Surveys, Trends & Stats Terrorism Crisis Hits Greece’s Cruise Industry Hardest, For The Moment by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Greece’s cruise industry, because a significant portion of its business comes from North American customers, is in for a tough time. Along with this, the industry also has to deal … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Attica Beach Properties Ready For Modern Development Projects by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Most of the organized beach properties in the Athens region are soon to be leased to the private sector for development and management. So far, 10-year lease agreements have been … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greek Marinas Go Private by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Three of the Greek capital’s most popular marinas are about to go private. Last month, just two days after it handed over the operation and upgrading of five state-owned beaches … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality 60 Business Groups Bid for Parnitha Casino by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Owners of the profitable Parnitha Casino, Hellenic Tourism Properties, have called for bids of interest from international investors interested in taking over the management of the casino on Mount Parnes. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Airlines Protest EU Proposals On Airport Slots by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Latest European Commission proposals to amend the 1993 Regulation on airport slots have come under fire from the Association of European Airlines and its members, who believe that the commission … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE World Travel Market Readies For November by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 World Travel Market 2001 (12-15 November) in London, is to turn the spotlight on the latest ‘buzzword’ for the industry – effective customer relationship management (CRM). In partnership with KPMG, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Airport Eleftherios Venizelos To Cut Rates by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Negative reports in local newspapers concerning the new Athens International Airport at Spata, Elefterios Venizelos, may have played a role in the airport’s recent announcement that it will lower airport … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Airlines Create Online Travel Portal by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Nine of Europe’s leading airlines recently unveiled plans to move into the online travel market with the launch this year of a new online travel service, that sells flights and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Ghiolman Yacht Vies For World Record by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Michael Ghiolman of Ghiolman Yachts-Travel-Aviation hopes to get his name in the Guiness Book of World Records with his yacht Nidri. The Greek-built ‘Skipper 53,’ he says, was chartered out … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Capsis Opens New Conference Center On Rodos by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 With a total conference capacity of 8,000 delegates, the new “Marika Capsis 2000” convention center in the Sofitel Capsis hotel on Rodos, which opens this month, is the country’s biggest. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Yet Another New Superfast Vessel Launched by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 The roll-on, roll-off ferry vessel Superfast XI last month was slid gracefully down the slipway of the Flender shipyard in Lubeck, Germany, into the waters of the Baltic Sea launched … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Acropolis Museum Ready For 2004 Olympic Games by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Pressure will be exerted on Britain internationally to return the Elgin marble collection of sculptures taken from the Parthenon, albeit in the form of a “long-term loan,” as the 2004 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Afantou Golf Expansion Planned by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Between 30 billion and 40 billion drachmas worth of expansion projects are planned for the Afantou area on the island of Rodos. Proposed projects include a 3-lane golf course, a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Superfast Ferries Takes Delivery Of Superfast VIII by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 Attica Enterprises, the holding company for Superfast Ferries accepted delivery of its newest ferry, the Superfast VIII, last month. This is the second of a series of four sister vessels … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Axon Takes Delivery Of Five New Aircraft As It Bids For Olympic Airways by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 With or without Olympic Airways, Axon Airlines, which has emerged as the frontrunner in a privatization tender for Olympic Airways, intends to grow by leaps and bounds. The two-year-old airline … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Unique New Cruise Program Out Of Piraeus by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 As of May 4 next year, Piraeus hosts a new cruise program by Classic International Cruises. The Lisbon-based company, Arcolia Shipping, will run seven-day cruises from here with stops at … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Social Responsibility Clean Greek Coastline Cost 18.7 Billion Drachmas by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 Kostas Laliotis, environment and public works minister, announced the completion of a 7-year cleanup program for Greek coastlines that cost some 18.7 billion drachmas. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality International Advisor To Apply Greek Hotel Star System by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 The long awaited star system for Greek hotels may finally get off the ground later this year. The Hellenic Tourism Organization has called for an international advisor to assist in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Galileo Becomes First Global Reservation System Not Owned By An Airline by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 Galileo International, Inc., a popular global distribution system used by Greek travel agents, recently signed an agreement with Cendant Corporation of the U.S. According to the agreement, Cendant acquires all … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Online Mergers Begin In Travel Sector by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 It looks as if the expected batch of mergers in the online travel sector has begun with the purchase of Expedia by USA Networks Inc. The Internet and TV cable … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
