Trade Associations - Gov Minister Satisfied With 2002 Tourism Arrivals by GTP editing team 1 March 2003 by GTP editing team 1 March 2003 Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos told reporters that tourism arrivals to Greece last year dropped by around 1% while tourism exchange receipts increased by some 1%. “This means quality improvements have … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality New Hotel Chamber President Promises Modernization by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 A trip into the downtown offices of the Greek Hotel Chamber does not leave one impressed with its civil-servant-type organization. The chamber’s newly elected president, Makis Fokas, however, says he … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Grave Concern For 2003 Tourism Industry by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Members of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises expressed grave concern for Greece’s tourism industry this year. The association’s president, Stavros Andreadis, said that after last year’s drop of about … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Bids Called For The Sale Of Galileo Hellas by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Greece’s transport ministry announced a tender for the sale of a majority stake in Galileo Hellas. Tenders were to be accepted up until January 17. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Flisvos Marina Leased To Lamda by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 State-owned Hellenic Tourism Properties last month signed a concession agreement that grants operation rights for the Flisvos Marina facility on the Athens coast to the Lamda Technol consortium. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece Suggests Balkans Form Tourism Committee by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos proposes that the Balkan countries create a tourism committee in an effort to better cooperate in overcoming the handicap of being single destinations. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Last Call For Tender To Construct Conference Center by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 The four short-listed consortiums in the tender for construction and operation for 50 years of the planned conference center in Athens’s old airport installations at Hellenikon have been invited to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Convention Bureau Top Priority For New Attica Hoteliers’ Association Board by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 A convention and visitors bureau for Athens, that’s the top priority for the new board of directors of the Attica Hoteliers’ Association. Already, the board has the support of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News WATA Delegates First To Know by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 Delegates to the recent World Association of Travel Agents annual general assembly here in Athens (November 28 to December 1) felt privileged to be the first to hear how 2004 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Organization Signs Deal With Visa by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 The Hellenic Tourism Organization and the Visa credit card company have announced an agreement for a mutual promotion project within the framework of the 2004 Olympic Games. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greece EU Presidency Features Open Skies Policy by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 When Greece assumes the European Union presidency on January 1, for a six-month period, its transportation brief will include a member states’ agreement to award the European Commission a wide-ranging … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Development Minister Agrees To Formation Of Private Company To Promote Greece by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Once again, the Hellenic Tourism Organization was unable to get its tourism advertising program off the ground as scheduled. Instead of last October, the organization got its 31-million-euro (10.6 billion … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Athens Convention Bureau Taken Off Back Burner by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Many years have passed since the local tourism trade called for the creation of a conference and visitor’s bureau for the Athens area. Since then, not a single positive step … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats SETE Pessimistic For Sector Tourism This Year by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Nikos Angelopoulos, vice president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, told its annual Christmas press gathering that he and the association were not optimistic for tourism possibilities in 2002. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Minister Says To Entice Tourism From USA And China by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Ministry of Development Akis Tsohatzopoulos says he will put the stress on invigorating incoming tourism from the U.S., which has been downgraded to a great extent the last few years. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality No Problem To Host Olympic Games Visitors by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Akis Tsohatzopoulos, Greece’s development minister, says requirements of the Olympic Hospitality program will be met. “There is absolutely no concern about securing the beds required for the ‘philoxenia’ program, since, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov EC Proposes Annual Tourism Forum by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 If properly implemented, measures proposed by the European Commission could alleviate the impact of any long-term negative effects to Europe’s tourism sector. Any decline in arrivals to Europe could be … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Bumper Year For Greek Casinos by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 The privatization of the Mont Parnes Casino is entering its final stage. Hyatt Regency together with construction company Hellenic Technodomiki have submitted one of the offers, while another bid came … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov More Funds To Be Spent On Greek Tourism Promotion by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Economy and Finance Deputy Minister Christos Pachtas approved credits worth 32 million euros (11 billion drachmas) to finance a marketing campaign for Greek tourism, domestically and abroad. That is twice … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Tourism Crisis Not Critical by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 European Union travel agencies may be suffering somewhat financially, but for the moment the repercussions from the September terrorism attack are not near as bad as first anticipated, said Carl … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
