Air Travel Airline Industry Performance Improving by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 The airline industry turned the corner in June, according to Giovanni Bisignani, IATA`s Director General and CEO. “Although we are still well below where we were at the same time … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE 9th Panorama Tourism Fair Scheduled For April by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Next year’s domestic tourism fair, Panorama, the ninth, takes place once again at the OLP Exhibition Center in Piraeus. The fair opens on April 22 and continues through to April … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news World Heritage Cities Holds Symposium on Rodos by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 The Organization of World Heritage Cities’ 7th international symposium will take place in the medieval city on the island of Rodos between Sept. 23 and 26. The symposium is under … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Blue Star Ferries Continues to Increase Overall Traffic on Ferry Routes by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Blue Star Ferries managed to increase passenger traffic on the Piraeus-Chania route by some 43% during the month of July when compared with traffic on the route in July of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Upset Over Government’s Refusal To Change Depreciation Rate by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Greek hoteliers continue efforts to pressure government quarters to change depreciation rates for tax purposes from 4% to the 8% it was some two years ago. Representatives from Greek Hotel … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Banks Ease Pressure on Greek Hoteliers with Heavy Debts by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Greece’s national economy ministry last month urged banks to initiate a program of “good faith” concerning all rules of law that concern old loans owed to them by Greek hoteliers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Sabre Travel Network Launches Exclusive Hotels Program in Europe by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Sabre Travel Network brings to Europe its Sabre Exclusives hotels program, which was launched in the U.S. last year. The company will negotiate discounted rates with participating hotels and make … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality New Program Introduced for Security by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 An innovative pilot project, supported by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), could revolutionize travel in the U.S. by maximizing security while minimizing inconveniences imposed on travelers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Grande Bretagne Does It with Style and Finesse by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 Sometimes, not often, publications receive promotional material that makes the reader sit up and take notice. Over the years Greek Travel Pages has received carloads of various Greek tourism-related brochures … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Airotel Group Renames Riva Unit by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 by GTP editing team 1 September 2003 The Athens-based Airotel group renames its Riva unit after the group’s founder, Stratos Vasilikos. The Stratos Vasilikos Hotel on Mihalako-poulou, after being closed for a radical renovation program, will reopen … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Air Traffic Disappointing by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 Recent Association of European Airlines traffic figures showed there was a stable growth pattern of around plus 10% for North Atlantic traffic but that inter-Europe traffic refuses to pick up … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Expands Its Route Network Once Again by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 Aegean Airlines is one company that appears to believe the worse is over for the travel industry. The private-owned Greek airline plans to extend its route network early next year … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Hellas Jet Up and Away Complete with Aegean Cooperation by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 When Cyprus Airways failed in its efforts to take over Olympic Airways back in 2001, it decided on a counter move and launched its own Athens-based carrier, Hellas Jet, which … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Saga to Finish This Fall by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 One way or another, the government here says a permanent solution to long-lasting problems with state-owned Olympic Airways will be found and implemented before this winter rolls in. So far, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Cruise Sales At Home Drop Significantly by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 It’s not only local cruise companies — for the first half of this year cruise passengers on Greek vessels are down some 30% over the same period last year — … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality New Hotel Study Released Shows Major Drop in Hotel Profits by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 Hotel Study 2003, which has just been released by JBR Hellas, shows that the gross operating profit of Greek hotels last year dropped by some four points. Resort and first-class … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Overnights Down 16% in Athens/Attica Region by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 For the first five months of this year, overnight stays in the Athens region dropped by 16% when compared with the same period last year, according to the latest statistics … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy New Decree to Ease Sale of Properties for Tourism Development by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 A presidential decree ready to be signed opens the way for tourism development projects on large land plots by the private sector. Projects would combine hotel resorts and holiday home … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Worst Tourism Season in 30 Years by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 Greece’s tourism enterprises haven’t felt such negative pressure in 30 years, says the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents. “The negative economic effects experienced thus far have reached dangerous … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Resolution For New EU Constitution by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 European parliamentarian Kostas Hatzidakis recently put forth a resolution for tourism to be included in the European Union’s new constitution. The resolution was adopted by the European Parliament Committee for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
