MICE Beijing Tourism Fair Considered Success by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Beijing’s International Travel and Tourism Market welcomed 448 hand-picked hosted buyers from the top tour operators and travel agencies in China to do business and network with international tourism professionals. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE International Women’s Travel Organization Holds Convention in Athens by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Athens-the Wonder of Revival was the theme of the 37th annual convention of the International Federation of Women’s Travel Organizations (IFWTO) held in Athens last month-in honor of the organization’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Sale of Three Superfast Vessels Concluded by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Superfast owners Attica Holdings last month announced it concluded the sale and delivery of Superfast VII, Superfast VIII and Superfast IX to the AS Tallink Grupp in exchange for some … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Ready to Set Sail by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 The biggest cruise ship in the world, “Freedom of the Seas,” constructed for Royal Caribbean International by Aker Finnyards Turku of Finland is complete and will sail on its first … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Liberalization of Ferry Boat Fares On Hold by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 A marine ministry decision to liberalize ferry ticket fares from Piraeus remains on hold. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Government Promises Golf Legislation by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Because the construction of a golf course in Greece is more than difficult, and extremely time consuming, Greek government quarters have promised to create legislation that would cut deeply into … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov National Tourism Council Meeting by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 At the National Tourism Council meeting held last month, Tourism Minister Fani Palli-Petralia stated that the guiding principle for the ministry’s new leadership is “to develop and promote long-term tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov First National Council for Travel Agencies by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Yiannis Evangelou, president of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies, announced that for the first time national and regional tourism councils are being established. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Hotel Chamber Attempts to Bring Members into the Computer Age by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Expansion and automation of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotel’s electronic services was approved under the Ministry of Economy’s Information Society program, said the chamber’s president, Gerasimos Fokas, at a meeting … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Acropolis Museum Opens For Visitors in 2007 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Museum officials anticipate that the new Acropolis museum will be open to visitors in mid-to-late 2007. The new museum’s 14,000 square-meter exhibition area will allow all the surviving antiquities from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Generation Guides for Museums and Sites by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Portable multimedia guides are one of the newest trends in the travel industry, and the Ministry of Culture is acting. According to press reports, the Ministry’s Central Archaeological Council approved … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Enterprises Eligible for Subsidies by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Tourism enterprises eligible for the Third Community Support Framework subsidy cycle include small to mid-sized C, D and E class hotels, as well as B class hotels with a capacity … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Business Development Program for Travel Agencies by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 A new program called Allways Tourism is being developed to improve the quality and services of Greek travel agencies so they can compete more effectively in the international market. The … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Measures Required to Entice More Chinese Arrivals by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Chinese tourism to Greece has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years. Local tourism professionals estimate an even stronger rise for the immediate future, provided a few … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Opening the Door to High-Priced Tourism Investments by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 The Hellenic Investment Center succeeded in freeing nine investment proposals, valued at 872.5 million euros, from bureaucratic deadlock. Four of these investment project proposals are for tourism enterprises. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates New Travel Industry Era for Cel Tours by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 With a new board and a new dynamic strategy, Cel Tours breaks into a new era in its 22-year history. Mary Souli Kafkios, the company’s chairperson and managing director, says … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Difficulties in Establishing a New Olympic Airlines by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 As we go to press, negotiation meetings to determine the future of Olympic Airlines continue. The EU gave the government until the end of March to develop a plan for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Qatar Unveils Radical New Look by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Qatar Airways during the recent ITB tourism fair unveiled its brand new look that takes it into the next generation of air travel. From new aircraft livery to innovative onboard … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Stars at Record-breaking ITB Tourism Fair by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Greece, for the first time, bathed in the limelight as the partner country at the 40th global tourism expo ITB held last month in Berlin. Greece hosted the opening event … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Second Chance for Metropolitan Congress Center by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Minister of Tourism Development, Fani Palli-Petralia, during her opening speech at last month’s conference on congress tourism said that the private sector was accountable for the delay in creating a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
