Hospitality A Gem Hidden in the Center of Athens by GTP editing team 1 July 2003 by GTP editing team 1 July 2003 Dionysis Bozikis, a cardiologist by profession, has created a little lodging gem hidden in the center of downtown Athens. His “Magna Graecia Suites” hotel was created from a three-story building … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Grecotel Kos Imperial Thalasso Complete by GTP editing team 1 July 2003 by GTP editing team 1 July 2003 Greece’s biggest hotel chain, Grecotel with 24 Grecotel Resorts and affiliated City hotels, placed the finishing touches on its Grecotel Kos Imperial Thalasso luxury resort complex recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens International Airport World’s Best by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Athens International Airport is the new leader in the world in its category, according to the annual results of International Air Transport Association’s independent survey “Global Airport Monitor” for 2002. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Sabre Restructures Business Activities by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Global distribution system Sabre Holdings recently separated its business activities so as each department can serve precise fields in the tourism chain. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Travel Exhibition Proves Tourism Resilience by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 The 10th anniversary of Arabian Travel Market, the Middle East’s premier travel and tourism exhibition, which began a four day run at Airport Expo Dubai, highlighted the resilience of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Additional Reservation System for Superfast and Blue Star Ferries by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Along with their own booking systems for domestic and international ferry routes, Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries now have their routes on the FORTHcrs reservation system. An agreement between … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Strintzis Management Pleasantly Surprised by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Traffic on our new routes is even better than we expected, says Blue Star Ferries (Strintzis Lines) sales and marketing director, Michalis Sakelis. “We are particularly pleased and pleasantly surprised … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Industry sectors A Common EU Tourism Policy Possible and Likely by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 The informal meeting last month of EU development ministers and tourism officials on the island of Crete laid the foundations for drafting a common tourism policy in the European Union … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Hilton Athens Official IOC Headquarters Hotel by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Peter Van der Vliet, general manager of the Hilton Athens and Yianna Angelopoulou-Daskalaki, president of the Athens 2004, signed an agreement last month whereby the hotel becomes an official International … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov New Conference & Exhibition Center Ready in 2005 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 By mid 2005 the Athens Mitropolitiko Conference & Exhibition Center should be open and operating, says Takis Koumanis, president of the Association of Greek Organizers of Exhibitions and Conferences. He … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News POET Holds General Meeting by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Leading members of Greece’s tourism community attended the recent general meeting of the Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (POET) held in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Government Expects Minor Drop In Arrivals by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos during a recent press call said that Greek tourism is heading for recovery following the end of the war in Iraq. He said tourist arrivals will … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov HATTA Sides With Traveling Public by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 An Athens court recently ruled in favor of an injunction brought by the Hellenic Association of Tourism and Travel Agents against the Media & Travel Group, which distributes Travel Card, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov HATTA Leads New Effort to Create Tourism Chamber by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 Leading tourism organizations in the country in late April endorsed the creation of a tourism chamber in the hopes that such a body would bring the industry up to par … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Holiday Malta Moves to New Offices by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 by GTP editing team 1 June 2003 To start of the new spring and summer tourism season with a bang, Holiday Malta Hellas moved to new offices on Alexandras Avenue and created a number of new vacation … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Prime Minister Believes SETE Could Be the Tourism Industry’s Link with Government by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 Prime Minister Costas Simitis told the 11th annual meeting of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) last month that he realized the strong euro, the universal economic slowdown and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Promotion Campaign Underway by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 The Hellenic Tourism Organization said it would begin its 7.3-million-euro tourism advertising campaign abroad this month. The organization’s president, Yiannis Patellis, said that the campaign’s theme would very much resemble … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Balkan Federation Agreement Signed by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 The Federation of Travel and Tourism Agencies Association in the Balkan Region is now a reality. During last month’s Tourism Panorama the final signatures from seven presidents of 10 Balkan … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Mont Parnes Sale Approved by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 A government bill to privatize the Mont Parnes casino near Athens received parliamentary approval on March 2, despite disagreement from the opposition over its terms. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Athens Festival Readies For New Season by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 Hellenic Festival has announced its program for both the Athens Festival and Epidaurus Festival. The Athens Festival begins June 2 with Andrea Bocelli in Concert. Programs continue through until September … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
