Trade Associations - Gov HATTA Voices Concern For Coastal Shipping by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) appealed to the Greek government and relevant agencies last month to guarantee conditions for the rational operation of coastal shipping. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Gov’t Reshuffle Reinstalls Shipping Ministry by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Nearly a year after PASOK socialist party came into power Prime Minister George Papandreou reshuffled his government to speed up the economic revival of Greece, which had been on the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens’ Hotels Not Suitable For Special Olympic Athletes by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The exclusion of Athens city center hotels from suggested athlete accommodation would be a tombstone for Athens tourism, the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association stressed last month in a letter to Joanna … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Upset With TripAdvisor Website by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Occasional hotel reviews on the TripAdvisor website with unfavorable comments that do not correspond to reality have caused problems for Greek hoteliers, according to the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Athens Hotels Experience A Cruel Summer by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Tourism revenue in the Greek capital during August decreased by 14 percent following a 15 percent drop in July, Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos recently told Greek journalists. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Hotel Chamber Holds Media Briefing by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The new development law in reality excludes the modernization of low class hotels, which form the backbone of the hotel industry, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels Yiorgos Tsakiris … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Rumored VAT Hike Troubles Tourism Sector by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Greek tourism professionals unanimously agreed last month that a potential increase of the VAT rate on tourism services would be “disastrous” for the sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov PM Optimistic On Greek Tourism, Professionals Worried by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 “Greek tourism has been switched to autopilot and left unattended, something that was obvious at this year’s Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF)… We did not hear that Greece would carry out … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov GNTO Report Sent To Athens Prosecutor by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 “The case should be sent to Parliament if the prosecutor’s probe ends up apportioning blame to politicians,” Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Yiorgos Nikitiadis said in late July in regards … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greece and Israel Explore Closer Ties by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 Greek Prime Minister Yiorgos Papandreou and his visiting Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu agreed last month to form a joint committee to strengthen ties between the two countries. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greek Tourism Targeted By Foreign Media by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 Strikes and protests against government austerity measures, port and archaeological site blockades, air traffic controller’s mobilizations and the recent fuel shortage caused by a trucker strike made Greece the target … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Cabotage Abolition Draft Law Tabled In Parliament by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 The draft law for the lifting of cabotage restrictions, drawn up by the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping Ministry, was tabled in Parliament on 20 July and was pending since then … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Government Plans To Cleanup Athens Center by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 An action plan to combat the situation in the center of Athens that includes illegal immigrants, drug dealing and abuse, prostitution and the sale of counterfeit merchandise, is currently in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Overnights And Revenue Down At Athens-Attica Hotels by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 Athens suffered the biggest losses during the first seven months of the year in regards to the number of tourists visiting Greece, the latest figures released by the Association of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Hotel Staff Sole Beneficiaries Of OAED Programs by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 Travel agencies today are in a dire position and the Greek state has taken no measures to support them, the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) said recently … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hotel Chamber Objects To New Development Law by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 The draft bill on the new development law steers away from present tourism policy and from the established positions of the tourism industry, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news July Strikes Put Greek Tourism In Limbo by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 While Greece was already suffering a decline in visitor numbers, the tourism sector was tested in July with disruptions to flights and an ongoing strike by fuel-truck drivers that led … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Professional Yacht Sector Watches Bookings Sink by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 The professional yacht sector is experiencing perhaps its worst year as bookings for professional yachts with crew have dropped more than 80 percent this year compared to 2009, Antonis Steliatos, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov SETE In War Of Words by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 “The General Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants of Greece has nothing to do with tourism, it does not represent tourism businesses and is obviously uninformed in regards to the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov GNTO Cuts Costs To Control Budget Deficit by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 by GTP editing team 1 September 2010 The Greek National Tourism Organization’s expenditures in the first half of the year were cut by 55 percent to some 51 million euros compared with the same period last year, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
