Culture Smart!

IRINA BAN is a PR agent and consultant specializing in Croatia's hidden destinations, gastronomy, and wines. She has organized trips for journalists and photographers from such diverse publications as GEO, National Geographic, National Geographic Adventurer, Elle, Le Figaro Magazine, The Financial Times, The Guardian, CondeNast Traveller, The Independent, World Atlas of Wines, and Scotland on Sunday. She has contributed to Time Out Visitor's Guide to Croatia, Alistair Sawday's Special Places to Stay in Croatia, and the French travel guides Petit Fute and Hebergement Insolite. Beside travel and tourism, she is interested in cross-cultural projects. In 2004, together with the Croatian Embassy in Brussels, she helped to organize the photographic exhibition "Croatian Lighthouses" in the Berlaymont building, the first such event to be held by the European Executive. She lives and works in Zagreb.Ban, Irina is the author of 'Culture Smart!', published 2008 under ISBN 9781857334593 and ISBN 1857334590.