MICE Career Options in the Hotel Sector by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Tourism is Our Future was the title of a conference organized by the Alpine Center and Kariera SA last month to discuss career opportunities and trends in the hotel industry. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Luxury Cruise Operator Looks to Expansion in Greece by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Navigator Travel is now representing Silversea Cruises in Greece. Silversea, a luxury cruise company, has a fleet of four six-star ships (with two more under construction) that travel to ports … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Blue Star Ferries Reports Solid Growth by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Blue Star Ferries last month reported after tax profits of 17.5 million euros for 2005, an increase of 66.4% from the 10.5 million euro profit reported in 2004. Total revenues … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Superfast Ferries Remains Greece-Italy Leader by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 For the eighth consecutive year, Superfast Ferries held the leading position for the transportation of passengers and freight units on the Greece-Italy route in the Adriatic Sea. Last year, the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Aegean Speed Lines Connects Western Cyclades by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Aegean Speed Lines, founded last year by the Eugenides Group and the British company Sea Containers, announced last month that it would refund within 30 days any ticket lost by … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism European Cruise Market Continues Expansion by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Louis Cruise Lines last month announced the delivery of the latest addition to its fleet, the 1,250-passenger cruise ship Sea Diamond (ex-Birka Princess). After its planned upgrading, the Sea Diamond … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Mont Parnes Remodeling on Hold by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 Plans by the owners of the Mont Parnes casino-hotel to demolish the structure and rebuild another in its place may have to be re-evaluated following a forthcoming decision by the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Meridian Joins Hotelbeds Family by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 by GTP editing team 1 April 2006 It would seem that professionally managed Greek tourism offices are in demand within the international marketplace. The latest evidence is the Meridian buyout bid by Hotelbeds, a part of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greek Tourism Industry Uses But 15% of Potential by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Investment in Greece’s tourism industry is projected to rise by an average annual rate of 5.4 percent until 2016, according to a study by the World Travel & Tourism Council. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greek Destinations Urged to Promote Conference and Meetings Tourism by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Nature, sea, culture and city tourism are the four pillars on which the effort of the Tourism Development Ministry to enrich the Greek tourism product rests, said the ministry’s special … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Louis Cruise Lines Purchases 12th Vessel by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Piraeus soon welcomes yet another cruise ship to its port. Louis Cruise Lines last month signed a $35-million deal for the purchase of the Birka Princess from the Finnish cruise … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Attica Holdings Sells Its Shares Of Hellenic Seaways by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Attica Holdings (Superfast and Blue Star Ferries) last month announced the sale of 9.6m shares, or 12.3% of the share capital, of Hellenic Seaways, to Amadeus Navigation in return for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Nel Lines Acquires New Vessels and Merges with C-Link by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 As we go to press, shareholders of Nel-Lesvos Maritime are being asked to back a 23-million capital increase that will be used in part to acquire five used vessels. Two … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Against Direct Subsidies for New Hotels by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Hoteliers last month called for a more discriminating application of the investment incentives law for the construction of four- and five-star hotels, and went as far as to demand restrictions … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy No Delay in New Tourism Legislation by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 There will be little or no delay in Greece’s new tourism legislation, according to the outgoing tourism development minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos. He said the only thing missing from the new … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Tourism Professionals Against EU Directive on Services by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies last month expressed concern on how the European Union’s Bolkestein directive, which is designed to open up the EU service sector, will … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Competitiveness of Greek Tourism Product Continues to Decline by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Greece continues to lose ground as a preferred tourism destination. In 2004, Greece placed 16th as a tourism destination choice worldwide, a drop from 13th in 2002, according to the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Financial Support for Tourism Enterprises by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 The third cycle of financial support for small and mid-sized businesses in the manufacturing and tourism sector gets underway this month. The appropriate papers have been signed by the ministries … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates First Choice Buys Meridian Travel by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 by GTP editing team 1 March 2006 Local incoming tour operator Meridian Travel was purchased recently by the British tour operator First Choice. Julia Laganopoulou, Meridian’s managing director, says there will be no change in the company’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Professionals Cite – Tourism Satellite Account Imperative by GTP editing team 1 February 2006 by GTP editing team 1 February 2006 The annual success of the tourism sector depends on systematic groundwork and sound preparation, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
