Event News Cyclades Come To Athens by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 The Cyclades Prefecture held a five-day exhibition last month at the Syntagma Square metro station in Athens and gave commuters a mini-vacation prior to the start of the summer tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News PM Announces Tourism Support Measures by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 The lifting of cabotage restrictions should take place immediately following a dialogue with all agencies involved until the end of May, Prime Minister Yiorgos Papandreou announced during the recent 18th … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Deputy Minister Calls E.U. Support On Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 1 May 2010 by GTP editing team 1 May 2010 Greece is experiencing the most painful effects of the economic crisis but tourism could offer a way out, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Angela Gerekou stressed last month at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Tourism Minister At NYT Travel Show by GTP editing team 1 April 2010 by GTP editing team 1 April 2010 Greece is up against a great crisis but is not hiding, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos assured during his visit to the 2010 New York Times Travel Show that … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News HATTA Calls For Year-Round Tourism by GTP editing team 1 April 2010 by GTP editing team 1 April 2010 The global economic crisis is not the only side to blame for the current situation of Greek tourism, Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) President Argyro Fili said … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens’ Benches Online Competition Launched by GTP editing team 1 April 2010 by GTP editing team 1 April 2010 The City of Athens and non-governmental network The World of Athens recently launched an international online competition, whose theme is Athens’ benches. The competition’s aim is to improve the quality … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ACB: Athens Is Ideal For Business And Pleasure by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 “The Athens Convention Bureau’s aim is to highlight Greece’s image in the convention market and soon see the country among the top ten conference markets worldwide,” said the bureau’s director … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Greek Spa Industry Lacks Trained Professionals by Nikos Krinis 1 March 2010 by Nikos Krinis 1 March 2010 Greece cannot be considered a luxury spa destination as Greek spas currently have no specific identification and hotels that promote themselves as spa resorts do not maintain proper standards, according … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards AIA Awards Airlines by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 Athens International Airport (AIA) awarded airlines that recorded the highest passenger development in 2009, a very challenging year for the global industry, during the 10th Airline Marketing Workshop held last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Monaco Introduced To Greek Market by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 Although the Greek market represents only one percent of the total number of international guests that reside an average of three nights in Monaco hotels, it is believed that many … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens Mayors Hold First Meeting In Greek Capital by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 The first meeting of the mayors of Athens, marks the beginning of one of the most appealing efforts of the organization World of Athens, said the organization’s President Tatiana Karapanagioti … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News U.S. And Canadian Travel Agents Invited To Greece by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 With an aim to increase Greek tourism, Royal Olympic Athens hotel and the Hellenic American Chamber of Tourism announced that they would host two familiarization trips (of nine days each) … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Greece At Harrods by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 At the start of the new decade Greece literally starred in Harrods in London, United Kingdom, at a time when some 3.5 million shoppers visited the department store during the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Minister Calls To Update Tourism Model by GTP editing team 1 January 2010 by GTP editing team 1 January 2010 Greece has a “tough” currency and increased labor costs while images recently released have been devastating for the country’s tourism: fires, terrorism attacks, prison escapes and battle scenes on the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Air Officially Takes Off by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 Marfin Investment Group will continue to place public interest above short-term business interests for as long as Greece is tested by the crisis, said the company’s President Andreas Vgenopoulos during … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News HATTA Celebrates World Tourism Day by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 This year HATTA celebrated World Tourism Day by honoring the most important cultural event of the year for Greece: the opening of the new Acropolis Museum. On 28 September HATTA … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Amadeus Announces New Initiatives by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 The new distribution platform “Content Inn by Amadeus” has come to Greece to fill the gap in customer demand for quick and easy access to hotel suppliers and other travel … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Skyteam Celebrates Ninth Year At Astir Beach by Nikos Krinis 16 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 16 October 2009 SkyTeam, the global airline alliance that partners 10 members and three associate carriers, celebrated its ninth year with a beach party at Astir Beach in Vouliagmeni. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Athens Classic Marathon Expo 2009 by GTP editing team 1 October 2009 by GTP editing team 1 October 2009 The third Athens Classic Marathon Expo, which focuses on running, lifestyle, sports and tourism, health and fitness, is the perfect opportunity to promote Greece as a sports tourism destination, said … 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
