Company updates New Website For ETA by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 The Hellenic Tourism Development Company (ETA) recently launched its new modern website, which reflects its identity and is a handy tool for potential investors and visitors. The company’s new site … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Museum In The Works by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 The Association of Women in Tourism recently presented the planned Tourism Museum that is to open its doors to the public by next year. According to the association, the museum’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece’s New Media Campaign Presented by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos recently presented the new international advertising campaign of the Greek National Tourism Organization for 2009-2010. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Airlines Opens New Chapter by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 The transition period for Olympic Airlines should be completed by 30 September with the transfer of 100 percent of the three carrier’s units (flight operations, technical basis, ground handling) to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel General Aviation Still An Issue by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 Greece’s aviation laws must correspond with those of European legislation and of the international market if the country wants to attract aviation tourism, was the main conclusion of the fourth … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Airlines Signs With Travelport GDS by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 Travelport GDS, one of the world’s largest global distribution system providers that operate the Galileo and Worldspan platforms, recently announced a new, multi-year full content agreement with Athens-based Aegean Airlines. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Etihad Airways Launches Non-Stop Flights From Athens by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 Etihad Airways, the national airline of United Arab Emirates, recently announced the start of direct flights from Athens to Abu Dhabi as of 2 June. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Tourism Among Priorities On PM’s Agenda by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 The government’s goal is the preservation and support of Greece’s tourism product’s potential and everyone should aim to transform the global crisis into a national opportunity, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greek Tourism Determined to Stay Afloat by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 The 14th Touristiko Panorama had fewer participating exhibitors than previous years and limited activities but once again gave travel professionals the opportunity to increase business deals and meet with potential … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Athens Welcomes Airport City Conference by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 Many airport city concepts were developed and discussed at the annual “Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition,” which took place for the first time in Athens on 27-29 April. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Piraeus Welcomes The Costa Luminosa by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 by GTP editing team 1 June 2009 Cruisexperts Hellas organized a presentation of the Costa Luminosa, the thirteenth ship in the fleet of Italy-based Costa Cruises, which had docked in the Piraeus Port last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Athens-Attica Hoteliers Up In Arms by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 With a drop in the average hotel occupancy rate in the Athens Attica region by 26 percent in January, 13.1 percent in February and 15.7 percent in March, the Athens-Attica … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hotels Obliged To Maintain Last Year’s Minimum Rates by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 Greek hotels are to maintain last year’s minimum prices for this season until 31 March 2010, according to a recent decision by Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Zoning Law For Tourism Approved by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 June 2009 The Greek Government Committee recently approved the controversial planned zoning law for tourism despite reactions of environmentalists, hoteliers and civil engineers and its rejection by an expert committee. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Tourism Measures Support Airlines, Employment by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 Minister of transport and communications, Evripidis Stylianidis, and minister for employment and social protection, Fani Palli-Petralia, recently announced measures to support the tourism sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy HATTA Calls For United Stance Against Crisis by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 The economic crisis dominated this year’s general assembly of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies that recently took place. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Targets Russian Market by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 The 16th Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) exhibition ran from 18-21 March in the atmosphere of the world economic crisis and analysts wondered of overall consumer demand and, first … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Conference Sheds Light on Greek Tourism by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 Discussions that concerned the impact of the economic crisis on Greek tourism—according to conclusions from international exhibitions ITB and MITT—highlighted this year’s third International Tourism & Property Conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE The Role of Hotel General Managers Studied by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 The work relations between hotel owners and appointed general managers were analyzed at the sixth Panhellenic Hotel Management Conference held recently in Athens by the Action for the Development of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Ship Owners Demand Anti-Crisis Measures by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 May 2009 The Association of Passenger Ship Owners recently requested the immediate suspension of user charges at ports (port taxes) and the elimination of third party taxes. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
