LASZLO PUCZKO, PhD MSc
Cofounder
htww.life
László has been working in the field of travel, hospitality, leisure, and health for 25+ years. László is an experienced engineer, strategist, mentor and trainer, and wellbeing intelligence expert. He has gained experience in private as well as in public sector environments. László is one of the very few people in the world who has been active in every aspect and domain of the health, wellbeing and travel spectrum, i.e. medical and wellness tourism, wellbeing and hospitality, spas and leisure experiences.
He is an economist and art & design manager, and holds master degrees, a PhD, and is a Certified Management Consultant. László has been lecturing and running tailor-made training and masterclasses in over 40 countries all around the world. He has been actively involved both in industry as well as academic arenas and authored numerous industry reports, specialist books and publications. He was the project lead on the path making report for UNWTO & ETC titled Exploring Health Tourism, as well as a pioneering study for Global Spa Summit titled Wellness Tourism and Medical Tourism: Where do spas fit?
László is a hot spring and wellness enthusiast and holds a Diploma in Forest Bathing!
He is Faculty Member of the Medical Wellness Association and Member of the FEMTEC’s Commission of Tourism & Health, Member of the Global Experts Network of IGCAT, and Research Associate at the Wellness Tourism Association.
IVAN STANKOVIĆ
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade in 1978 and completed his postgraduate studies in 2006 at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. “The Serbian advertising market in the period 1996-2006” is the topic of his doctoral dissertation. He has been in the advertising business since 1979. In 1990, together with Dragan Sakan, he founded the first multinational agency for Southeast Europe, Saatchi & Saatchi, first in Serbia, then in Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania. He is considered the originator of a new approach in working with clients in these countries, as well as the introduction of modern world experience in planning and using the media. For several years he was a lecturer at the Global School for top managers in advertising agencies (AMP) and a participant in numerous conferences around the world. In 2002, he founded his own communication group, which consists of the media agency Media S and the advertising agency Communis. Since 2010 – after forming a partnership with one of the largest communication group DDB – the agency operates as Communis DDB. His agencies are winners of numerous domestic and foreign awards for creative work, and he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 (UEPS).
He is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts and a professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade.
Since 2017, he has been the host of the show “Who am I to you and what am I to myself” on TV K1.
DEJAN PEJČINOVIĆ
General manager
Movenpick Fruške Terme
I started my career in 1991 at the Hyatt Regency Belgrade 5* hotel, and for more than 30 years I have only been involved in hotel management.
My international career from 1994-2003 was in Cyprus – Blue Island Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel 5* Limassol, and Le Meridian Hotel 5* Limassol.
In 2003, I returned to Serbia and started working at the Jolly Travel travel agency as a New Business Manager with the idea of expanding the range of activities. This was followed by the opening of Cigar shop & bar Julieta in 2003, the opening of Jolly travel 021 in Novi Sad in 2006-2007, the construction of Jolly Kop apartments on Kopaonik in 2007-2008. and as a crown, the construction of the Crystal Hotel in Belgrade in 2008-2010.
2011-2013 Kovilovo resort hotel President 5* Belgrade – organization of the European and World Archery Championships, the best shooting range in the world officially for 2011 and 2012, training camp of FK Crvena Zvezda, base of the men’s and women’s handball teams of Serbia, base of the men’s and women’s basketball teams , congress center 350 seats. – General Manager
Hotel Zira 2013-2018. – work organization, planning, management, analytics, cooperation with agencies, defining strategy, price policy, marketing activities, positioning, promotion and representation in associations, coordination and supervision of the complete operation, improvement of standards, maximization of profit and optimization of business. – General Manager
Mona hotel management and construction of the Mona Plaza hotel in Belgrade – 2018-2021 – complete pre-opening, construction and commissioning of the Mona Plaza hotel in Belgrade – CEO
From 2021. Resort Fruške Terme – General ManagerLast year, our largest facility, the Fruške terme hotel, received an offer to join the Premium brand Movenpick within the Accor group.
I am personally recognized by the professional public and I am the holder of the award “Leader of the Serbian hotel industry” by the Good Service Ambassador. I have been the vice president of the national association of hotels and restaurateurs HORES for many years.
In my business, I am guided by the philosophy that people are the most important success factor and that every problem has a solution, it only matters how much time and energy we invest in solving it.
We must always go one step further than expected – that’s the formula for success. Concentration on a certain segment and persistence in work must always lead to results.
Lea Stanković
Executive Director
Communis
Lea has 14 years of experience in advertising with a focus on digital channels. She has worked on campaigns for global and local clients, many of which have been recognized at festivals such as UEPS, Balcannes, SomoBorac, Sempl, Effie.
She has authored articles for Forbes.com, The Huffington Post and Media Marketing. Between 2013-2020 she was a regular columnist of the Slovenian Marketing Magazine. She was a mentor in AmCham’s Women in Tech programme.
Lea has a B.A. in History from University College London, an M.A. in European Business from ESCP-EAP. She gained a scholarship from IAA to complete an MBA at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership.
Maja Rakić
– Viši fizioterapeut.
– Manuelni terapeut
– Predstavnik & instruktor Emmett tehnike Modul 1 do 6 za SRB
Završene edukacije :
* Emmett Practitioner (12 Modula)
* Tom Bowen Tehnika (po Emmett Rossu)
* Emmett tehnique 4 Dogs
* Ergon IASTM tehnique advanced
* MFDC (Miofacial Decompressing)
* International Osteopathic Academy Serbia (OSTEAS)
2 god
* G. O. T. – General Osteopathic Treatment Pierre Vay D. O. – Barral institute