Investments Greece, Saudi Arabia Sign Major Tourism Development Agreement by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 A memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of tourism was signed between Greece and Saudi Arabia on 10 February in Riyadh. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
100% Hotel Show 2013 A New Exhibition Concept Comes To Life At “100% Hotel Show” by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 The organizers of the “100% Hotel Show,” the new exhibition addressed especially to hoteliers, promised innovation and that is exactly what they delivered, judging by the show’s main entrance, created … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news It’s Business As Usual For Earthquake-Stricken Kefalonia, Greece by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 It’s “business as usual” for Kefalonia, the Greek island that was rocked recently by two strong earthquakes, according to the president of the island’s hotel association, Spyros Galiatsatos. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece To Sign Tourism Pact With Saudi Arabia by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 Greece and Saudi Arabia will sign a major agreement to boost cooperation in the tourism sector, generate growth in tourist traffic and offer opportunities to the southern European nation to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Aegean Airlines Briefs Greek Travel Agents by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 Greek travel agents were informed on the strategic options and short and long term goals of Aegean Airlines at an information event held recently by the Hellenic Association of Travel … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Registration Open For The Mediterranean Yacht Show Nafplion 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 by GTP editing team 10 February 2014 The first Mediterranean Yacht Show organized by the Greek Yachting Association (GYA) will be held 3-7 May 2014 at Nafplion (Peloponnese), Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greek Tourism Minister Leaves For Saudi Arabia On Official Visit by GTP editing team 9 February 2014 by GTP editing team 9 February 2014 Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni departed for Saudi Arabia on Sunday, 9 February, under the country’s development plan for tourism that includes opening up Greece to new markets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture George Clooney Believes Greece Should Get Its Marbles Back by GTP editing team 9 February 2014 by GTP editing team 9 February 2014 Hollywood actor George Clooney recently expressed his opinion that the UK should “do the right thing” and return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
100% Hotel Show 2013 100% Hotel Show Launches To Give Greek Hoteliers What They Are Looking For by GTP editing team 8 February 2014 by GTP editing team 8 February 2014 100% Hotel Show, a new exhibition addressed especially to hoteliers, made its debut on Saturday 8 February at the Mediterranean Exhibition Center (MEC) in Paiania, East Attica. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Optimism Prevails At Greek Hotel Chamber’s 3rd General Assembly by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 “Last year proved that tourism is Greece’s main economic activity and main employment provider,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said during the chamber’s third general … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality PM Samaras Applauds Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras referred to Greek tourism as the first “steam engine” that was “put into gear” and began to pull the whole economy out of a painful … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality ITEP: Greek Tourism Made Spectacular Recovery Last Season by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 2013 was a year of a spectacular recovery for tourism in Greece, according to data on last year’s developments in global and Greek tourism . 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary 9th HORECA Expo Opens At Metropolitan Expo by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 by GTP editing team 7 February 2014 Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni inaugurated the 9th International Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Show HORECA at the Metropolitan Expo on Friday 7 February. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Summer 2014: Athens To Welcome 150 New Airline Routes by GTP editing team 6 February 2014 by GTP editing team 6 February 2014 2014 may be considered a “year of recovery” for Athens International Airport (AIA) in terms of passenger traffic since 150 new weekly flights are scheduled to connect the Greek capital … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greek Tour Guides Appeal To European Commission Against Tourism Ministry by GTP editing team 6 February 2014 by GTP editing team 6 February 2014 The Panhellenic Tourist Guide Federation has sent an appeal to the European Commission to urge the Greek Government to reconsider its policy towards the tourist guide profession and training. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Crete, Greece, Is The Theme Of Special Editorial By Aeroflot by GTP editing team 6 February 2014 by GTP editing team 6 February 2014 Aeroflot Premium, the luxury in-flight magazine of Aeroflot Airlines, published a special editorial in its January issue dedicated to the island of Crete. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
B2B events U.S. Travel Agents Discover Greece At Networking Event In Athens by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 The Hellenic American Chamber of Tourism (HACT) is re-establishing Greece’s appeal to the United States through a networking event in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel The Greek Way: SkyGreece To Launch Athens-New York Route As Of June 2014 by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 “The creation of the new airline SkyGreece was a reaction by us Greeks living abroad,” the carrier’s founder and chairman, Father Nicholas Alexandris, said on 4 February in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean, Olympic Air See Rise In International And Domestic Traffic by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air recorded a 12 percent increase in their combined air traffic in January 2014, parent company Aegean announced on 5 February. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Maroussi, Athens, On Its Way To Become An Exhibition Destination by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 by GTP editing team 5 February 2014 Greece’s national exhibition body TIF–Helexpo aims to make Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, its “exhibition hub” in Athens as part of a strategy to upgrade its overall exhibition presence … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
