EDITORIAL BOARD

A Positive Region That Has Style

‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what

you‘re gonna get’, Forrest Gump said. I am lucky to

have had enough opportunities to taste some excellent

‘candies’ at the personal and professional levels of my

life. These have included meeting many great people.

The greatest happiness in my life is the opportunity to

be the father of two great boys and, more recently,

tiny daughters. In the field of my work, I have had

the opportunity to experience what it is like to be

the programme head of a radio station and what it

means to lead Dolní Vítkovice, which was a wonderful

and unique experience for more than ten years of

my life. And right now, as the head of the MoravianSilesian Tourism Regional Headquarters, I am enjoying

the inspiration, opportunities and challenges that

the Moravian-Silesian Region is full of in the field of

tourism. My membership on the editorial board of

the POSITIV Business & Style. magazine goes hand in

hand with this.

The topic of this issue is Industry, so it is impossible

not to mention one of the very successful projects of

the regional destination company Technotrasa. I am

convinced that the monuments on this ‚trail‘ focused

on industrial heritage are among the best that our

region has to offer. In addition, it makes me very happy

to see the connection of the regional product with

Dolní Vítkovice, which is—of course—my heart‘s desire.

My original profession was a builder. Technology

and architecture are therefore very close to me.

Professional meetings with people such as Mr. Světlík,

Jirka Michálek, the architect Josef Pleskot, Milan Šraml

and others were very beneficial for me in this regard.

I appreciate that I can choose from a range of tourist

opportunities that our region generously offers not

only as a visitor and fan of this region, but that together

with colleagues from Moravian-Silesian Tourism I can

also participate in the development and visibility

of local tourism. I want to build on the successes

of the agency, my colleagues and make full use of

the synergies with and cooperation of individual

destinations, attractions or event organizers not only

within the region.

When you ask me about my favourite places in the region, I will

definitely mention my native Opava first. Logically, I have to

mention Dolní Vítkovice and Landek Park on my list. However,

I like to return to Karlova Studánka or to the Kopřivná Mountain

Resort, alone and with my family as well. I will use the name

of another great Moravian-Silesian Tourism activity, called ‘We

have a world region’. It describes our region exactly. There is

always something new to discover.

The fact that the Moravian-Silesian Region is an

attractive place for tourists—and thus also for investors

and entrepreneurs operating not just in the field of

tourism—has been proven in recent years by the everincreasing number of visitors. We are doing everything

we can to get the number of visitors to the region—

which is attractive for holidays and makes a good

film and conference destination—growing again. And

I firmly believe that this magazine, which is—like the

Moravian-Silesian Region—positive and stylish, will have

its share in this.

Ing. Petr Koudela

Člen redakční rady / Member of Editorial Board

POSITIV Business & Style

Redakční rada / Editorial Board

POSITIV BUSIneSS & STYLe

Ing. Radúz Mácha, Sdružení pro rozvoj Moravskoslezského kraje z.s. – předseda rady, Ing. Ladislav Glogar,

Moravskoslezský automobilový klastr, z.s., Ing. arch. David Kotek, PROJEKTSTUDIO EUCZ, s.r.o.,

Marek Pokorný, PLATO Ostrava, příspěvková organizace, Ing. Petr Koudela, Moravian-Silesian Tourism,

s.r.o., Tomáš Šiřina, Dolní oblast VÍTKOVICE, z.s., Mgr. Petr Žižka, KLACR.cz, klastr cestovního ruchu,

Ing. Přemysl Soldán, CSc., IT Cluster, z.s., Mgr. Ivo Helebrant, 1st International School of Ostrava,

Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000, Mgr. Klára Janoušková, Moravskoslezský kraj, Zlata Holušová, Colours of

Ostrava, Ing. René Janosch, JANOSCH B&F s.r.o., Mgr. Radka Šušková, New Dimension, s.r.o., Ing. Aleš Vítek,

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