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This week, the Greek Travel Pages (GTP) introduces George Liakakos, the Head of Business Development at Greek tech company “Welcome Pickups”.

Ryanair has appointed Chiara Ravara as its new head of sales and marketing, promoting her from her previous role as senior sales and marketing manager.

Chris Theophilides will succeed Kyriakos Anastasiadis as the new CEO of Celestyal Cruises, the home-porting cruise operator in Greece, as of July 1.

Li Jianchun has resigned as Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Deputy CEO and will take up another position in Cosco Shipping.

Grace Hotels has appointed Yiorgos Peroutseas and George Vlachopoulos as the new general managers of the Grace Mykonos and Grace Santorini hotels respectively.

Travelport has announced changes in the leadership of its Agency Commerce teams in the Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The Grace Hotels group has appointed George Vlachopoulos as the general manager of the Grace Santorini hotel, located in Imerovigli on Santorini.

This week, the Greek Travel Pages (GTP) introduces Chara Georgiadou, the Industry Manager Greece, Cyprus, Turkey at hotel search engine trivago.

Electra Metropolis General Manager George Spyropoulos speaks to GTP Headlines about the newly-established hotel and the current tourism trends in Athens.

AccorHotels’ VP Leisure Sales Jean-Claude Balanos speaks to GTP in regards to the hotel group further developing in the Greek market.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization has appointed professional footballer Lionel Messi as UNWTO Ambassador for Responsible Tourism.

Nikolaos Mantamopoulos was elected as the president of the Macedonia-Thrace Hotel Managers Association for a three-year mandate.

Athens-based car rental company Avance Rent a Car has appointed Stavroula Spiliopoulou as the company’s new General Manager.

Sommet Education’s CEO, Benoit-Etienne Domenget, talks to GTP Headlines on hospitality trends, challenges for the industry and Greek “philoxenia”.

Vana Lazarakou has been appointed deputy general manager of NJV Athens Plaza, also retaining her role as sales and marketing manager.

Argo Travel Group has appointed Grigoris Papapetrou, an executive with a long experience in the travel market, as its business development director.

BW’s Neville Graham speaks to GTP in regards to the Best Western brand developing in the Greek market and also refers to key issues in hospitality.

Dimosthenis Leontis talks to GTP on his effort to help hoteliers through “Hotelising”, an independent service provider that focuses on revenue maximization.

Wyndham Hotel Group has appointed Dimitris Manikis to the role of president and managing director for Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa.

SETE President Yiannis Retsos is setting the bar high and moving beyond Greek borders to highlight the importance of Greek tourism.