Company updates GA Ferries Expands Fleet by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 GA Ferries has enlarged its fleet of ferries through the recent acquisition of three new, modern vessels. The first of the new high-speed vessels, the Milenaki, will take on Cycladic … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greece Works To Reinstate Thessaloniki-Munich Rail Link by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Greece has launched an effort to bring back into operation “Axis 10” – the shortest land link to Europe. As part of this initiative, within the next two months Greek … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Nafplio Xenia Taken Over By Mantonanakis Group by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 The Mantonanakis Group recently signed an agreement for the long-term lease of the Xenia Akronafplias hotel group of Nafplio, which is owned by the Hellenic Tourism Organisation (EOT). The organization’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Stars At ITB 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 With a pavilion of 800 square meters that hosted some 60 Greek tourism enterprises, Greece stood out as one of the big stars at this year’s ITB Berlin tourism fair. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Festival Cruises Names New Vessels by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Festival Cruises, after launching its new Mistral cruise vessel last summer, ordered another two vessels at a cost of 340 billion drachmas. And that’s just the beginning. The line expects … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Strintzis Accepts Delivery Of New “Blue Star Ithaki” by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Strintzis Lines, on March 31, accepted its newest super-fast ultra-modern ferry the Blue Star Ithaki from the Korean shipyard Daewoo Heavy Industries. The new vessel will be the first of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Recruitments New Hatta Board Recommends Mergers by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 One of the first moves by the newly-elected president of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (HATTA), Yiannis Evangelou, was to call the trade press corps to a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Superfast Ferries Continues Buying Spree by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Attica Enterprises, the holding company of Greek coastal ferry line Superfast Ferries, continues its buying spree with an order for yet another two new super-fast vessels. Last month, the Greek … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Panorama 2000 Expands Into The International Arena by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Greece’s domestic tourism fair, Tourism Panorama, expands this year to include participation from the international arena. Organizer Kappa exhibitions expects participation from countries such us Tunisia, Malaysia, Turkey and Libya, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary EOT Publishes “Ancient Flavors” by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 A few years back, some Greek gastronomists created the Center for the Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Greek Gastronomy. Today, one of the center’s most successful projects created is the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Amphitrion Group Moves At A Steady Speed Forward by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 Konstantinos Mitsiou of the Amphitrion group of travel companies does things that few in the local travel industry dare. He has created companies that specialize in specific areas of tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov EOT Launches Revamped Internet Site by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 by GTP editing team 1 April 2000 The Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT) launched its revamped Internet site last month, but admitted there is much work to be done before the site is up to the standards planned … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Industry Must Diversify by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 Greece’s tourism industry must diversify and invest its energies into developing alternative forms of tourism, stressed Hellenic Tourism Organisation Secretary General Evgenios Yiannakopoulos at a recent press luncheon organized by … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Utell launches ‘Discover Greece 2000’ by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 Utell, the worldwide hotel reservations and marketing service of REZsolutions, has launched ‘Discover Greece 2000’ program in conjunction with Astra Hotels. A dozen destinations within Greece are spotlighted within the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Tourism Museum Planned by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 An association made up of Greek women in the tourism profession recently decided to create a Greek tourism museum somewhere within the central Athens area. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Jewish Museum Greece Doubles Number Of Visitors by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 The Jewish Museum of Greece, considered the fourth in importance throughout Europe, hosts some 7,000 artifacts of historical and religious importance. And after its move to new quarters, the museum … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Star City Project Begins Next Month by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 Construction on a major league tourism and recreation park in the Athens area gets underway next month. The 18-billion-drachma “Star City” venture covers some 278,000 square meters of beachfront property … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Grecotel Opens Omonia Grand Hotel by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 Greece’s biggest hotel chain, Grecotel, last month officially opened its new city-center hotel, the Omonia Grand. This second city hotel of the group stands proudly in front of the capital’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Athens Hoteliers Sign Athens 2004 Contracts by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 At least five Athenian hotels have signed contracts with tour and travel offices for room bookings during the 2004 Olympic Games. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov SITE President Calls for Greek Chapter by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 by GTP editing team 1 March 2000 The president of the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (SITE), Greek-born and raised Tassos Pappas now of Brussels, called on the incentive specialists in the Greek market to form a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
