Air Travel Greece’s Airways Back to Safety Level 1 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 After spending about five years in safety Limbo, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority recently was upgraded to the first category in flight safety by the U.S. federal aviation authority. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airports Adopt Registered Traveler Program by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 A group of airports has formed the Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium to develop standards that would allow each airport to sign up travelers and give passengers the same security privileges … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Passenger Compensation EC “Maladministration” by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 European airlines have launched an attack on new regulations that give passengers stronger rights to compensation for delays and cancellations. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Qatar Airways Takes Us Back to the Golden Days by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 Since its launch of direct flights from Athens, on 15 June 2005, Qatar Airways, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, continues it strong promotion campaign, all of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Selected ITB 2006 Official Partner by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 The official partner country at the International Tourism Exchange ITB Berlin from 8 to 12 March 2006 is to be Greece. The decision was announced by Dr. Martin Buck, director … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Freedom for Coastal Shipping, or Bust by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 Alexandros Panagopoulos, president and managing director of Superfast Ferries, told guests at last month’s Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises meeting that unless coastal shipping is liberalized, now, the entire sector … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Billions Available for Greek Port Development Projects by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 Government last month announced a 3-billion-euro makeover project for Greek ports. The Merchant Marine Ministry said Greece has secured a loan worth 3 billion euros from the European Investment Bank, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism New Type Cruise Scheduled for Greek Islands by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 Stelios Haji-Ioannou, head of easyCruise, says he plans to deploy a cruise ship on a Greek Islands itinerary in the summer of 2006 or 2007, and an Arabian Gulf itinerary … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Germanwings Christens New Aircraft “Athens” by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 On the occasion of its second year of operation in Athens, Germanwings last month honoured the city by christening its new Airbus A320 “City of Athens.” Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Airport Posts 63% Profit Increase by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Athens International Airport announced last month that full-year pretax profit in 2004 jumped 62.9 percent year-on-year to 47.1 million euros, boosted by the Summer Olympic Games and increased passenger traffic. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Qatar Airways Promotes Doha-Athens Route by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Qatar Airways last month introduced its new six times per week (every day except Saturday), non-stop service between its hub at Doha and Athens as of last month. The route … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Skyteam Introduces New Alliance Members by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Skyteam is to introduce a new class of membership in order to cater for carriers whose international ambitions are more restricted. At a press conference in Amsterdam called to celebrate … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greece Launches Its First Air Show by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Greece’s first-ever air show will be held in September at the Tanagra air base north of Athens, the Ministry of Defense announced last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Blue Star Ferries Completes Financial Reorganization by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 The Board of Directors of Blue Star Maritime S.A. announced last month that it had successfully refinanced its group’s debt load with a new bond issue. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Another Record Year for Blue Flags on Greek Beaches by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Greece’s tourism industry received another welcome boost last month when the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature announced that 383 of the country’s beaches – five more than last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Minister Proposes Tourism Chamber by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Our tourism sector needs to agree on problems and solutions and the best was to achieve this is through the introduction of a tourism chamber where all branches of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Greece and Syria to Create Common Tourism Packages by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Twenty-four outgoing travel specialists from Greece visited Syria recently to get a better idea of what that country has to offer to the Greek traveler, and to discuss ways in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Still No Decision On Conference Center by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Dimitris Mantios, president of the Hellenic Association of Professional Conference Organizers, told members during the association’s general assembly last month, and reporters, that he was very disappointed in the time … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Niche markets Sports Tourism Moves to the Forefront by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 Sports tourism agreements appear plentiful of late with major companies like TUI Hellas taking more interest in the sector, and with the government ready to create a World Athletics Museum. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news City Cycling Tours Now Available by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 by GTP editing team 1 July 2005 For locals or visitors to really get in touch with a country, its culture and landscapes, then there is no better way than by bicycle. Cycling vacations come in many … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
