Air Travel Uzbekistan Airways Inaugurates New Flights With New Jet by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Uzbekistan Airways called on Greece’s travel professionals last month to help it celebrate the introduction of its new Athens-Rome-Tashkent flight. The new scheduled flight, with a new Boeing 757, arrived … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Minoan Increases Revenue And Profits by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Crete-based ferry operator Minoan Lines announced a substantial increase in pre-tax profits for 1999. Minoan said last year’s revenue was up 7.1% against the year before and profits before taxes … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hyatt Looks To Expand by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Greece’s Hyatt Regency aims to expand its hotel-casino business in the immediate future to countries outside of Greece, says the company’s chairman, Georgos Galanakis. He did not, however, exclude expansion … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE International Conference On Tourism, Recreation And Leisure by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 The Research Institute for Tourism in cooperation with the Athens Hotel Association will hold an International Conference in Athens, August 24-26, 2000. The aim of the conference is to bring … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov SETE Calls For Private Corporation To Handle Tourism Promotion by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 The Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (SETE) recently forwarded a letter to the Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT) and suggested that a cooperation with the private sector would be ideal to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Social Responsibility Environment Takes Front Seat At Tourism Meet by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 The Hellenic Tourism Organization’s secretary general, Evgenios Yiannakopoulos, called the country’s environment and animal protection organizations and associations to a meeting recently. He wanted their thoughts on how they and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Small Ferries Link Corfu And Sarande by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 A total of up to 500 people a day can visit Sarande from Corfu and vice-versa thanks to three small ferries which carry out three sailings daily. The sailings were … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Chios Chandris Reopens by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 The Chandris hotel group recently completed a billion-drachma renovation of its unit on Chios island as part of efforts to meet the growing demands of the tourism market. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Airtour Greece Revamps Services, Changes Name And Looks To Franchises by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Airtour Greece, a subsidiary of German tour operator TUI and its official representative here, has been renamed TUI Hellas. Airtour has been operating here for the past 30 years and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates New Ferry Line On Local Dodecanese Routes by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Dodecanese Maritime, a new provincial company, launched a newly-built catamaran named the Dodecanese Express last month at Greece’s main port, Piraeus. The vessel then made its way to Rodos, where … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Coastal Shippers Order 50 New Vessels by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Within the next two years, the Greek coastal shipping sector will accept delivery of some 50 new ferry vessels. With these new fast ships, the time it will take to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Athens Airport 93% Complete by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 By the end of this September, the Athens International Airport at Spata becomes a reality. “This airport, Europe’s best,” said Dr. Jorg Schill, chief executive officer for Athens International Airport, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Tourism Units Head For Stock Market by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 At least four tourism enterprises head for the Athens Stock Exchange this year in search for cash. The Astir Group wants 18 billion drachmas, the Divanis group 20 billion, the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Mergers Turn 20 Ferry Lines Into Three, But Some Routes Monopolized by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 “Sales commission for travel agents has been reduced; there are fewer discounts available; special group rates have been abolished; and prices have risen more than 20% on some routes.” 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Panorama To Host 250 Exhibitors by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 Greece’s domestic tourism fair, which has opened its doors to international exhibitors for the first time, expects to host a record number, more than 250, of exhibitors this year. From … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates C&N Bids For Thomson Travel by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 by GTP editing team 1 May 2000 A decent development in Europe’s tourism industry places the sector within the new globalization sphere where most of the world’s major industries now sit. Last month, C&N Touristik (Condor & … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Airotel Group Expansion Centers On Quality by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Stratos Vasilikos is one of the few in the Greek tourism industry who realized early that quality is the only way to compete and make money. In a step-by-step approach, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Louis Group Raises Greek Flag by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 One of the many aims of the Louis Group of Cyprus is to fly the Greek flag on its cruise vessels. “It’s a shame Greek ships do not fly Greek … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Aviation Goes International With New Jets by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 With the delivery last month of two new passenger jets, Olympic Airways’ subsidiary Olympic Aviation breaks out of the confines of the regional market and heads for the skies over … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism DANE Considers Thessaloniki-Kusadasi Connection by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Cooperation with Turkish businessmen to establish a connection between Kusadasi and Thessaloniki was considered at a recent meeting in Istanbul between Greece’s DANE lines and the president of the Greek-Turkish … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
