Hospitality New Hotel Chamber President Promises Modernization by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 A trip into the downtown offices of the Greek Hotel Chamber does not leave one impressed with its civil-servant-type organization. The chamber’s newly elected president, Makis Fokas, however, says he … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality New Lodging Complex For Wine Lovers by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Georgos Kokotos, once a well-known hotelier with units on Rodos and Crete, is back in the business: This time with a new and unique product for Greece. He is creating … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Athens to Celebrate the Rebirth of Hotel de la Grande Bretagne by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 On the first of next month, Athenians celebrate the rebirth of the capital’s most magnificent lodging unit: The Hotel Grande Bretagne. After spending some 70 million euros during the past … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Grave Concern For 2003 Tourism Industry by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Members of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises expressed grave concern for Greece’s tourism industry this year. The association’s president, Stavros Andreadis, said that after last year’s drop of about … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece Suggests Balkans Form Tourism Committee by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos proposes that the Balkan countries create a tourism committee in an effort to better cooperate in overcoming the handicap of being single destinations. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Last Call For Tender To Construct Conference Center by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 The four short-listed consortiums in the tender for construction and operation for 50 years of the planned conference center in Athens’s old airport installations at Hellenikon have been invited to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates The Rise and Fall of Greece’s Top Name in Travel by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 A few years back, many in the travel industry would point to Manos Travel as an example of how to succeed in the business. The company started from a small … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Travel Operators Travel Agents Do Not Need Airlines To Survive by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 With airlines posting negative revenue reports, and their “zero commission policy,” the future of the travel agency industry was considered in doubt last year. But some agents have found ways … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Another Museum Closed For Renovations by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 One by one, Greece’s major archaeological museums are closing down for refurbishment ahead of the 2004 Olympic Games. The fear expressed by Greece’s travel professionals is that this simultaneous rush … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News WATA Delegates First To Know by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 Delegates to the recent World Association of Travel Agents annual general assembly here in Athens (November 28 to December 1) felt privileged to be the first to hear how 2004 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Organization Signs Deal With Visa by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 The Hellenic Tourism Organization and the Visa credit card company have announced an agreement for a mutual promotion project within the framework of the 2004 Olympic Games. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Cel Tours Takes On Mongolia by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 There are times when a visitor to a foreign country feels more comfortable in this new environment there than at his or her home. That’s the feeling Mary Souli experienced … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates HotelWorld Purchased By VIP International by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 VIP International Corporation, one of the world’s largest reservation service providers through global distribution systems and the Internet, purchased the assets of UK-based HotelWorld Global from Associated Newspapers Group. With … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Continues Expansion To German Centers by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 Aegean Airlines is one of the few airlines in the world today that has been able to cut costs drastically, without cutting service standards, over the past 12 months. As … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airlines Double Passenger Compensation by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 The European Union’s transport council recently announced a decision to effectively double the compensation paid to passengers who are unable to be accommodated on the flights on which they are … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greece EU Presidency Features Open Skies Policy by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 When Greece assumes the European Union presidency on January 1, for a six-month period, its transportation brief will include a member states’ agreement to award the European Commission a wide-ranging … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Worldspan Continues Expansion Efforts In Greece by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 When global distribution system and travel e-commerce provider Worldspan opened its new full-service branch office in Thessaloniki, it was but a first step in investment plans for the Greek market. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Supports International Luxury Travel Market Concept by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 Greece was a strong player in last month’s Luxury Travel Market fair held at Cannes. More than 20 Greek companies paid the steep fees required to participate. In all, some … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Piraeus And Thessaloniki Get Lion’s Share Of Port Infrastructure Funds by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 Greece’s major seaports are scheduled to undergo a series of large construction projects designed to upgrade their infrastructure and increase their cargo handling capacity. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Convention Bureau Top Priority For New Attica Hoteliers’ Association Board by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 A convention and visitors bureau for Athens, that’s the top priority for the new board of directors of the Attica Hoteliers’ Association. Already, the board has the support of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
