Land Transportation Tour Bus Profession Opens, KTEL Bus Profession Stays Closed by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos sparked an angry reaction from tourism professionals recently when he signed a ministerial decision in November, which liberalized the tour bus profession so licenses … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Cabotage Said To Finally Be Lifted by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 The Development, Competitiveness and Shipping Ministry plans to table a law in Parliament soon and fully lift cabotage restrictions for non-European Union flag cruise ships, the Greek press said recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Hotel Chamber Blasts New Property Tax At First General Assembly by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 “We were considered a heavy industry until the State decided to proceed with the collection of property tax through electricity,” President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels Yiorgos Tsakiris said … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy SETE Releases “Must Do” List For Tourism-Related Ministers by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 President of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, appeared quite outspoken last month and received a round of applause from the audience on the first day of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Visa Centers To Open In Turkey by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis last month paved the way for the creation of visa centers in Antalya and Bodrum (Halicarnassus) so to facilitate the movement of tourists … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Get Discount On New Property Tax by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 The 35 percent of communal areas of hotels and lodges will be exempt from the new property tax, Economy Minister Evangelos Venizelos said recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Restaurant VAT Hike Causes Stir by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 by GTP editing team 1 October 2011 “The increase of the VAT on food catering services will not affect the taxation of all-inclusive tourism packages sold abroad,” Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said during a press conference in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hotel Chamber Lists Proposals For Athens Revamp by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels recently made a list of proposals aimed for the regeneration of the historic center of Athens after Government Vice President Theodoros Pagalos submitted the relevant … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Tour Bus Profession Set To Open by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 The provision of the draft law that regulates the liberalization of the tour bus profession so licenses could be easier obtained was voted in Parliament in early August. To the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Minister Wants To Abolish Greece-Turkey Visa Restrictions by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 by GTP editing team 1 September 2011 Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos recently spoke about the obstacles posed by the European Union in regards to the abolition of visa restrictions in travel to and from Turkey, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Tourism Residential Accommodation Policy Tabled by GTP editing team 1 August 2011 by GTP editing team 1 August 2011 Greek tourism will soon see new arrangements that include the establishment of the long awaited tourism residential accommodation, according to the Finance Ministry’s omnibus bill tabled in Parliament last month … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy VAT Hike Rumors On Restaurants Worry Professionals by GTP editing team 1 July 2011 by GTP editing team 1 July 2011 The possible increase of the VAT on restaurant services to the highest rate, at a time when tourism is trying to lead the Greek economy towards recovery, would seriously reduce … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greek Cruise Contract Considered Complex by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 The required three-year contract international cruise companies are required to sign with the Greek Government in order to homeport at a Greek port is a “written declaration of cooperation” that … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Minister Requests E.U. Help On Visa Issue by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 The Schengen treaty constrains Greek tourism and particularly Greece’s “soon to be” biggest markets such as Russia, China, India and Turkey, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos told the group … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greece To Make Visa Services Easier For Russians by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 The Greek Government has undertaken extensive initiatives to facilitate the arrival of Russian tourists to Greece and visitors from countries such as India and China, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy New Development Law Causes Criticism by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 The Greek Government’s support to new accommodation investments in Attica and Thessaloniki causes unfair competition at the expense of hotels that already exist, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels recently said … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greece In Trouble Over E.U. Travel Agent VAT Rules by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 Greece is among the eight Member States that were referred to the European Union’s Court of Justice for failing to properly implement E.U. VAT rules for travel agents, the European … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy GEPOET Objects To Opening Of Closed-Shop Professions by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 The Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET) recently wondered where exactly Greek tourism was headed as, according to press reports, travel agencies are assumed to be included in plans to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel E.U. Bans Olympic Air-Aegean Airlines Merger by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 The European Commission blocked a mega merger plan between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines last month on the grounds that a monopoly would be created in Greek air travel. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy New Year Brings Abolition Of Cabotage by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 “A new era begins for Greek tourism and cruise in our country with the arrival of 2011,” Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said last month after welcoming the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
