Industry sectors WTO Places Travel Advisories On Priority List by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 The World Tourism Organization’s quality support and trade committee met last month for the first time under the new chairmanship of Portugal and addressed the issues of travel advisories, trade … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Drop in Bookings Encourage Tour Operators to Demand Lower Prices by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 On average, Athens area hotels so far have kept overnights at last year’s level and look forward to a good summer. Not so with hotels outside the area. This season’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Minister Promises Positive Moves and 10-Year Tourism Plan by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 My first priority, Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos told Greece’s tourism leaders during a meeting last month, is to initiate “fire-fighting” measures to confront the negative arrival figures projected for the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Hellenic Tourism Properties Remains Public Property by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 Government last month decided to suspend the listing of Hellenic Tourism Properties (ETA) on the Athens Stock Exchange.The company is a state-controlled one that leases property owned by the Hellenic … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov New Tourism Organization President Told of Difficult Year Ahead by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 Haris Kokkossis, the new president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization, met late last month with the organization’s directors from abroad and was told that this year would be a difficult … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Closer Tourism Cooperation Sought Between Russia and Greece by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 On his recent trip to Russia for the MITT 2004 tourism fair, Tourism Deputy Minister Anastassios Liaskos sought an increase in Greek-Russia tourism cooperation to confront the problems Russian visitors … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Worldspan Powers Ahead with Monogram by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 Travel technology provider Worldspan is reaping the rewards of its investment program in the Greek travel industry market with further agency wins and several new product introductions over the past … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Amadeus BTI Agreement in Full Force by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 by GTP editing team 1 May 2004 After the initial signing of a cooperation agreement between Amadeus Hellas and Business Travel International early this year, Amadeus quickly began to its new front office system and its Amadeus … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Recruitments Tourism Sector Gets Promised Ministry by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 As promised, the new government has created a Greek tourism ministry. The newly appointed minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and his deputy, Anastassios Liaskos, for the moment are the “guests” of Development … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Hatta General Assembly Speaker Angers Some Agents by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 During the recent annual general assembly of the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents, almost a dozen special guests took to the podium.Most of the speakers were representatives of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov EU Enlargement Creates Coherent European Tourism Industry by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 The enlargement of the European Union, with ten new members joining in May, will help create a “more complete and coherent European tourism industry, which should be recognized in the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museums Ready to Re-open for Summer by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 Work on the road and the site has made the Marathon archaeological site unrecognizable as it undergoes refurbishment. As for the museum within the site, scheduled to be ready in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Travel Association Wins Commision Case by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 The Greek Union of Air Travel Agencies (PETAGA) succeeded in winning a court case recently whereby travel agents are entitled to a minimum 7 percent commission on airline tickets sold. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Seaplane Service for Greece As of May by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 Air Sea Lines SA, incorporated in Athens late last year, announced last month that it is ready to provide seaplane scheduled, “for hire” and charter passenger services connecting multiple island … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE ITB Breaks Records as Greece Sleeps by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 The world’s largest international travel fair, ITB Berlin, continues to break attendance records — the 121,000 visitors were some 10,000 more than last year — and exhibitor records. A total … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE World Conference to Promote Satellite Account Method by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is not only about statistics, it is much more, providing concrete proof that tourism is one of the most important economic sectors and, thus, indispensable … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality No Call From Abroad for 2004 Lodgings by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 Owners of Athenian houses did not exactly rush to offer their apartments for rent to foreign visitors to the Olympic Games, but what is on offer may still vastly exceed … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Unique Greek Resort Complex Ideal for the Physically Challenged by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 At least one Greek tourism enterprise seems to have taken to heart the potential gains as described in last year’s edition of the Hellenic Tourism Organization’s manual entitled “Making Europe … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel CSA and Korean Air Sign Code-share Agreement by GTP editing team 1 March 2004 by GTP editing team 1 March 2004 Korean Air, a SkyTeam alliance member, begins flying between Prague and Seoul, South Korea, as of May 22 with Czech Airlines as its code-share partner. The Czech flag carrier will … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Air France-KLM Merger Approved by GTP editing team 1 March 2004 by GTP editing team 1 March 2004 Competition commissons in both the European Union and America last month approved the proposed merger between Air France and Holland’s KLM airlines. With this approval of the carrier’s de facto … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
