Surveys, Trends & Stats Greek Tourism Services Cause Complaints by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Consumer complaints in regards to tourism services amounted to 230 reports from 1 July-15 August compared to 184 complaints filed last year for the same period, the Consumers’ Protection Center … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats GNTO Doubles Inspections To Tourism Firms by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Inspections to tourism enterprises throughout Greece more than doubled this year by Greek National Tourism Organization representatives the Tourism Ministry said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Tax Cheats Uncovered In Greek Tourism Sector by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Many Greek tourism businesses were found guilty of tax cheating, according to the Finance Ministry’s special inspections service YPEE. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Conference To Focus On Economic Crisis At Philoxenia by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Professionals of the travel industry are getting ready for their “annual appointment” in Thessaloniki to meet up at the 25th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia at the end of this month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Evia’s Ports Scheduled To Be Upgraded by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The 18.3-million euro upgrade projects of the port facilities of the Evia prefecture would have a very positive impact on transport, trade and tourism, the secretary general of Central Greece’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greece Tops Ship Purchases List by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Greek shipowners have invested more than $2.3 billion for the purchase of 118 ships for the January-August 2009 period and are considered the biggest spenders on ships in the world, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens Not So Expensive After All by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Athens may not be among the most expensive cities in the world but it is a middle-ranking one, according to the recent study “Prices and Earnings-2009 edition” published by Swiss … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hotels In Athens Get Some Space by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association announced last month that it has finally succeeded to obtain free space in front of the city’s hotels to facilitate the comfortable entrance and exit of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Grevena Enters Guinness Book Of Records by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The Guinness Book of Records last month officially entered two fossil mastodon tusks found in Milia, Grevena at 5.02 metres in length and dating back three million years as the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Museum To Open by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The new tourism museum would add to tourism’s connection with culture and contribute to the awareness of tourism students, tourism business executives and tour operators, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos recently … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Agency Manager For Danae Airlines by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Danae Airlines, GSA for Korean Air since 1976, recently said goodbye to its agency manager, Katia Charokopou, due to retirement. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Qatar Airways Gives A Taste Of South African Culture by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Qatar Airways was the main sponsor of the South African gastronomy festival that took place last month in Athens-based Metropolitan hotel. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Greek Tourism Up Against “Cold” Winter by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Foreign arrivals at Greek airports fell nine percent year-on-year in August while the number of foreign visitors in Greece dropped 8.5 percent in the first eight months of the year, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens Center Ghetto Hits Hotel Bookings by Nikos Krinis 30 September 2009 by Nikos Krinis 30 September 2009 Drug dealing, public drug use, trafficking, muggings and clashes that involve illegal immigrants have degraded one end of the historic center of Athens-the Omonia Square area-to the extent that local … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Downtown Athens Awaits Stepped Up Law Enforcement by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2009 Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos called a meeting during the summer to focus on the issue of security in downtown Athens on the occasion of the peak tourist season. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Greek Tourism Industry Still Behind On ICT Use by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2009 New opportunities that will revolutionize the business profile of Greek tourism enterprises are rising through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), according to a recent study by the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Tourism Ministry Awards EDEN Greek Finalists by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2009 Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos honored the prefecture of Lesvos at an event in Athens after the island recently received the award for top sustainable tourism destination in Greece for 2009 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Arrivals Down, Jobs Lost by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 International arrivals to Greece were reduced close to 10 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2008, according to the Association of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings New Acropolis Museum Opens by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 The Greek claim for the return of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon marbles from the British Museum in London typified the official opening of the New Acropolis Museum on 20 June. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Revenue Decrease For Athens-Attica Hotels by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 The revenue of Athens-Attica hotels fell some 20 percent from last year’s January-May period as a result of a 16.6 percent drop in the average hotel occupancy rate and 5.1 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
