ABOUT
THE COMPANY
History & back ground of A-DMC NIKAIA d.o.o. Travel Agency
We have set up the company in 2005 following several years of different experiences in tourism and event organization. A-DMC NIKAIA has gradually grown into a respected travel company providing a wide range of services with a professional, flexible and individual approach to customers’ needs.
Our competitive edge is personal touch combined with attention to details. The outcome satisfied and loyal clients.
Present Past & Future
In 2012 we have obtained the HALAL CERTIFICATE which makes us the FIRST AGENCY IN THE ADRIATIC REGION with the certificate and a specialist in tours tailored according to the needs of Muslim travelers.
The nature of business
A-DMC NIKAIA is active in the following fields:
Incoming: mainly from European, American, Latin American, Australian and Arabic market
As NIKAIA DMC & NIKAIA LUXURY SELECTION we are specialized in Slovenia & Croatia and EX-Yugoslavian countries.
For Series of groups we cover whole Europe.
A-DMC NIKAIA is active in the following fields:
- NIKAIA LUXURY SELECTION (Luxury Hotels, Luxury Private Villas, Lux Yachts & Lux Sailing Boats, Private Jet Services, VIP Cars, Gourmet Delights, Executive Protection)
- MEDICAL TREATMENTS TRAVEL & WELLNESS&SPA LUXURY
- CORPORATE Travel / MICE
- FIT Private Tours
- WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS
- Specialized Travel (Cultural tours, Architectural, Wine & Gourmet, Halal tours, Bird watching, Fishing, Heritage travel, Sporting events,..)
- Series of Groups – European tours
Outgoing / A LA CARTE PROGRAMS as Bhutan, Kenya, Myanmar, Australia, Latin America and other countries.
Good prices, detailed planning from the beginning, best hotels in the region, extra on site services etc..
THE TEAM
Small but efficient team of entrepreneurs with more than 20 years of different experiences
in tourism and events industry:
– organizing different scale events,
– coordinating protocol of meetings and events on international level,
– organizing international cultural festival,
– preparing different tours – all over Slovenia, Croatia, ex Yugoslavia, Europe and World, etc…
– and also guiding & inspectioning some of them …
Katja Pandel, owner/CEO
Katja Pandel, CEO – founder and owner of the company A-DMC NIKAIA
Katja holds a degree in geography and a professor of sociology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. Currently she is finishing a PhD in tourism at the prestigious Antonio de Nebrija University in Madrid. She has been a travel manager and a tourist guide all over Europe since 1994.
She headed the protocol coordination at the main event of Slovenia’s access to EU in Nova Gorica in April 2004. Next to that she was assisting the Head of Protocol at the European Handball Championship – the oficial draw for EURO 2004 Slovenia and was the assistant to the Project Manager for the promotion at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games – “Slovenia in Sydney” by Slovenian tourist board. In 2005 she joined a team of a recognized music festival in Slovenia and initially established a link between the festival and the tourism sphere. From 2006 to 2009 she was the festival’s Managing director. She gives lectures about the development of sustainable tourism and use of IT in the tourism branch.
Since the founding of the company she is deeply involved in the MICE and corporate travel – by organizing and executing all levels of MICE projects for different international partners and also by presenting Slovenia and Croatia on world’s biggest tourism fairs and travel business meetings.
Her language skills: beside Slovenian, fluent Croatian/Serbian, English and Spanish, intermediate Italian and German.