Company updates Louis Hotels Opens New Zakynthos Unit by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 The Cypriot-based Louis Group is securing a firm foothold in Greece through buyouts of existing hotels and the construction of new units. Its most recent purchase was the Louis Imperial … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Americans Remain Strong Mediterranean Cruise Passengers by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 The Mediterranean now attracts some 15 percent of world cruise passengers, according to recent data from the Cruise Lines International Association. The prime source for cruise passengers continues to be … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Car Rental Agencies Continue Dramatic Expansion by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 Greek car rental agencies continue to expand at a rapid rate, according to a recent report from the Athens-based Research Institute, ICAP. In its third report on the car rental … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Tall Sailing Ship Runs Greek Island Cruises by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 As of this summer, the Star Flyer, a tall sailing cruise ship, runs a cruise from Piraeus every Saturday to the islands of Mykonos, Chios, Kusadasi, Patmos, Sifnos and Kea. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel State To Cover Olympic Airways Debts by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 The government is willing to meet Olympic Airways’ debts despite the anticipated reaction from the European Union, said Transport Minister Christos Verelis in a recent interview with the Greek daily … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism To Get 750 Billion Drachma Investment Injection by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 Some 750 billion drachmas in direct and indirect support goes to the country’s tourism sector by the year 2006. That’s 25 percent of the total national and regional programs for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings World Tourism Day 2000 Promotes Technology And Nature by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 World Tourism Day, September 27, concentrates on the two challenges for tourism at the dawn of the twenty-first century, technology and nature. The creator of the annual event, the World … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Organization Continues Inspections by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 The Hellenic Tourism Organization last month continued its inspections of tourist resorts and businesses around the country. The organization’s secretary general, Evgenios Yiannakopoulos, said that in a single week last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Structural Changes Planned For The Hellenic Tourism Organization by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 by GTP editing team 1 September 2000 The executive infrastructure of the Hellenic Tourism Organization changes this month, according to recent statements by Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis. Basic changes expected include the placement of a tourism secretariat … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Astir Resort Expects Five Billion From Stock Float by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 Greece’s National Bank, owner of the Astir Hotel Company, has placed the three-hotel group on the Athens Stock Exchange. The initial public offering last month places 14.7 billion drachmas within … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Thessaloniki Convention Bureau Activated by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 The Thessaloniki Convention & Visitors Bureau has just released a 12-page brochure that lists information on how best to organize a conference in the northern port city. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Greek Hotels Expensive by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 Up-market Greek hotels for business travelers are on the average the fourth most expensive in the world. And it looks like prices are going even higher. According to a study … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Louis Hotels Buys Colossos Beach by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 One of the biggest and best-known first-class resort complex in Greece, the 472-room Colossos Beach of Rodos, is now in the hands of Louis Hotels. Furthermore, with its purchase of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Manessis Renovates New Quarters by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 Greek travel agency Manessis recently moved to newly- purchased offices in downtown Athens and is now in the process of complete renovations of these quarters with the assistance of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Adds Two Additional Aircraft To Its Fleet by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 Aegean Airlines, considered Greece’s most prominent domestic carrier, last month announced it was about to add two more four-engine Avro RJ 100 turbo-prop passenger aircraft to its fleet. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Athenaeum InterContinental Renews Conference Areas by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 The biggest conference venue within the City of Athens, the ballroom at the Athenaeum InterContinental hotel, is undergoing extensive renovations worth 950 million drachmas. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Union Air Traffic Control To Improve by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 Even hardened skeptics see hopeful signs that a pan-European regulation for ‘single sky’ air traffic control over Europe may yet become a reality. An EU committee formed early this year … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Athens Hotel Owners Agree To 2004 Room Availability by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 Athens hoteliers have agreed to set aside 80 percent of the capital’s beds to accommodate the Olympic family during the 2004 Games. At a meeting last month with Development Minister … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Milos Conference Center Officially Opened by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 The Milos Conference Centre George Eliopoulos, founded by Kitty Kyriacopoulou, chairperson of the mining company Argyro and Barytinis, was officially opened last month by the deputy minister for foreign affairs, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Plans Underway To Merge Grande Bretagne And King George Hotels by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 by GTP editing team 1 August 2000 The Hyatt group of Thessaloniki, which has acquired a majority of shares in the Grande Bretagne hotel, and the Latsis-owned Eurobank are said to be close to finalizing an agreement … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
