THE GREEN TOURISM GURU(FREE)

Situated at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, the Slovakian town of Poprad is home yo AquaCity- a luxury spa and leisure complex recently voted the world's greenest resort. By exploting the geothermla properties of a nearby underground lake, the resort is able to provide renewable energy for the whole area. Perhaps the only thing more remarkable than AquaCuty itself is the man behind it, Jan Telensky.

Initially, he trained as a locksmith, a job he excelled at, and tried to better himself by taking a series of evening classes, studying Maths, Russian, Physics and Biology.
In 1969, he moved to England.

At first, his lack of English presented numerous problems. Despite this, he was determined to succeed. During s string of menial jobs, he improved his linguistic skills and saved enough to buy a delicatessen. Tekensky then built the business up and eventually sold it on for 200.000 pounds.
The profit was ploughed into a new venture-property- and before too long, he had built up a substantial portfolio. He quickly became restless again, though, and took part-time job at a secretarial training institute.

He climbed the corporate ladder and became UK sales manager, before raising sufficient capital to set up a rival company. This was soon doing so well that in 1989 he put his former employers out of business, buying them for a sum of around 75000 pounds!

He then returned to his native country and established a plastic recycling business, whilst continuing to expand his operations both at home and abroad, Telensky now employs over 1500 people, with an annual turnover of 70 million pounds.

He married in 1998, and his wife, Alena, originated from Poprad! As a result, he came to love the area- and this led directly to his newest and most incredible venture!