Air Travel Qatar Airways Announces New International Routes by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 Qatar Airways announced further expansion of its rapidly growing international network with five new passenger routes, more cargo services and capacity increases to a number of destinations served direct from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AIA - Partner Airlines News Athens Airport Awards Airlines by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 Athens International Airport (AIA) recently awarded airlines that recorded the highest passenger development in 2011, during the 12th Airline Marketing Workshop organized by the airport at the Athens Concert Hall. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greece’s Archaeological Sites Get Single Brand Identity by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 A single brand identity, titled “Monuments and Museums of Greece” and a logo, common for all museums and monuments of Greece, was publicized last month by the Culture and Tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Thessaloniki Is Next Stop For Online Tourism Roadshow by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The E-Tourism Seminar Roadshow has announced the city of Thessaloniki as its next stop in a series of practical, affordable and world-class online tourism seminars for Greek tourism professionals. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ACB Presents New Strategy For Conference Tourism by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The Athens Development and Destination Management Agency recently presented the Athens Convention Bureau’s (ACB) new action plan and membership package for 2012-2013 and invited Greek enterprises involved directly or indirectly … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens To Welcome Leading German Tour Operators Next Month by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 Germany’s leading travel industry media group FVW Mediengruppe will hold its annual workshop in Athens next month and give Greek hoteliers the opportunity to discuss strategies to strengthen the tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Should Leave The Euro, Top German Economist by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 “Greece does not have tourism… It is very expensive… Greece gains nothing from staying in the Euro,” were just some of the comments made by leading economist and president of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greek Shipping At Center Stage In June by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 “Posidonia will highlight the contribution the Greek shipping industry makes to Greece’s economy, which, in these challenging times, is now more important than ever,” Themistocles Vokos, Chairman of Posidonia Fairs … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Shipping Expected To Bypass Drawbacks Next Year by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The oversupply of capacity, the large number of ships under construction, the decline in traffic and the significant decrease of banks funding shipping activities will be just some of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE ITB Berlin 2012 Branded A Success by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 Over 2,200 more trade visitors than last year and an outstanding climate for business was among the positive conclusions made at this year’s ITB. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE German Tourists Encouraged To Holiday In Greece At ITB 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The Greek tourism leadership was up against a complex task at the 46th ITB Berlin travel trade show last month while restoring Greece’s reputation as a top and safe destination. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hotel Chamber Proposes To Run Subsidized Tourism Holiday Programs by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security that aims to modernize the subsidized social tourism holiday programs—that secure domestic … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy UNWTO To Advance Common Agenda On Visa by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, last month called on the tourism sector to unite around the issue of travel facilitation as a means to stimulate demand and, as a result, create … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats SETE On 2012 Tourism Targets by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 Greek tourism should not diverge from its target of keeping this year’s international arrivals above 16 million and revenue higher than 10 billion euros, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats UK Travel Federations Urge Greece To Save Its Image by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 Consumers in the UK are choosing alternative destinations for holiday this year as a result of the constant negative publicity focused on Greece (which consumers see as not just Athens … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Greece’s Tarnished Image Puts 2012 Tourism In Limbo by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 “There are many Germans who are afraid to come to Greece,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos informed Greece’s head of state President Carolos Papoulias last month after his visit … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Plans For Seaplanes Emerge Again by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 A joint ministerial decision with the Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Ministry to establish waterways in Greece (and this way attract seaplane companies to strengthen the transport of Greece’s border areas) … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Tour Buses Seek E.U. Help On KTEL Bus Monopoly by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 Greek tour bus owners recently filed a complaint to the European Commission against the monopoly of the KTEL intercity buses and accused the ministries of transport and tourism for overprotecting … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greece, Turkey To Deepen Cooperation by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis last month held a meeting with Izmir Chamber of Commerce chairman Ekrem Demirtas on the development of Greek-Turkish economic relations with a particular … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Professionals Slam Social Tourism Program Abolishment by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 by GTP editing team 1 March 2012 Greek tourism professionals were stunned last month when they were informed that the abolition of the Workers’ Housing Organization was included on an agreement of austerity measures demanded by Greece’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
