Surveys, Trends & Stats Attica Hotel Revenue Down in Jan-Sep 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 December 2009 Hotels in Attica saw their average hotel occupancy rates drop by 13.62 percent, 9.26 percent and 9.25 percent in five-, four- and three-star hotels respectively during the first nine months … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov New Government Merges Culture With Tourism by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 Following the parliamentary elections on 4 October that were marked by the victory of PASOK, new Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announced a new cabinet and the merging of existing … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats SETE Looks Ahead For Greek Tourism by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) recently announced that it is preparing the study “Greek Tourism headed for 2020,” which will include the strategy for building a new development … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Amadeus Announces New Initiatives by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 The new distribution platform “Content Inn by Amadeus” has come to Greece to fill the gap in customer demand for quick and easy access to hotel suppliers and other travel … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Airlines Sets The Record Straight by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 Aegean Airlines last month rejected allegations from Olympic Air that the launch of the Thessaloniki-Istanbul route on 9 September was a result of a secret agreement between the airlines, the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Thessaloniki Upset Over Olympic Route Cuts by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 The necessary route cuts to and from Athens were covered by alliances that Olympic Air secured with other airlines but a similar move was not made for Thessaloniki, which adds … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Air Takes Off by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 Olympic Air, the successor of former state-run carrier Olympic Airlines, made its first official flight to Thessaloniki on 1 October with an Airbus 320. The first route symbolically retraced the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Cabotage Abolition Monopolizes Tourism Forum by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 Greece could reap in some one billion euros annually; 14,000 new job positions would open; and the local economies of tourist areas would have a huge increase in income from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Renovated Hotels Survive Crisis by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 November 2009 The majority of hotels that modernized their operations and infrastructure and enhanced their overall presence in the domestic and international market held a strong position during the global economic crisis … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Cabotage Elimination Requested Once Again by Nikos Krinis 16 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 16 October 2009 The cabotage law that forbids foreign flag cruise ships to homeport in Greece has destroyed Greek cruise, the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, Yiorgos Gratsos, recently stressed. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel IATA: Uncertainty Prevails In Airline Industry by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last month released the international scheduled IATA, which showed a passenger demand decline of 2.9 percent compared with the same month in 2008 while … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Era Of Olympic Begins: Olympic Air by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 “Greece is high above,” was the slogan of Olympic Air’s press conference held last month in regards to the launch of operations of the new and privatized Olympic that replaces … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Agency Manager For Danae Airlines by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Danae Airlines, GSA for Korean Air since 1976, recently said goodbye to its agency manager, Katia Charokopou, due to retirement. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Conference To Focus On Economic Crisis At Philoxenia by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Professionals of the travel industry are getting ready for their “annual appointment” in Thessaloniki to meet up at the 25th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia at the end of this month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greek Ports Report Summer Traffic Drop by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Greek shipping recorded a small drop in passenger and freight traffic during the summer period when compared with the same period in 2008, the Ministry of Mercantile Marine, The Aegean … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Evia’s Ports Scheduled To Be Upgraded by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The 18.3-million euro upgrade projects of the port facilities of the Evia prefecture would have a very positive impact on transport, trade and tourism, the secretary general of Central Greece’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greece Tops Ship Purchases List by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Greek shipowners have invested more than $2.3 billion for the purchase of 118 ships for the January-August 2009 period and are considered the biggest spenders on ships in the world, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Elections Expected To Hurt Athens’ Tourism by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Any election period and political instability in general is negative for tourism, which in the center of Athens is up against a decrease of 20 percent or more in revenues, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hotels In Athens Get Some Space by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 The Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association announced last month that it has finally succeeded to obtain free space in front of the city’s hotels to facilitate the comfortable entrance and exit of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Tax Cheats Uncovered In Greek Tourism Sector by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2009 Many Greek tourism businesses were found guilty of tax cheating, according to the Finance Ministry’s special inspections service YPEE. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
