It was created on the initiative of the Slovenian economy and the Chamber of Commerce as a professional organisation for holding fairs and exhibitions. Over the past seven decades, the GR has developed into the leading event centre in Slovenia, hosting a variety of events from fairs and exhibitions, congresses, corporate gatherings to concerts, proms and other events.
With its state-of-the-art facilities, equipment for all types of events and a team committed to service excellence, it has become a popular location for organisers and participants alike. Most of the halls are protected as architectural heritage. In the same year, the 1 st Yugoslav Wine Exhibition was organised in Ljubljana, the forerunner of the International Wine Fair and the international evaluation of wine samples.
A milestone in congress activity was certainly the 7 th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in April in the Kupola Hall, which had been built for it. In its remembrance, a metre-high reinforced concrete obelisk was erected in the courtyard, the work of architects Marko Slajmer and Vladimir Braco Music.
International congresses, symposia and fairs in science, technology, medicine, electronics, culture and other fields followed. Until the construction of the Tivoli Hall , numerous world sports championships were held here. In , national television had its first studio at the GR, where the famous Frane Milcinski Jezek also performed.
This year has already seen the Alpe-Adria Tourism Fair and the largest fair organised by the GR, the Home Fair, a construction fair, which was attended by over 40, visitors. International congresses host more than 2, participants at a time and are usually accompanied by a rich exhibition. The most important congress event this year will certainly be the Ecsite conference, a gathering of experts in the field of popularising and communicating science, culture and projects related to sustainable development, research and technology.
