Trade Associations - Gov Report Reveals GNTO Tourism Scam by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The “Tourism for All” program failed to achieve the desired results in the effort to develop the country’s domestic tourism, according to the final report of the Inspectors-Controllers Body for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov 50 Greek Tourism Support Projects Announced by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 Four new projects for the development of Greek tourism, budgeted at 107 million euros, are underway, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis informed an audience last month at the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy “Selective” VAT Cut To 6.5% Causes Mixed Reactions by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) last month welcomed the news of a reduction on the Value Added Tax for accommodation facilities but at the same time … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Athens’ Hotels See Low Revenue In 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 Athenian hoteliers saw a 6.7 percent drop in hotel occupancy this past September, along with a 9.2 percent decrease in the revenue per available room in five-, four- and three-star … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings World Tourism Day Finds Greek Tourism Troubled by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 As the tourism sector around the world came together to celebrate 2010 as the international year of biodiversity for the 31st World Tourism Day (27 September), the Hellenic Association of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Athens’ Hotels See Poor Occupancy Results by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 Hotels in the Greek capital saw a 6.1 percent revenue drop for the first eight months of the year while Attica is going through two of the most difficult months … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greek Government Opens Door To Foreign Investors by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 Prime Minister George Papandreou signed 13 agreements last month in Athens with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that cover sectors of shipping, commerce, culture and tourism. This was the first official … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Online Tourism Campaign Goes Public by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is going through changes, as it will operate as an agency for the promotion of Greece abroad, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos told … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Culture Program Planned For Thessaloniki by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 A special program to begin in Thessaloniki whereby each year a different country or region would be in the center of attention in regards to tourism and cultural issues was … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Ryanair Announces New Route by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The Culture and Tourism Ministry announced last month that it aims to encourage airlines to add routes to Greek destinations or enhance existing flights to Greece from many destinations especially … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ACB Requests GNTO Support by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 “Athens has managed to be included among the top 20 conference destinations of the world but, from this point on, the Greek capital needs substantial assistance and significant support from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE “Greek Tourism Week” At Shanghai Expo by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 “We aim to increase the number of Chinese visitors to Greece in the coming years and for this purpose actions have already been made to simplify the process for Chinese … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Travel Agency Staff To Benefit From OAED Subsidy Program by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) assured the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPOET) that travel agency and tour bus staff would be included as of 2011 in its subsidy program … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE SETE: 9th Tourism & Development Conference by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The challenge of adding tourism to the Greek government’s development priorities will be analyzed at the ninth annual tourism and development conference of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Israeli Tourists Opt For Greece, Snub Turkey by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Greece has tourism parameters that Turkey cannot compete with, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos told the Israeli press last month during an official visit to Tel Aviv, Israel, aimed … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece To Compensate Stranded Tourists by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The draft bill for the compensation of tourists stranded in Greece due to extraordinary events such as strikes or natural disasters was tabled in Parliament on 24 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov HATTA Voices Concern For Coastal Shipping by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) appealed to the Greek government and relevant agencies last month to guarantee conditions for the rational operation of coastal shipping. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Gov’t Reshuffle Reinstalls Shipping Ministry by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Nearly a year after PASOK socialist party came into power Prime Minister George Papandreou reshuffled his government to speed up the economic revival of Greece, which had been on the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Hoteliers Upset With TripAdvisor Website by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Occasional hotel reviews on the TripAdvisor website with unfavorable comments that do not correspond to reality have caused problems for Greek hoteliers, according to the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Athens Hotels Experience A Cruel Summer by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Tourism revenue in the Greek capital during August decreased by 14 percent following a 15 percent drop in July, Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos recently told Greek journalists. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
