Air Travel Aviation Chamber Sought To Tackle Problems by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 The establishment of an aviation chamber and the development of Greece’s general aviation to the benefit of areas where Greek regional airports are located are two issues that must be … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Summer Holidays Expo 2010 Attracts Thousands by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 by GTP editing team 1 June 2010 Some 20,000 visitors were informed of this year’s top Greek destinations at the fourth Summer Holidays Expo international exhibition, according to organizer Helexpo. The exhibition took place 22-25 April at … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE MITT 2010: Greece Tightens Ties With Russia by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2010 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2010 Greece will grant multiple-entry visas for six to 12 months and up to five years to Russian citizens, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos announced to the Russian press during … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greek Tourism Moves Ahead At 44th ITB by Nikos Krinis 1 April 2010 by Nikos Krinis 1 April 2010 Greece’s economic problems will not have an impact on German visits to the country this year, said Klaus Laepple, president of German Travel Association Deutschen ReiseVerbands (DRV), during the opening … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE IMIC 2010 Touches Important Tourism Issues by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 Advice to create proposals that sell, branding in the economic downturn, key issues for the incentive and meeting industry and suggestions for an improved promotion of the Greek tourism product … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE 5th HO.RE.CA. Attracts Thousands by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 This year’s HO.RE.CA. proved wrong all negative forecasts that saw a “frightened attitude of the tourism sector against the escalating economic crisis,” according to Forum, the organizing company of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE ITB Berlin 2010 Ready To Open by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade show, on 10-14 March will await the whole variety of the international travel sector on the fairgrounds of Messe Berlin: destinations, tour operators, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE DRATTE To Hold Hospitality Management Conference by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 by GTP editing team 1 March 2010 A range of issues that relate to the management of tourism and hospitality enterprises will be discussed at the “2nd International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Management” organized by the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE IMIC 2010 Kicks Off This Month by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 The 6th convention of the International Meetings and Incentives Conference (IMIC) series will once again bring together top tourism industry professionals to offer new ideas, increase expertise and offer tips … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE HAPCO To Hold 6th Panhellenic Congress In March by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 by GTP editing team 1 February 2010 Following the success of last year’s congress in Thessaloniki for professional and conference tourism, the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO) has announced the 6th Panhellenic Congress and Workshops … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE SETE Analyzes Greek Tourism And Economy by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 Next year will not be an easy year as the recuperation from the global economic crisis may possibly be sluggish, said the UNWTO’s Secretary General Taleb Rifai on the first … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Philoxenia 2009 Hangs On Strong by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 The 25th Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition, held together with the hotel furnishing exhibition Hotelia, saw trade visitors increase this year by some 28 percent compared to last year’s exhibition as … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Outlines Tourism Targets At WTM ’09 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 Travel and tourism, as an industry, has faced pandemics, natural disasters, escalating fuel prices and 9/11 but one of the World Travel Market’s greatest strengths is its ability to mirror … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Cabotage Abolition Monopolizes Tourism Forum by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 Greece could reap in some one billion euros annually; 14,000 new job positions would open; and the local economies of tourist areas would have a huge increase in income from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Conference To Focus On Economic Crisis At Philoxenia by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Professionals of the travel industry are getting ready for their “annual appointment” in Thessaloniki to meet up at the 25th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia at the end of this month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Conference Focuses On Diving Tourism by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2009 By 2010 two of the four planned diving parks in Greece will be established, announced Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos at the conference “Diving Tourism – Present and Future,” organized last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE SETE To Discuss Development Models Of Economy by GTP editing team 1 August 2009 by GTP editing team 1 August 2009 The effectiveness of the development models of the economy will be analyzed at the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ eighth annual Tourism and Development conference scheduled for 19-20 October. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Domestic Tourism Gains Ground by GTP editing team 1 July 2009 by GTP editing team 1 July 2009 The dynamics of domestic tourism to the benefit of Greek tourism businesses and the general public were highlighted at the third Summer Holidays Expo, held from 28 to 31 May … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens Surpasses London As A Convention Destination by GTP editing team 1 July 2009 by GTP editing team 1 July 2009 Athens moved up 10 places–from 25th to 15th– in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) global city ranking for 2008. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Travel Agencies Called To Join Forces by Nikos Krinis 1 July 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 July 2009 Proposed solutions and improvements on technical and substantive issues within the relations of tourism offices and airline companies were discussed recently in Athens at the “Air Services 2009” conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail