Surveys, Trends & Stats Internet Travel Purchases Continue Rapid Increase Home And Abroad by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Internet may account for one in every four travel purchases in the main generating markets within the next five years, according to a recent report issued by the World Tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Women Strongest Clients For Business Travel by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 The number of women that travel for professional reasons continue to increase and now reaches some 50% of total business travelers, compared with a meager 1% back in 1970, said … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Marine Development Profitable by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 The first phase of the bidding process for the privatization of the Alimos, Floisvos and Zea marinas conducted by the Hellenic Tourism Properties is completed. And some very powerful business … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Still No Master Plan For Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Greece can expect to see a 5- percent increase in tourist arrivals next year based on the double premise that the global economy recovers from the current uncertainty and the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Europe Still The World’s Convention Continent by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Congress and convention specialist, Wolfram D. Svoboda, the head of marketing at the International Congress Center Berlin, said he’s very optimistic on the future of congresses as people always will … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats WTO Chief Foresees Positive Tourism Growth by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 The global tourism industry is projected to grow by 1 to 1.5 percent this year, down from an original forecast of 3 percent, due principally to the global crisis brought … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Smaller Airlines Preferred By Travelers by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 It looks like the average flyer believes that the smaller airlines are safer than the big named companies. September’s passenger load factor figures were down for Greece’s largest airline, state-owned … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Online Travel Sites Continue To Increase Popularity by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Online travel website Expedia reported better than expected earnings for the first half of this year. In a press release announcing the earnings, Expedia CEO Richard Barton boasted that his … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Increase In Number Of British Tourists To Greece by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Tourist arrivals from the UK rose by 7 percent this year belying an initial projection of a 4 to 5 percent increase, the Hellenic Tourism Organization announced last month. The … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Tourism Knocked Down, But Not Out by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington last month dealt a terrible blow to the tourism industry, but officials of the World Tourism Organization predict that the industry will … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Terrorism Crisis Hits Greece’s Cruise Industry Hardest, For The Moment by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Greece’s cruise industry, because a significant portion of its business comes from North American customers, is in for a tough time. Along with this, the industry also has to deal … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Tourism Sector Good But Needs Improvement by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Domestic tourists, and some foreign visitors, are not happy with the services offered by Greek tourism enterprises. According to the General Federation for Consumer Protection in Greece (INKA), initial data … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Greece To Welcome 17 Million Tourists By 2020 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Greece’s tourism sector remains the country’s strongest economic leg, but according to the World Tourism Organization the sector will grow at a much slower rate in the next two decades … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Arrival Figures Remain Steady by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Greece’s tourism industry is expected to host about the same level of visitors as last year, but prospects regarding revenue are less certain. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Online Mergers Begin In Travel Sector by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 It looks as if the expected batch of mergers in the online travel sector has begun with the purchase of Expedia by USA Networks Inc. The Internet and TV cable … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Greek Hotels Look To International Management by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 With the recent agreement between the Chandris hotel group and the French hotel group Accor, whereby Accor takes over the management of the Chandris group, the Greek capital’s major hotels … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Tourism Institute Says Tourism Arrivals Will Drop This Year by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 Private sector tourism professionals say we are in for a bad year, but the government’s tourism organization insists that we’ll see another increase in arrivals this year. The end result … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Travel Agents Blame Government For Tourism Arrival Decrease by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 Because government employees can not do their job properly and because government is unable or unwilling to give the proper incentive or education to rectify the matter, Greece loses billions … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Kandor Report Outlines Greece’s Tourism Disadvantages by GTP editing team 1 December 2000 by GTP editing team 1 December 2000 A strong seasonal character, uneven geographical distribution, low per-capita spending of tourists and the absence of international hotel chains appear to be the disadvantages of the Greek tourism industry, according … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Tourism Best Bet For Job Creation by GTP editing team 1 December 2000 by GTP editing team 1 December 2000 The most recent study carried out by the Research Institute for Tourism urges government to take advantage of the many opportunities open in the tourism sector to create new jobs. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
