Surveys, Trends & Stats Opinions Vary On 2012 Greek Tourism Growth by GTP editing team 1 February 2012 by GTP editing team 1 February 2012 “Tourism went well this year,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said during an interview to the Greek press in late December. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Greek Breakfast At 7th HORECA by GTP editing team 1 February 2012 by GTP editing team 1 February 2012 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels will present the “Greek Breakfast” initiative this month at the 7th International Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Show HO.RE.CA., to take place 4-7 February at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens’ Hoteliers Call For Immediate Attention Of City Center Image by GTP editing team 1 February 2012 by GTP editing team 1 February 2012 “The hotels in Athens are collapsing,” was the comment of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association in a recent announcement in regards to the city’s hotel performance for the month of November … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Greek Restaurants In The U.S. To Promote Tourism by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 Greek tourism will be promoted via 4,500 restaurants in the United States based on an initiative to be carried out by the “Alliance for Greece”* group, Deputy Culture and Tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Tour Bus Profession Opens, KTEL Bus Profession Stays Closed by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos sparked an angry reaction from tourism professionals recently when he signed a ministerial decision in November, which liberalized the tour bus profession so licenses … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Greek Museums And Sites Get New Standards by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 “Our goal is for all monuments to provide the basic services to the visitor,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said while reviewing the progress of the ministry’s three-year plan … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news HATTA Calls Meeting To Improve Downtown Athens Image by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) called a sudden meeting last month to focus on the image of downtown Athens and discuss the negative impact of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE HAPCO Urges Government To Pay More Attention To Conference Tourism by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 “The socio-political events and the effects of the economic crisis that has plagued our country and its citizens, has transformed Greece into an undesirable destination that frightens organizers, sponsors and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Athens’ Tourism Continues To Decline by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 “With the current bipartisan composition of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, we will not understand, justify, explain, accept or even tolerate the possibility of failure to implement concrete promises, commitments … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Hotel Chamber Blasts New Property Tax At First General Assembly by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 “We were considered a heavy industry until the State decided to proceed with the collection of property tax through electricity,” President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels Yiorgos Tsakiris said … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy SETE Releases “Must Do” List For Tourism-Related Ministers by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 by GTP editing team 1 January 2012 President of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, appeared quite outspoken last month and received a round of applause from the audience on the first day of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Visa Centers To Open In Turkey by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis last month paved the way for the creation of visa centers in Antalya and Bodrum (Halicarnassus) so to facilitate the movement of tourists … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Former Hotel In City Center To Become Student Dorm by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 The former La Mirage hotel that overlooks Omonia Square is to be converted into a student hall of residence, according to a recently announced joint initiative by the Environment Ministry, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece Gets New Leader, Coalition Government Formed by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 by GTP editing team 1 December 2011 Former vice president of the European Central Bank, Lucas Papademos, was designated Greece’s new interim Prime Minister on 10 November in a new coalition government composed by the PASOK, New … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Athens Hosts 8th Greek-Turkish Forum on Tourism by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 President of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) Giorgos Telonis, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos and his Turkish counterpart, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Multi-Conference Holds Tourism Session by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 “The coming years could be very exciting for the Greek tourism product as long as the promises of its establishment within the central development policy actually take place,” the president … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Air Traffic Controllers Anger Tourism Professionals by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 “Your repeated strikes, walkouts and “white strikes” are killing tourism and have brought all domestic tourism businesses to the verge of destruction,” the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET) stressed … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greece Celebrates World Tourism Day With Strikes by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 World Tourism Day was celebrated on 27 September globally around the theme “Tourism–Linking Cultures” and highlighted tourism’s role in bringing the cultures of the world together and promoting global understanding … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Minister Briefs SETE On Government’s Tourism Strategy by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 by GTP editing team 1 November 2011 “Our first priority is to attract more investment to Greece through tourism in order to attract more visitors… These are the two main pillars we are working on,” Culture and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Greek Taxi Strikes Continue In September by GTP editing team 11 October 2011 by GTP editing team 11 October 2011 After a suspension of mobilizations in August, Greek taxi owners and drivers resumed protest action in September in response to the government’s proposed law to liberalize the taxi sector and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
