Gordana Plamenac, the director of the National Tourism Organization of Serbia received prestigious IMEX Academy Award for Europe 2012 for her outstanding contribution to meeting industry. As Flackett explained: “She was an offspring of Putnik when she decided to spend her first working years learning about the meetings industry.”
Plamenac progressed over the years to become Managing Director of the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia and was instrumental in establishing the Serbian Convention Bureau. She remains a driving force at the Bureau where she staff appreciate the fact that she “always leads by example.”