Hospitality Athens’ Hotels Close Due To High Crime And Rent by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 Crime in Athens’ city center continues to give the Greek capital the image of an unattractive destination although Athens has the potential to be featured among the most popular metropolitan … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Small Hotels Exempt From OAEE Insurance by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 Owners of small hotel units will be excused from the insurance obligation to the Self-Employed Workers’ Insurance Organization (OAEE), Alternate Labor and Social Insurance Minister Yiorgos Koutroumanis recently assured the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Athens’ Hotels See Improved Figures For October by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 Hotel occupancy in October 2010 may have dropped 4.4 percent, compared with the same month in 2009, but it was considered an improvement as in September 2010 the hotel room … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Greek Tourism Expected To Rise In 2011, Deputy Minister by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 The Greek government places great importance on the tourism sector as it can help the country survive the economic crisis, Deputy Tourism and Culture Minister George Nikitiadis told journalists during … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Interviews Travelport To Expand In Greek Market by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 The tourism sector in Greece may have saw rough times last year as a result of the global economic crisis but global distribution system (GDS) provider Travelport Greece says it … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Qatar Airways Celebrates Five Years In Greece by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 “Qatar Airways has made a worldwide phenomenal expansion and impressive growth in the Greek market as in only five years the airline grew from four flights to 14 flights per … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE VAT Reduction Keynote At Philoxenia 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The 26th Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition, held this year on 18-21 November at Helexpo in Thessaloniki, roughly hosted 500 exhibitors from Greece and 12 other countries (Egypt, Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greek Tourism’s New Identity Outlined At WTM by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 “Working in international travel and tourism at the moment is certainly no holiday for many of us,” World Travel Market’s Chairman Fiona Jeffery said during her opening speech at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Seaplanes To Make A Comeback by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Infrastructures, Transports and Networks Ministry announced last month its intention to establish waterways in Greece and attract seaplane companies to strengthen the transport of Greece’s border areas. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Air-Aegean Airlines Merger Hit Obstacles by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The European Commission will decide whether or not to approve the merger between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines on 12 January 2011, according to European Commissioner for Competition, Joaquin Almunia. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Low-Cost Airlines To Boost Activity In Greece by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Greek Government will cooperate with low-cost airlines and provide every possible facility on a business level, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said in a recent meeting with … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Thessaloniki To Be Launched As Cruise Destination by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 Thessaloniki is scheduled to be promoted as a cruise destination through a non-profit organization soon to be established by the city’s port authority, trade association and chamber of commerce and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Revamp Planned For Piraeus Port by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Piraeus Port Authority will proceed to a full upgrade of its services in 2011 in order for international cruise companies to respond in 2012 to the lifting of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greek Sea Cruise Passenger Boarding Fee Announced by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 “A new day is beginning for sea cruise and the country,” Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries Minister Yiannis Diamantidis said in reference to the lifting of cabotage restrictions for non-European … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Thomas Cook Upsets European Hoteliers by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has joined forces with hotel associations in Europe in a fight against UK-based holiday company Thomas Cook as it has imposed a unilateral five percent … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Report Reveals GNTO Tourism Scam by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The “Tourism for All” program failed to achieve the desired results in the effort to develop the country’s domestic tourism, according to the final report of the Inspectors-Controllers Body for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov 50 Greek Tourism Support Projects Announced by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 Four new projects for the development of Greek tourism, budgeted at 107 million euros, are underway, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis informed an audience last month at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy “Selective” VAT Cut To 6.5% Causes Mixed Reactions by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) last month welcomed the news of a reduction on the Value Added Tax for accommodation facilities but at the same time … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Athens’ Hotels See Low Revenue In 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 Athenian hoteliers saw a 6.7 percent drop in hotel occupancy this past September, along with a 9.2 percent decrease in the revenue per available room in five-, four- and three-star … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary Gastronomy Tourism Promoted At 42nd Xenia by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 The 42nd Xenia exhibition (26-29 November) will host the food event “Kalimera! with taste” at the Metropolitan Expo center at Athens International Airport. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
