Social Responsibility UNWTO Accessible Tourism Recommendations Approved by GTP editing team 17 September 2013 by GTP editing team 17 September 2013 The UNWTO recommendations on “Accessible Tourism for All” were recently approved and endorsed by the General Assembly. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Social Responsibility World Tourism Day 2013 To Focus On Water Preservation by GTP editing team 3 June 2013 by GTP editing team 3 June 2013 Centered on the theme “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future,” World Tourism Day 2013 will underline tourism’s responsibility and needed commitment to preserving the world’s vital water resources. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News The ALBA Social Responsibility Series – Inaugural Event by GTP editing team 12 March 2013 by GTP editing team 12 March 2013 ALBA Graduate Business School will hold an inaugural event for its series of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Events on 13 March 2013. Register today! 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives GNTO Launches Upcycling Project by GTP editing team 10 March 2013 by GTP editing team 10 March 2013 The Greek Tourism Ministry and the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) are rationally managing their available resources by creatively reusing unutilized promotional material of the GNTO, thus saving up to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Air France Recycles Uniforms For Car Insulation by GTP editing team 19 February 2013 by GTP editing team 19 February 2013 Air France recently launched a collection drive to gather old ground staff and crew uniforms at Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airports. The collected uniforms will then be recycled into … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Social Responsibility CarbonTour Project: Strategic Planning Towards Carbon Neutrality In Tourism by GTP editing team 11 December 2012 by GTP editing team 11 December 2012 Greek tourism professionals gained valuable insights yesterday, 10 December, on calculating their carbon footprint and reducing CO2 emissions, during the presentation of the CarbonTour project and software tool at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Chalkidiki To Tour Europe Via Green Tourism Campaign by GTP editing team 4 October 2012 by GTP editing team 4 October 2012 Chalkidiki will take part in the Greece Getting Greener (3G) promotional campaign designed for Greek hotels, accredited by the Green Key eco label program for 2012, and tour seven European … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Creta Maris Green Team Strikes Again by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 The Creta Maris Green Team—the environmental group of the Creta Maris Beach Resort—on 9 August helped clean up the beach area that starts from the hotel until the Agia Paraskevi … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Nana Beach Honered With Blue Flag & Green Key by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 Nana Beach all inclusive resort, located at Limenas Chersonissou on Crete, was honored recently for the 16th time with the eco-label blue flag distinction for its Drapanos Beach by the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Announcements Greek “Green” Hotels To Tour Europe This Fall by GTP editing team 1 July 2012 by GTP editing team 1 July 2012 Greek hotels, accredited by the “Green Key” program for 2012, will be presented to seven European countries this fall via a promotional campaign scheduled to run October 2012-April 2013. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Novotel Athenes Cleans Up Central Athens Park by GTP editing team 1 June 2012 by GTP editing team 1 June 2012 Novotel Athenes hotel in late April cleaned up the park located on the corner of Liosion and Michael Voda streets in central Athens and planted grass and 350 plants throughout … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Travel Agencies To Increase Competitive Advantage Via EOS CODE by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 “Tour operators and travel agencies need to modernize their way of operation and provide high quality services and specialized products in a responsible and professional manner,” Yiorgos Telonis, president of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Eco Friendly Hotels Get Rewarded by GTP editing team 21 July 2009 by GTP editing team 21 July 2009 The National Committee for the Green Key recognition has awarded all four of the P.A.P Corp. hotels (recently renovated Astoria in Thessaloniki, Alexander the Great Beach in Kryopigi, Agionissi Resort … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greek Blue Flag Beaches Announced by Nikos Krinis 1 July 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 July 2009 Greece this year was awarded blue flags for 425 beaches and eight marinas, according to a recent announcement by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature. Last year 430 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Social Responsibility TUI Hellas Protects the Environment by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 TUI Hellas announced it would tackle the global environmental threat through the implementation of a carbon-offset program to balance the emissions created by the tour operator’s privately owned tour buses. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Classical Hotels Apply Green Policies by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Daskalantonakis Group recently announced the application of Green initiatives—within the framework of its GreenPolicy—at its Classical Hotels chain. The group aims to co-produce electricity with the aid of natural gases … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Virgin Atlantic Conducts First Ever Biofuel Flight by GTP editing team 1 April 2008 by GTP editing team 1 April 2008 The first flight by a commercial airline to be powered partly by biofuel recently took place as a Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew between London Heathrow Airport and Amsterdam using … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives City of Athens Joins Battle Against Climate Change by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Mayor of Athens Nikitas Kaklamanis announced the Greek capital is now a member of C40 Cities. C40 is an international initiative comprised of 40 major cities that have joined forces … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Star Alliance Plants Olive Trees in Ancient Olympia by GTP editing team 1 January 2008 by GTP editing team 1 January 2008 Star Alliance recently took an initiative to plant some 3,000 Greek olive trees in the prefecture of Ancient Olympia. Representatives of nine of the 17 members of the Star Alliance … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Hellenic Seaways Honors National Environment Day by GTP editing team 1 July 2007 by GTP editing team 1 July 2007 Hellenic Seaways honored International Environment Day (5/6/07) with the organization of a beach clean up on the islands of Chios and Aegina. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
