Peter Vesenjak, Founder and Managing Director, Hosting d.o.o.o.

Peter Vesenjak, born 1966, has 30 years of intensive experience in all levels of tourism sector; management, consulting, operations and investment development in public and private sector in tourism and tourism related projects. Since the establishment of Hosting company in 1997, he is the founder and majority owner and managing director. Hosting company today is recognized group of companies in Slovenia and SEE with the most comprehensive offer for professional consultation, engineering, and development of investment projects and destinations in central and south-eastern Europe, specializing in the field of hospitality. Most of the experience is and reference is realated to health, spa and wellness tourism projects and cities and inland tourism development in the region.  His company Hosting d.o.o. also ownes and manages small boutique hotel Mitra, with 29 rooms and suites, wine cellar and spa area, in historical centre of the city of Ptuj in Slovenia.

Prior to his entrepreneurial career Peter Vesenjak was engaged for 3 years as a State secretary for tourism in the Government of Slovenia and prior to that for 5 years as Member of the Executive council of City of Ptuj responsible for tourism and trade and prior to that he was entrepreneur in tourism event management and highly graded tourist representative working with British tourists for once largest tour operator in ex-Yugoslavia, Yugotours London. Peter Vesenjak obtained a B.Sc. degree in Economics and completed the International specialization for management in transition at IEDC Bled and specialized international courses in tourism management and development in Italy, Austria and Spain. Peter Vesenjak’s key qualifications include strategic planning, development and management of operations of tourist companies, destinations, regions, countries and composed tourist products, investments and real estate projects in tourism and tourism related projects.