Air Travel Airport Ground Handling Companies Hit Financially by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Airport ground handling companies here in Greece now suffer the same financial blows felt by airlines after the New York terrorism attack. Airlines, in an dire attempt to cut costs … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Axon Airlines Grounded by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Axon Airlines, which was bidding to buy national carrier Olympic Airways, announced the suspension of operations on November 30, citing an industry downturn and rising losses in the wake of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Cyprus Airways To Create Greek Subsidiary by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Either through a Greek subsidiary airline or through an alliance with a private Greek carrier, Cyprus Airways is about to take on Olympic Airways. The Cypriot flag carrier says it … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Tourism Crisis Not Critical by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 European Union travel agencies may be suffering somewhat financially, but for the moment the repercussions from the September terrorism attack are not near as bad as first anticipated, said Carl … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Marine Development Profitable by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 The first phase of the bidding process for the privatization of the Alimos, Floisvos and Zea marinas conducted by the Hellenic Tourism Properties is completed. And some very powerful business … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Twelve Superfast Ferry Launched by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Superfast XII slid gracefully down the slipway of the yard into the waters of the Baltic Sea last month. Attica Enterprises, the holding company for Superfast Ferries, said its newest … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates More Coastal Shipping Mergers And Alliances by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Talk around the Piraeus harbor area these days centers on a plethora of meetings being held in a general effort to form new coastal shipping alliances and merges, such as … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Athenian Callirhroe Exclusive Opens New Era For Greek Hotels by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 In his many travels, Vassilis Vellanis stayed at a plethora of hotels. But for the most part, each was totally impersonal. Some were even downright unacceptable. Friends and business acquaintances … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Luxurius Sofitel Adds Creative Class To Airport by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 From the outside, this does not appear to be a particularly distinctive premium hotel. Its classical style, however, designed to blend in with the intentional blandness of the new El.Venizelos … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Closures Godsend For Athens Hoteliers by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Although most of the major Athenian hotels that have closed for radical renovations had planned to do so long before the September 11 attack, the timing has turned into a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov More Funds To Be Spent On Greek Tourism Promotion by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Economy and Finance Deputy Minister Christos Pachtas approved credits worth 32 million euros (11 billion drachmas) to finance a marketing campaign for Greek tourism, domestically and abroad. That is twice … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Properties Under Private Management by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Hellenic Tourism Properties is about to turn its management over to the private sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Sarbre And Forthnet Subsidiaries Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 The commercial cooperation between FORTHcrs, a Forthnet subsidiary, and Sabre Hellas, a Sabre Inc. subsidiary, is now official. Both parties announced a cooperation agreement last month that centers on new … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Air Transport Conference by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 An International Conference on Air Transport and Airports and their evolution in the 21st Century takes place next month at the University of Patras on December 3 and 4. Organizers … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Full Speed Ahead For New Tourism Products by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 A theme park inspired by ancient Greek mythology opens in the Anavyssos area, south of Athens, in 2004 and by when all phases are fully completed, in 2006, the park … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Galileo Introduces Ferrynet System by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Galileo Hellas now offers an online booking and ticketing system for Greek ferry lines. The system, Ferrynet, a product created through cooperation with Anite Travel Systems, provides travel agencies and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Superfast And Costa Crociere Alliance by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Attica Enterprises, the holding company for Superfast Ferries, and cruise company Costa Crociere, owned by Carnival Cruise Lines, signed signed a letter of intent to create two joint ventures in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy New Coastal Shipping Routes by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Merchant Marine Minister Giorgos Anomeritis last month presented a new draft bill for coastal shipping. It includes a schedule of shipping routes that cover the whole country and one that … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Blue Star Paros Launched by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 The first of two new ultra modern ferry vessels for the Cyclades routes slid gently into the waters outside of the Daewoo Shipyards in Korea last month. Christened Blue Star … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Tourism Industry Takes Action At World Tourism Market To End Crisis by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Greece’s tourism heads were optimistic after their contacts with UK’s most important tour operators during the International World Tourism Market in London last month. General Tourism Secretary Dimitrios Georgarakis and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
