Recruitments Resignation Forces Hotel Sector Leadership Reshuffle by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 by GTP editing team 1 May 2011 The Greek tourism sector last month saw changes in the leaderships of the country’s key tourism organizations with Yiannis Retsos taking over the chairmanship of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Athens City Center Decline Hurts Tourism by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Research Institute for Tourism (ITEP) recently presented its latest study on the ghettoization of part of the historic center of Athens and its consequences on the economic life of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE 5th Summer Holidays Expo Next Month In Athens by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 “The organization of this year’s Summer Holidays Expo in Athens aims to play a catalytic role in strengthening the tourism industry and become a meeting point for the Greek family … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov GEPOET Calls For Independent Tourism Ministry by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The General Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET) last month called for tourism to gain full independence and be separated from the culture sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates GNTO Closes Offices Abroad, Restructures Services by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) offices abroad in their current form have increased costs and produced a poor outcome, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said last month … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Finance Ministry Rejects Loan To GNTO by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) said last month that chances of a revival of the Greek economy are decreasing since the Finance Ministry did not approve of a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece To Open More Visa Centers In Russia by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 Three more visa centers will open in Russia in the coming months to expand the widening of facilities for issuing visas to Greece that was launched last year, Culture and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Royal Caribbean Orders New Ship For 2014 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 Royal Caribbean Cruises recently signed an agreement with German shipyard Meyer Werft and ordered a brand new class of ships, dubbed “Project Sunshine,” according to the cruiseline’s representative in Greece … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Golden Coast Goes All Inclusive by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Golden Coast Hotel, situated close to the historic town of Marathon, Attica, and in very close distance to Nea Makri, announced last month that in 2012 it would operate … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary Hotel Chamber Explains “Greek Breakfast” Project by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 “The ‘Greek Breakfast’ project is an effort of great importance to improve the competitiveness of Greek hotels and for the promotion of Greek cuisine as a means for the development … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary First National Gastronomy Council Held In Greece by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 “The millions of tourists that visit Greece for a four-day stay each year will eat breakfast at least 60 million times during their stay and therefore gain knowledge of traditional … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Deadline Set For Kasteli Airport Tender by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry recently announced a second postponement in regards to the awarding of the tender for the construction and management of the new airport on Crete in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greek Airport Fees Scrapped For Next Nine Months by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 As of this month and until the end of the year all aircraft using Greek airports are exempt from paying landing, takeoff and stopover fees, according to an announcement last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Airlines Enhances Network by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 Aegean Airlines last month announced its principle growth targets for 2011 that include new destinations abroad, additional frequent flights to major existing destinations and direct connections of Greek regional destinations … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Air To Appeal Merger Rejection, Halts Routes by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 Olympic Air announced last month that together with Aegean Airlines it would appeal against the decision of the European Competition Commission that blocked their plans to merge. The commission had … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Thessaloniki Mayor Hopes To Attract Israeli Tourists by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 “The Jewish element played an important role in the city’s trade and culture and we must not forget that the leader of the socialists in Thessaloniki was Jewish,” Thessaloniki Mayor … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Doubts On Lifting Of Cabotage Restrictions by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Ministry of Maritime Affairs may hope to attract non-European Union flag cruise ships this summer, but cruise professionals have warned that the market may be lost even for 2012 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov GNTO Signs Deals To Promote Greece by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) last month signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Thessaloniki (TCCI) to attract domestic tourism and foreign arrivals … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Hotel Chamber Opens First Branch On Crete by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels established its first branch in Heraklio, Crete, last month and announced in a meeting that the establishment of other regional offices in key Greek tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Greek Hotel Performance In Fourth Quarter 2010 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 by GTP editing team 1 April 2011 Greek hotels continued to lose ground last year while international competition showed clear signs of growth, but Greek tourism’s declining trend saw signs of resistance, recent figures released by GBR … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
