Laws, Regulations & Policy HATTA Wins Ruling on Commission Fees by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 Greece’s Competition Commission fined Greece’s two biggest airlines, Olympic and Aegean, a total of 210,000 euros for complicity in reducing the commission paid to travel agents, from 9.25 percent to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Secretariat to Take over Tourism Organization by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 If Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos’s recent announcement comes to pass, the Hellenic Tourism Organization will be merged with the development ministry’s general secretariat for tourism and a new company, EOT … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Government Talks of Tourism Reforms by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos told journalists last month that the government hoped tourism would soon become “the basic economic factor in our country’s economic and social development.” 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museums and Sites to be Accessible to People with Special Needs by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 A special inter-ministerial meeting on the Olympic Games last month reiterated promises to render Athens more compatible with the needs of physically disabled people ahead of next September’s Paralympics. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE 19th Philoxenia Opens October 30 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 Philoxenia, the biggest tourism exhibition in Southeast Europe and one of the largest in the Eastern Mediterranean opens October 30 this year and runs till November 2 at the Thessaloniki … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE WTM Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 In what is a first for World Travel Market, the premier event for the global travel and tourism industry has joined forces with Airline Business, the industry’s leading boardroom title, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel CRS Fees On the Verge of Distinction by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 The U.S. government hopes to prop up suffering airlines at the expense of another profession – travel agents. The Department of Transportation says it is considering outlawing “incentive fees” that … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Snowflake Announces Daily Flights by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 A schedule of daily flights from Athens as of next March was announced last month by the low-cost airline Snowflake, a subsidiary of SAS, during a reception held at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Airways Becomes Olympic Airlines by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 Olympic Airways is about to be molded into slimmer carrier and renamed Olympic Airlines. The launch date of the new company has not been announced but is expected to follow … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airline Traffic Continues Downturn by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 The Association of European Airlines has released traffic figures for the week ending September 7. While generally an improvement on the previous week, the results gave little cause for encouragement. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE New Trends in Sports Tourism by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 Some 46 speakers, through case studies, showed how important and viable sports is to a country’s tourism sector during last month’s International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism’s (AIEST) 53rd … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Rodos World Heritage Center by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 The 7th International Symposium of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, which takes place as we go to press, opened on the island of Rodos on September 23 and continues … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Not Ready to Adopt Star System by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 Greek hoteliers are not ready to adopt the automatic star categorization system suggested by government quarters: Government wants hoteliers to declare a star system category for their units by year-end … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Blame Overnights Drop on New Hotels by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 The recent increase in new hotels in the Attica area is responsible for the reduction in overnights by member units of the Attica Hoteliers Association, according to the Academy of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Tourism Study Says Sector Prime Future Employer by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 By 2010 the Greek tourism sector could create some 150,000 new jobs and thus cover 35% of today’s unemployed, according to a study released last month by the Association of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Eurail Group Holds Prices of Eurail Passes for 2004 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 by GTP editing team 1 October 2003 Erik A. Mollen, Eurail Group’s managing director, announced last month that Eurail passes will not increase in price next year. “Our railways want Eurail Passes to provide the best possible … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Summer Arrivals Offset Earlier Losses by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 An increase in foreign arrivals during the early part of the summer so far has helped cancel the losses seen in the early part of the year. And in an … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Organization Unveils New Logo for 2004 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 After 144 proposals from 53 participants in the recent call for a new logo from the Hellenic Tourism Organization, executives of the organization selected 28 proposals and of these six … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Amadeus Handles Eurostar Bookings by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Eurostar, the leading high speed passenger rail company serving the UK, France and Belgium, has chosen to expand distribution of its rail services through the Amadeus global distribution system, via … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Info Movies on Airport Shuttle Buses by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Passengers on Athens airport shuttle buses will soon have the opportunity to watch venue and location information movies on the bus, in both Greek and English. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
