Initiatives Foreign Investors Plan on Three Billion Budget by GTP editing team 1 October 2006 by GTP editing team 1 October 2006 An association representing foreign investors has teamed up to deal with Greek government bureaucracy and convoluted regulations that both stall and dissuade investments in large tourism projects. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Another Successful Year for Clean Beach Campaign by GTP editing team 1 October 2006 by GTP editing team 1 October 2006 Once again this summer, from June through September, Forum magazine’s campaign “Beautiful Greece is a Clean Greece” gave bathers a chance to enjoy spotless and well-organized beaches. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon by GTP editing team 1 September 2006 by GTP editing team 1 September 2006 The Arab-Hellenic Chamber in cooperation with the Messinia Chamber organized a humanitarian aid effort to ease some of the suffering in war-torn Lebanon. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Sustainable Tourism Model Being Developed for the Mediterranean by GTP editing team 1 September 2006 by GTP editing team 1 September 2006 Greece is one of four partner countries, namely, Cyprus, Italy and Malta, involved in a program to develop a Mediterranean standard for sustainable tourism (MSST). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives World Heritage Sites Acquire Online Promotion by GTP editing team 1 December 2005 by GTP editing team 1 December 2005 Expedia, the world’s largest online travel agency, last month announced a partnership with the United Nations Foundation to promote travel to World Heritage sites. The move is part of Expedia’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museums and Sites to be Accessible to People with Special Needs by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 A special inter-ministerial meeting on the Olympic Games last month reiterated promises to render Athens more compatible with the needs of physically disabled people ahead of next September’s Paralympics. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc A note by the publisher by Lefteris Theofanopoulos 1 February 2002 by Lefteris Theofanopoulos 1 February 2002 Two very different yet very unique members of the Greek travel trade are no longer with us. Last month, two of our most cherished members died of heart attacks. Our … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Full Speed Ahead For New Tourism Products by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 A theme park inspired by ancient Greek mythology opens in the Anavyssos area, south of Athens, in 2004 and by when all phases are fully completed, in 2006, the park … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives World Tourism Bodies Announce Joint Statement On Industry by GTP editing team 11 November 2001 by GTP editing team 11 November 2001 Leading travel and tourism industry associations from around the world have collaborated on a joint statement asking governments to work together in partnership to address concerns facing the global travel … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary Tourism Organization Offers Greek Cuisine Emblem For Restaurants by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 The Hellenic Tourism Organization now offers a special Greek cuisine emblem to any eating establishment that adheres to some very strict health, hygiene and quality standards. During a special event … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news New Golf Course For Crete by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 Work has started on what is proposed to be the biggest and most modern golf course in Greece, the Crete Golf Club. The 18-hole course of 6,400 yards (720 stremma), … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc Greece And The Travel Industry Loses A Man Of Ideals by GTP editing team 21 September 2000 by GTP editing team 21 September 2000 On September 19, Greece’s travel trade professionals paid their last respects to one of the industry’s most well-known and well-liked travel and tourism pioneers, Dinos Arvanitis. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives New Strategy Plan for Tourism Sector by GTP editing team 1 June 2000 by GTP editing team 1 June 2000 At a recent press call, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said his ministry was, preparing an “Olympic tourism package” that will address several areas of the industry, including existing infrastructure and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary EOT Publishes “Ancient Flavors” by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 A few years back, some Greek gastronomists created the Center for the Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Greek Gastronomy. Today, one of the center’s most successful projects created is the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Greek Cuisine Again On German Rail Network by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 German commuters were wined and dined Greek-style on their country’s railways last month. Organizers hope the taste of Greece will tempt some of the commuters to spend their annual vacation … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
