I was raised in, it's what I came to America to escape from, and it's what I ran back to.

I miss Communism.
It's about freedom of the spirit not the systems.
It's about a woman coming of age.
It's about religion.
It's about war.
It's about Oliver Twist.

http://imisscommunism.com/

Also, as you can see on the website I HAVE GREAT NEWS!!!

My theater in Edinburgh is affiliated with 59E59
Theaters in Manhattan, a very reputable theater in
NYC, on 59th and Park Av.
It's a brand new theater, amazingly designed by a
fellow Croatian, total coincidence, who won all kinds
of awards for the design of this building.
It looks pretty impressive I must admit.
You can go to their website if you're interested.
http://www.59e59.org/frameset.htm
or
http://www.primarystages.com/

They picked a few shows, mine being one, to have a run
in NY, as they call it, pre-Edinburgh.

I'm gonna be performing in NY for a week, from July
12-16th, in case you're there or you can tell friends
that live in NY.

I'm beyond excited. It's an amazing opportunity.

Thank you and have an amazing week.

Ines

www.imisscommunism.com 
818 760 2411
 

FREEDOM FROM DESPAIR SCREENINGS IN CANADA

"Freedom from Despair," the award-winning documentary film by Brenda Brkusic is playing in
Toronto, Hamilton, Oakville, and Mississauga
MAY 13-15, 2005 only

Please mark the following screenings on your calendar:

Friday, May 13 - Toronto

8 pm at Our Lady Queen of Croatia Parish
Address: 7 Croatia St, Toronto
guest: Brenda Brkusic

Saturday, May 14 - Hamilton

7 pm at Holy Cross Croatian Catholic Church
Address: 1883 King St E., Hamilton
guest: Brenda Brkusic

Sunday, May 15 - Oakville

1 pm at Croatian Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity
Address: 2110 Trafalgar Road, Oakville
guest: Brenda Brkusic

Sunday, May 15 - Mississauga

7 pm at the Rogers Theatre in the Living Arts Centre
(Beside Mississauga's Civic Centre and Square One Shopping Centre)
Address: 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga
guest: Brenda Brkusic
 

Seating is limited - please call Erica Zlomislic to reserve a seat for this event - 416.428.7703


A note from The Croatian National Association:
This highly acclaimed film is truly the story of all Croatians and the Croatian National Association (Udruga) is proud to sponsor the showing of this film with the generous support of volunteers. You will also be able to meet and speak to Brenda Brkusic in person. This is a fundraiser for Brenda to be able to continue promoting the film. If you think as highly of this film as we do your donation will be gratefully accepted after the screening. If you can not make it to the screening, please visit the film's website www.freedomfromdespair.com for more information on how to donate to the film. Please remember, if we support each other's events, not only will they be more profitable, they'll also be more fun! Zivili!!!

Milan Vukovic
President, Croatian National Association, Los Angeles


A note from Amnesty International:
Brenda Brkusic’s documentary is an example of sublime filmmaking that poignantly tells the story of one brave man and translates his experience into powerful and compelling statements about the human spirit, political agendas, and global responsibility. I would like personally thank Brenda for this film. I believe that those who see it will understand the tragedy that engulfed Croatia and the hope that exists today. Amnesty International commends Brenda for this filmic achievement and we hope that she continues to bring socially conscious films to the attention of audiences around the world."

Bonnie Abaunza
President of Artists for Amnesty International, Los Angeles

Hrvatsko Slovo Newspaper review of the film:
http://www.croatianworld.net/CROWNframes.htm?http://www.croatia.org/crown/oldphotos/4653.htm

Bay Area News review of the film:
http://www.croatianworld.net/CROWNframes.htm?http://www.croatia.org/crown/oldphotos/5091.htm
 

Nenad Bach - Video Press Kit 1990 - 2000

on Lijepa Nasa

http://www.lijepanasadomovinahrvatska.com/

video

www.lijepanasadomovinahrvatska.com/video05/nb.wmv

This week only

"The Roads Come Back to You" by Nenad Bach

with the band:

Garth Hudson (The Band)

Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead)

Graham Maybe (Joe Jackson)

Blue Adriatic from San Francisco

Gary Burke (Joe Jackson, Bob Dylan)

click on www.CroatianHistory.net

and turn on the speakers.
 

IMOTSKI -www.ModroJezero.org

http://www.modrojezero.org/
Modro Jezero pages are pages about Imotski nature, history, and culture. The
pages contain an extensive collection of high quality photographs and other
multimedia. Modro jezero is the central subject of the pages, but the other
natural beauties like Red Lake, Lokviccicci lekes, river Vrljika, and
Biokovo mountain are also well represented. Imotski town quarters are
presented in detail with numerous photographs and accompanied descriptions.
The history pages deal with Imotski county, Imotski town, and 1000 years old
Imotski fortress separately. There are also extensive collections of etno,
cultural, and sports pages as well as a multitude of interactive maps.

Modrojezero.org stranice su nastale kao skromni prilog o Imotskoj krajini na
engleskom govornom podruccju oko Thanksgiving praznika 2002-e. Iako ima
jako mnogo turisticckih informacija i mnosstvo, za web kvalitetnih
fotografija, stranice za sada visse tezze referentnoj svrsi da potaknu
detaljna istrazzivanja o prirodi i povjesti Imotskoga. Poccetkom 2004-e
objavljene je i kolekcija slika o Juzznoj Dalmaciji na pridruzzenim
stranicama dalmacija.modrojezero.org.

http://www.modrojezero.org/
Modro Jezero stranice obradjuju Imotsku prirodu, povjest i kulturu. Stranice
sadrĹže opseĹžnu kolekciju kvalitetnih fotografija, starih razglednica i mapa
o Imotskom i Imotskoj krajini. Od prirodnih ljepota Modro Jezero zauzima
centralno mjesto, ali su zastupljeni u dobroj mjeri Crveno jezero,
Lokvicciccka jezera, rijeka Vrljika i planina Biokovo. Grad Imotski je
obradjen po svojim ccetvrtima uz detaljne legende. Povijesne stranice
posebno obradjuju Imotski, tvrdjavu Topanu i Imotsku krajinu. Na webu se
nalaze mnogobrojne interaktivne mape, kao i etno, kulturne i povjesne
stranice. Stranice su uglavnom pisane na Engleskom.

Hrabri Raich
 

A Lunchtime Institution Set to Overstuff Its Last Po' Boy
 

By R. W. APPLE Jr.

Anthony and Gail Uglesich
Published: April 27, 2005
EW ORLEANS

SAM UGLESICH grew up among mariners and fishermen off the coast of Croatia on rocky Dugi Otok, whose name means "long island," surrounded by the azure waters of the Adriatic. Twice he set out for the United States. The first time, he jumped ship in New York, but was caught and sent home. The second time, he made his break in New Orleans, then as now a more permissive city, and got away with it.

Naturally enough, he opened a seafood restaurant in his adopted city, specializing in the local shrimp, soft-shell crabs, lake trout and oysters. The year was 1924, the place South Rampart Street; Louis Armstrong had played gigs a few doors away.

Three years later, he moved to a modest frame cottage on Baronne Street. There, as the neighborhood around them crumbled, he and his son, Anthony, along with Anthony's wife, Gail, gradually built a reputation of legendary proportions. Grander establishments like Galatoire's, Commander's Palace and Antoine's loomed larger in the guidebooks, but the exacting standards of little Uglesich's (pronounced YOU-gull-sitch's) - everything bracingly fresh from lake and gulf and bayou, nothing frozen or imported, and absolutely no shortcuts - generated greater buzz.

Without benefit of advertising, word of Uglesich's big, tan, glistening oysters, its sweet, plump crawfish balls, its searing shrimp Uggie and its overstuffed yet feather-light po' boys spread across the city and then across the country. It mattered not to most people that it took no credit cards and served neither dessert nor coffee.

Five days a week, 11 months a year, lines have formed outside the ramshackle building, which displays a sign from the long-defunct Jax Brewery in one window. On Good Friday this year, customers began arriving at 9 in the morning, even though the restaurant does not open for lunch, the only meal it serves, until 10:30. Soon there were more than 200 people in line, and the sun was setting as the last of the day's 400-odd clients were being served.

All this with just 10 tables inside and 6 on the sidewalk outside.

Soon Uglesich's will close forever, at least in its present form. Anthony and Gail Uglesich are exhausted, worn out by years of rising at 4:30 and working flat-out all day. Balding, bearlike, Mr. Uglesich, 66, told me he would shut the doors in mid-May, but he has renewed his liquor license, just in case he finds retirement miserable.

"I may go nuts," he said at the end of a particularly brutal day. "I doubt it, but I won't know until I try it. If I do climb the walls, I might try packaging our sauces for retail sale, or maybe do some catering - people are always offering me thousands of dollars to cook for their dinner parties - or reopen here for four days a week, with limited hours and a very limited menu, just appetizers. No more of this, though."

Mrs. Uglesich, 64, a petite woman whose regular customers call her Miss Gail, put the situation bluntly. "Our bodies are telling us we can't take it anymore," she said in the soft, liquid accent that marks her as a New Orleans native. "Anthony has missed only two days' work since we were married, and that was 41 years ago."

Neither of the Uglesiches' two children - Donna, 40, a businesswoman, and John, 35, author of "Uglesich's Restaurant Cookbook" (Pelican Publishing) - has shown any desire to take over the business. "It's too hard," Mrs. Uglesich said.

With many New Orleans restaurants, including some of the most famous ones, relying these days on frozen crawfish tails and frozen soft-shell crabs and on shrimp and crabmeat imported from Thailand or China, Uglesich's stands out more than ever.

"Look," Mr. Uglesich said, peering through wire-rimmed glasses, "90 percent of the shrimp eaten in this country is imported. Local crawfish costs me $7 a pound, compared with $2.50 imported. People in restaurants here know they can get away with things. But I'd pay $10 for Louisiana crawfish, if that's what it takes. Otherwise, what's going to happen to our local fishermen? When we're gone, I don't know."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/dining/27orle.html?ex=1115265600&en=eeb64c5c477c4919&ei=5070

CROATIAN RADIO TELEVISION - America

HRT-America
www.hrt-america.com

HRT-Australia
www.hrt-australia.com

PICTURE OF CROATIA is the North American television broadcast of Croatian Radio and Television, HRT (Hrvatska Radiotelevizija), the national public broadcaster of the Republic of Croatia. Picture of Croatia offers information on Croatian history, culture, and heritage as
well as news, sports and entertainment programs of interest to Croatians living abroad.

The channel consists of an 8-hour block of original programming broadcasted from 8pm to 4am ET (5pm to 1am PT) followed by two rebroadcasts of the initial 8-hours block.

Picture of Croatia offers American viewers the latest daily entertainment as broadcasted in Croatia, including a 30-minute news bulletin from TV DNEVNIK to keep you informed on the current events in Croatia and the world.

VOICE OF CROATIA is Picture of Croatia's full-time companion international radio channel, which replaces HR International. Voice of Croatia is specifically for the Croatian population living abroad. Focusing on social, economic and cultural issues, Voice of Croatia keeps
listeners informed about current events and culture events back home.

For more information, visit www.hrt.hr  or contact us at:

Experience the Croatia of today by subscribing to HRT's Picture of Croatia and Voice of Croatia - your direct link with Croatia - now available in North America as Pay TV.

For $15.99 US dollars a month, HRT's Picture of Croatia and Voice of Croatia comes directly to your home via satellite. All you need is a GlobeCast WorldTV satellite system, including a satellite dish, a satellite receiver and an authorized smartcard to decode the Television & Radio progam.

HRT - America Inc.
6708 Stoneybrooke Lane,
Alexandria, VA 22306
Tel: 1-703-768-2746 | E-mail: info@hrt-america.com

HRT
Prisavlje 3,
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
E-mail: satelitski_program@hrt.hr

HRT-America
www.hrt-america.com

HRT-Australia
www.hrt-australia.com
 

ATP TURNIR CROATIA OPEN UMAG
1990.- 2005.

www.croatiaopen.hr

Od 1990. godine, kao prvi nosioc turnira u srednjoj i Istočnoj Europi i prvi hrvatski turnir, Umag se nalazi na karti ATP-a, svjetske teniske organizacije koja pokriva sve kontinente.
U pripremi je ĹĄesnaesta izvedba ATP turnira Croatia Open Umag koji će se odrĹžati u Umagu u periodu od 25. do 31. srpnja 2005.g. sa ukupnim nagradnim fondom od 400.000 EUR. Već sada, nastup na turniru 2005.g. potvrdili su; Starace, Volandri, Ljubičić, Moya, Nadal,
Canas. Croatia Open jedini iz Hrvatske odnosno ĹĄire regije ovog dijela Europe pripada među 63 turnira u 32 zemlje svijeta iz vrhunskog muĹĄkog profesionalnog teniskog ciklusa poznatog u svijetu kao ATP. Njime je naĹĄa domovina uvrĹĄtena u “druĹĄtvo malo ali odabranoâ€? koje
predstavlja ekskluzivni i prestiĹžni sportski sustav, koji je četvrta sportska institucija u svijetu I vodeća u individualnim sportovima od kojih je tenis najpopularniji.
Teniski centar Stella Maris sagrađen je 1989/1990 da bi na hrvatskoj obali Mediterana započeo međunarodni turnir iz ciklusa ATP. U dosadaĹĄnjih petnaest uzastopnih godina Međunarodno prvenstvo Hrvatske u tenisu prolazilo je kroz stalan rast i razvoj te stasalo u događaj koji je ugledan i uvaĹžen u svjetskim razmjerima. Malo se turnira moĹže pohvaliti činjenicom da je od toliko igrača koji su sudjelovali čak njih petorica bilo broj 1 na prestiĹžnoj ATP listi najboljih: Thomas Muster, Magnus Norman, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moya i Marcello Rios.

Svjestan svojih prednosti na međunarodnoj sceni, prije svega jakog imagea jednog od najljepĹĄih malih turnira kojega igrači drĹže za svoje omiljeno mjesto, ali i neiskoriĹĄtenih ili nedovoljno iskoriĹĄtenih potencijala ovog događaja kao vrhunskog medijsko-marketinĹĄkog proizvoda Republike Hrvatske, ovogodiĹĄnji petnaesti po redu Croatia Open nastavio je ostvarenje koncepcije “Tournament of Excellenceâ€? započeto 2002.g. Oslonjen na dosadaĹĄnja iskustva i nedvojbene uspjehe, a posebno na tri iznimno vaĹžna i vrijedna priznanja “Award of Excellenceâ€? ( 1998.g., 2000.g.i 2001.g.) dodijeljena od svjetske teniske zajednice, turnir je postavio jasnu strukturu i odabrao pristup koji će razvijati
slijedećih godina s ciljem stasanja u viĹĄu klasu međunarodnih teniskih natjecanja. Potrebno je naglasiti da je 2001.godine na zavrĹĄnici 12. ATP turnira Croatia Open Umag taj događaj uveličala prisutnost predsjednika Republike Hrvatske, predsjednika Republike Slovenije i predsjednika Republike Kazakhstan, ĹĄto je potom na sastanku direktora ATP-a odrĹžanog u New Yorku krajem kolovoza te godine, gosp Mark Miles, predsjednik Uprave ATP-a, posebno istaknuo kao jedinstveni
događaj u povijesti ATP-a.

Croatia Open jedini je predmet poslovanja tvtke Istra – Golf d.o.o. u sklopu hotelsko – ugostiteljske tvrtke Istraturist d.d. Umag . SjediĹĄte joj je u Umagu u međunarodnom teniskom centru Stella Maris. “Istra Golfâ€?, a u daljnjem tekstu Croatia Open. Ovom prilikom vrijedno je istaknuti veliku pomoć sponzora bez koje bi bilo nemoguće upriličiti ovakav sportski događaj.

ProĹĄle godine Umag i Hrvatska obiljeĹžili su 15 godina turnira Croatia Open i 10 godina neponovljive sage o jednom tenisaču i jednom turniru – deseti uzastopni dolazak

Carlosa Moye na turnir u Umagu. Carlos Moya je, kao jedan od igrača TOP 10 na ATP ljestvici i četverostruki pobjednik Umaga (1996., 2001.,2002. i 2003. godine).
Unatoc pobjedi argentinca Guillerma Canasa, neprikosnoveni ÂŤkraljÂť Umaga ostaje Carlos Moya koji je pristupom pokazao da je provjereni prijatelj Hrvatske. Medu svojim prijateljima, suigracima i u medunarodnoj javnosti poznat je po svojoj posebnoj privrĹženosti umaĹĄkom turniru i Hrvatskoj. Jedan je od nekolicine ATP igraca koji su prepoznati kao “sportske i medijske licnostiâ€? te predvode
cjelokupni ATP kao cetvrtu sportsku organizaciju u svijetu. Priznanje ovom velikom igracu, a nadasve promicatelju Hrvatske proĹĄle je godine, predsjednik republike Hrvatske, gospodin Stjepan Mesic osobno urucio dana 21. srpnja u svom Uredu uz prisustvo Mark Milesa, CEO ATP, De Erice Gomez-Acebo, Sebastian, Veleposlanik Ĺ panjolske, Carlos Gomez, regionalni direktor Sol Melia Hrvatska d.o.o., Gordana Tomicic, predsjednica Uprave Istraturista d.d. I Slavka Rasbergera, direktor Croatia Open Umag. Osim tog priznanja, grad Umag, kao domacin turnira Croatia Open Umag nagraduje Carlosa Moyu za sve ove godine u kojima je dao veliki doprinos njegovoj
promidĹžbi. Sam turnir moĹžemo reći da je započeo tradicionalnom tiskovnom konferencijom 15. lipnja 2004.g. u hotelu “Operaâ€? u Zagrebu gdje je osim velikog odaziva sponzora i novinara, bila prisutna I potpredsjednica Vlade, gospođa Jadranka Kosor koja je tom prilikom pozdravivĹĄi sve prisutne potvrdila svoj dolazak u Umag. Pod pokroviteljstvom Ministrice Ministarstva obitelji, branitelja I međugeneracijske solidarnosti, gospođom Jadrankom Kosor te uz direktan prijenos HRT-a, kao uvod u ovogodiĹĄnji, jubilarni turnir , u petak, 16. srpnja na centralnom terenu ITC-a odrĹžan je humanitarni koncert pod nazivom “Najbolje od nasâ€?.Turnir je osim po igračima koji uvijek rado stiĹžu u Umag specifičan I po dolascima vrlo vaĹžnih gospodarstvenika I uglednika. Tako su i ove godine, osim predsjednika RH, gospodina Stjepana Mesića kao pokrovitelja turnira, među uvaĹženim i cijenjenim gostima turnir pratili guverner Narodne banke, gosp. Ĺ˝eljko Rohatinski, Ĺ˝upan istarski, gosp. Ivan Jakovčić, predsjednik Uprave Zagrebačke banke, gosp. Franjo Luković, predsjednik Uprave TDR-a, gospodin Ante Vlahović, predsjednik Uprave INA-e, gosp. Tomislav Dragičević, predsjednik Uprave Podravke, gosp. Darko Marinac i ostali.
 

O značaju turnira govori I činjenica o medijskoj zastupljenosti turnira. HRT je i proĹĄle godine direktno prenosio mečeve od ponedjeljka do nedjelje cca 22 sata . SluĹžbeni medijski pokrovitelj proĹĄlogodiĹĄnjeg turnira bio je Europapressholding na čelu s gospodinom Ninoslavom Pavićem. O interesu novinskih kuća za turnir govori činjenica da je na proĹĄlogodiĹĄnjem turniru prisustvovalo 40 hrvatskih, 14 slovenskih i 10 stranih redakcija sa zahtjevom za akreditiranje svojih novinara kako bi izvjeĹĄtavali o turniru. Ukupno je na turniru bilo 147 akreditiranih novinara. S RITV-om je 2004. godine potpisan ugovor gdje je jedna od njihovih obveza bila svakodnevno emitiranje emisije u kojoj su se
prikazivala zabavna događanja oko turnira. Internet stranice Turnira očitane su viĹĄe od 100 000 puta u periodu od 14 dana. Brojnim zanimljivim sadrĹžajima stranice su privukle posjetitelje kako iz Hrvatske tako iz cijelog svijeta. ZabiljeĹžen je i velik broj posjetitelja za vrijeme odrĹžavanja turnira (cca 60.000. posjetitelja)

Croatia Open okarakteriziralo je do sada 15 godina napornog i kvalitetnog rada te upornih godina nastojanja organizatora, teniskih djelatnika Hrvatske i turističkih djelatnika Istre da pokaĹžu ljepotu Hrvatske svijetu i nagli rast njene ekonomije jer sport i turizam a u ovom konkretnom slučaju Umag, tenis i turizam, neĹĄto ĹĄto ide ruku pod ruku te predstavljaju čvrste temelje za stvaranje turističke perspektive a znamo da je turizam jedna od najpropulzivnijih industrija sa direktnim utjecajem na gospodarstvo.

ISTRA - GOLF d.o.o.
Savudrijska cesta bb, p.p. 105, 52470 Umag, CROATIA
Phone (385) 52 741 704, Fax (385) 52 741 513

www.croatiaopen.hr
 

Istraturist - New Web Pages

www.istraturist.hr

Jedna od najvecih hotelijersko-turistickih kuca u Istri

Istraturist is a company with a forty years tradition of tourism.

Op-ed

I have been guest at Sol Koralj Hotel last year, participating at the concert  "Najbolje od Nas"  - Toni Cetinski and Friends. From food, to hospitality everyone at the hotel passed the test of the tourist from the west. I wholeheartedly recommend your staying at those hotels, especially if you are visiting during Croatia Open, because it is just few minutes walk as they say Lungomare. Boardwalk near the blue Adriatic sea.

Nenad Bach

ABOUT US
Dear Visitors

Welcome to Istraturist Umag d.d. website!

Istraturist  is a company with a forty years tradition of tourism. Our basic activities are providing accommodation and catering services in hotels, tourist settlements and campgrounds. We would also like to emphasize our participation in organizing the International Tennis Tournament, ATP Croatia Open Umag for the past 15 years.

All our facilities are located on the northwest coast of the Istrian Peninsula, in the are of the towns of Umag and Buje, as well as the Brtonigla community. We own 7 hotels, 4 tourist settlements and 5 campgrounds, totaling 20,000 beds. According to 2004 data, Istraturist holds 10% of the total Istrian tourist market and 4% of the total Croatian tourist market.

Istraturist development strategy is directed towards systematic improvement of product quality according to the general vision of development of Istria into a prestige tourist destination. In accordance with this strategy, our investment politics are centered on the establishment of 3***star and 4**** star accommodation categories for our facilities. These investments will also highlight Istrian visual images and the overall image of each individual facility. In 2004, 42% of our hotel facilities were categorized as 4****star and 23% were categorized as 3***star accommodations.

According to our achieved category levels, we are implementing high international standards for our catering services. We have also developed educational programs as well as activities directed to the satisfaction of our employees.

The business strategy of our company is to provide our services in an environmental friendly atmosphere, which includes in all its segments protection of our natural environment, maintenance of local cultures, way of life and developing a friendly relationship with local communities. Management strives to achieve efficient and economical results for the benefit of owners and shareholders.

More information ABOUT US can be found throughout our website, so we invite you to
learn more…


VISION
Istraturist Umag, d.d. is a hotel catering Company which with its development potential aims to become a prestigious tourist company in the Mediterranean, carrying on restructuring and market repositioning.

DEVELOPMENTAL STRATEGY

Participation in regional development plans
Supporting public institutions in activities to achieve quality positioning for Istria in the tourist market
Directing investment politics towards improvement of accommodation categories of our own facilities to the level of 3***star and 4****star
Investments to be based on following of Istrian visual images and the image of each individual facility
To develop new tourist products which meet the interest and needs of guests, their activities, and emotional experiences in order to prolong the duration of the tourist season
To think and act ecologically, to maintain and protect natural resources, local culture and way of life
To continually apply the highest international standards of the catering industry services
To invest in educational programs and higher standards for employees.

HOTELS

So far, investments in hotels have enabled a variety of hotel offers. Therefore, Istraturist offers in 2004 a mixture of facilities with 42% of hotel accommodations categorized as 4****star and 23% categorized as 3***star.

Hotel Koralj****is our first 4****star hotel and belongs to a group of hotels with a long tradition. A specialty of this hotel is its maintenance of high quality gastronomic offers and sports facilities.

Katoro bb, 52470 Umag, Istra - Croatia
Tel: ++385 52 701 000, Fax: ++385 52 701 999
E-mail: sol.elite.koralj@istraturist.hr 

...Sol Koralj is above all renowned for its particular food offer dominated by delicacies and aromas of the Istrian region, recommended and prepared by the famous chef. It is located in the proximity of a valuable archaeological site - the Villa Tiola, to which it is linked through its wellness centre bearing the same name, which takes us to ancient times…

located amidst a pinewood and only 100 m from the beach
rooms and luxurious apartments with a sea view
buffet restaurant with show cooking and a rich offer of delicacies
tavern “Mediteranâ€? with international dishes and marvelous Istrian meals, wide range of wines
thematic Istrian gastro-nights, authentic meals, Istrian dances and
instruments
elegant aperitif bar
new Wellness Villa Tiola that will impress you with its atmosphere and take you back to the times of the ancient Romans (amber, sandal-wood, and ginger treatments, cupping, acupuncture, Thai, Shiatsu and Chi Nei Tsang massages, Reiki…)
an indoor swimming pool and 3 outdoor swimming pools with salt water, 2 of which are for children, fitness
for your business meetings, workshops and congresses there are 3 modern conference halls and wireless Internet
entertainment hall with light-show and bar
nearby valuable archaeological site
long, rocky beach with arranged plateaus, water-splash, buffet Koralj on the beach with grill and live music in the evening
sport and entertainment: near the hotel there is a trim path, 14 open air and 2 covered tennis courts with tennis school, water sports, mini golf, beach volley, table tennis, water splash, handball, football and basketball courts and riding centre; guests can take advantage of bike and roller-blades rental; entertainment is organized by the Sol Melia entertainment team which prepares day and evening entertainment for children and adults and offers a possibility of recreation in Activities Club and Mini Club
parking


Hotel Aurora**** is a 4****star hotel reconstructed in 2002, creating a warm and special ambience. Its traditional interior was renovated to blend itself with its beautiful natural environment. This hotel is perfect for those guests who want relaxation in a natural Mediterranean atmosphere.

Hotel Umag**** is a 4****star hotel designed as a hotel resort for year round operation. With its wide selection of offers, it satisfies the needs of the most demanding guests. A wellness program is available for those guests who are want to step away from the fast pace of life through active rest and relaxation in an oasis of Istrian ambiance.
The Meeting Center was opened in October of 2004, completing the hotel's offers and contributing to the operation of its facilities during the off season. Therefore, Hotel Umag aims to widen its services to those who enjoy combining business meetings with sports and relaxation activities.

Garden Istra Accommodation Complex*** – In the year 2004, the first phase of Garden Istra Accommodation Complex has been completed, while its final phase is planned for 2006. Apart from other accommodation facilities renovated in 2004, this complex will include Hotel Istra which is to be reconstructed by 2006, totaling 1,500 bed. The future Hotel Istra will be positioned on the market as a ''sports hotel'' offering sports, recreation, leisure adventures and water and entertainment theme parks.

Convention Hotel Adriatic – Its middle – long term investment plan includes complete reconstruction of the existing Hotel Adriatic into a high category Convention Hotel, meant for middle-sized meetings.

Hotel Sipar***
After a complete refurbishment hotel Sipar has obtained the 3 stars category. The goal of the Company is to have a total hotel offer which, beside the 4 stars hotels, will include 3 stars facilities of high quality that will satisfy the needs of a wide range of different target groups. Hotel Sipar has modern interior and amenities, and is meant for the whole-year operation.

ECOLOGY

We are actively involved in several development projects using method which are environmentally friendly. We pay special attention to the preservation of the environment and reasonable use of natural and energy resources.

Beach Development Projects
Beach development projects are carried on through a program called Plava Zastava (Blue Flag). These blue flags represent the high standard of cleanliness of our Istrian beaches. In 2004, seven Istraturist beaches were flying blue flags.

Savudrija
Polynesia
Katoro
Aurora
Laguna (Sol STella Maris) - The most beautiful Croatian beach in the year 2003.
Ladin Gaj

(The City of Umag also has the Blue Flag for ACI Marina Umag and the Green Flag for the elementary school V.C.Emina)

Landscape Architecture Projects
We are planning in detail the arrangement of green areas, enriching them with plants of local origin. We actively maintain our wooded areas. In 2004, in an area the size of 17 hectares, approximately 400 Pinus Pinea trees (Stone Pine) and olive trees were planted, while through ecological felling, the existing woods were treated.

Public Lighting Projects
We have installed environmental friendly public lighting only, which gives protection from light pollution and also preserves animal life and vegetation.

Water Protection Programs
are related to
• reduction of wastewater volume
• Installation of water flow control mechanisms
• Installation of water saving devices

Squirrel Protection Project
This project is being carried on in cooperation with Marija and Lina Elementary School in Umag, which for the past few years has had the status of an ''''EKO-school''''.

CONTACT

Istraturist Umag d.d.
Jadranska 66, 52470 Umag, Croatia

Tel: +385 (52) 719 000
Fax: +385 (52) 719 271

E-mail addresses:
info@istraturist.hr 
marketing@istraturist.hr
prodaja@istraturist.hr
financije@istraturist.hr
nabava@istraturist.hr
posao@istraturist.hr
informatika@istraturist.hr
investicije@istraturist.hr

Reservations:
Info telephone toll-free number:
800 33 00 22 (only for calls from Croatia)

Tel:
+385 (52) 71 91 00 (hotels&settlements)
+385 (52) 71 91 10 (hotels&settlements)
+385 (52) 71 91 22 (camping sites)
Fax: : +385 (52) 71 99 99
e-mail:
hotel@istraturist.hr
camping@istraturist.hr
crs@istraturist.hr

Srdacan pozdrav,

Jelena Simunovic
Odjel marketinga i prodaje
Istraturist Umag d.d.

Tel: +385 (52) 719 105
Fax: +385 (52) 719 380
e-mail: jelena.simunovic@istraturist.hr
www.istraturist.hr
 

ATP TURNIR CROATIA OPEN UMAG
1990.- 2005.

www.croatiaopen.hr

25th April 2005.
ATP CROATIA OPEN UMAG

The Tournament history
1990.- 2005.

For the past 15 years ATP Croatia Open Umag, has been known as one of the most intriguing tennis tournaments of ATP International series in Europe. The unique ÂŤshell shapeÂť of central stadium, location just on the beach, excellent combination of tourism, economy and sport Event, have been the trade marks of Umag, and Croatia itself. Great skill of tournament personal in finding a good combination of daily great matches and evening entertainment, are a magnet for numerous spectators, Croatian leading companies and world famous players. Not so many tournaments in this category can be praised with participation of players from clay tennis elite: Thomas Muster, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Rios, Carlos Moya, Alberto Berasategui, and newcomers such as Filippo Volandri and Rafael Nadal.
 

Winners :
’90 – G. Prpic       ’94 – A. Berasategui     ’98 – B. Ulihrach     ’02 – C. Moya
’91 – D. Poliakov  ’95 – T. Muster            ’99 – M. Norman     ’03 – C. Moya
’92 - T. Muster     ’96 – C. Moya             ’00 – M. Rios           ’04 – G. Canas
’93 – T. Muster     ’97- F. Mantilla           ’01 – C. Moya

Thomas Muster, 3 times winner of the Tournament, and Carlos Moya, 4 times winner of the Tournament, have been both awarded from the town and government institutions for great sport and political involvement in promoting Umag & Croatia.
As far as the Tournament awards, besides numerous national awards, the ATP community has honored the Tournament organization by presenting it the Award of excellence 3 times. 1998, 2000, 2001, each time acknowledging the growing improvements in organizing this type of event.

Sponsorship aspect
Since the Tournament beginnings in 1990, Croatia has passed many transformations, from socialism to democracy, trough war to liberty, not stopping the Event trough the whole time, making the Tournament the only international Event in the country during the war, proving its importance and value beyond everything.
Today, Croatian economy has reached a status of marketing expanding community, and presenting a company on the tournament in Umag has become an important step, almost a “mustâ€? for all mayor Croatian and European trademarks with importance in this region.
The sponsorship value has been acknowledged by many Croatian companies, covering the most important Croatian brands from paint producers to water, and international brands such as Pepsi, Toyota etc. Trough the 15 years the tournament has gathered a strong sponsor family, celebrating with many of them a constant 10 year old cooperation.
Various promotional opportunities, from visual exposure in tennis center and central court, to VIP sponsor village with daily presentations, have created many interesting details in capturing different promotional requests for each sponsor. Besides standard promotional packages / from 25.000 € to 100.000 € / tournament goal is to reach to all various sponsors challenging them with new promotional ideas and combinations.

Media coverage
Television coverage of the Event is a valuable asset of the sponsorship market. In 2004 edition, Croatian national television, HTV, covers the Event with cca 22 hours of direct broadcasting, reaching more than 400.000 viewers. Private national wide TV channels, NOVA TV and RTL, have reported about the tournament ( estimated value cca 500.00 Kn / cca 67.000 € ). Several international broadcast companies have transmitted few matches and the final match.

ISTRA - GOLF d.o.o.
Savudrijska cesta bb, p.p. 105, 52470 Umag, CROATIA
Phone (385) 52 741 704, Fax (385) 52 741 513

www.croatiaopen.hr

Op-ed

A special article about Director of the Croatia Open, Slavko Rasberger, and the Institution of Croatia Open will be published on CROWN soon. This is one of the Croatia's Brands worth paying attention to.

And if you love tennis, July 25 - 31 2005, be there in Umag and enjoy our Croatian hospitality and a beautiful nature, great hotels, sports and culture.

Nenad Bach