Initiatives Angelina Jolie Pitt Visits Refugees in Athens, Meets with Greek PM by GTP editing team 16 March 2016 by GTP editing team 16 March 2016 US actress and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt on Wednesday visited Greece on behalf of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel CAPA Summit: New Era of Travel Means Unbundling by GTP editing team 16 March 2016 by GTP editing team 16 March 2016 One could safely say that unbundling was the focus of last week’s CAPA Airlines in Transition Summit. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel CAPA Summit 2016: Getting the Customer’s Attention and Keeping It by GTP editing team 15 March 2016 by GTP editing team 15 March 2016 Google, Ryanair and Uber were the perhaps the three words that dominated the sessions of this year’s CAPA Airlines in Transition Summit held in Dublin last week, where the world’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Exhibitions Messe Berlin: 50th ITB Sees More Trade Visitors and Record Sales by GTP editing team 13 March 2016 by GTP editing team 13 March 2016 As it took place for the 50th time, from March 9 to 13, the ITB Berlin saw some 10,000 exhibiting companies from 187 countries and regions meet with 120,000 trade … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Travelport – mtt a Step into the Next Era of Travel by GTP editing team 11 March 2016 by GTP editing team 11 March 2016 The travel industry is changing, there’s no doubt about it, and in the words of Travelport’s Global Head of Product and Marketing, Air Commerce, Ian Heywood, this is a “customer-driven … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings ‘The Walking Dead’ Cast Makes a Stop in Greece During European Fan Tour by GTP editing team 11 March 2016 by GTP editing team 11 March 2016 Members of the cast of America’s hit TV show “The Walking Dead” visited Athens recently to give interviews and climb the Acropolis during their European fan tour. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Exhibitions ITB 2016: Attica Region Presents its ‘Perfect 10’ – Video by GTP editing team 10 March 2016 by GTP editing team 10 March 2016 Aiming to promote its various destinations, products and advantages for year round tourism, the Region of Attica launched a new promotional video on the sidelines of the ITB Berlin trade … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Travelife and ‘We do local’ Launch New Collaboration by GTP editing team 10 March 2016 by GTP editing team 10 March 2016 “Travelife for Hotels & Accommodations” recently signed an agreement with the Greek “We do local” certificate, committing to closer partnership. The two certification schemes recognize the achievements of tourism businesses … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Education ETC: Scholarship for a Master Thesis in Sustainable Tourism Development in Europe by GTP editing team 8 March 2016 by GTP editing team 8 March 2016 The European Travel Commission is partnering with the Foundation for European Sustainable Tourism (FEST) to award a scholarship funding research on the framework for sustainable tourism development in Europe. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Travel Operators IATA: Online Platform for Travel Agent Accreditation by GTP editing team 8 March 2016 by GTP editing team 8 March 2016 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched an online platform for travel agents to submit their application for IATA accreditation. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Can Women in Greek Tourism ‘Make it Happen’? by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 “You’ve come a long way, baby” …that’s how US cigarette company Philip Morris marketed its lady-like smokes, the Virginia Slims, to young professional women in 1968. Today, some 48 years … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece: New Tourism Action Plan to Support Islands Struggling with Refugee Influx by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Greece has announced a tourism action plan in view of the new season, which sets out a series of actions required in order to strengthen market share, secure revenue growth … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Turkey Moves Closer to Visa-free EU Travel by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Turkey’s progress towards meeting the conditions for Turkish citizens to travel in the Schengen area without a visa was noted in a report released on Friday by the European Commission. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Attica Group Offers Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees in Piraeus, Samos by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Attica Group, the parent company of Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries, has delivered quantities of fresh milk, juice and cereal to the refugees that have found temporary shelter at … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Google to ‘Grow Greek Tourism Online’ in 30 Destinations by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 Google is aiming this year to educate over 30,000 Greek tourism professionals on the sales potential of the Internet through its ambitious Grow Greek Tourism Online initiative. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel IATA: The BSP Turns 45 by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 On March 1, 1971, the very first “Billing Settlement Plan” (BSP) was established in Japan. BSP is a system designed to facilitate and simplify the selling, reporting and remitting procedures … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Three Greek Cities Shortlisted for ‘European Capital of Culture 2021’ Title by GTP editing team 26 February 2016 by GTP editing team 26 February 2016 Eleusina, Kalamata and Rhodes were shortlisted on Friday in the competition for the title of European Capital of Culture 2021 in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ‘Discover Greece’ Invites Travellers to Win their Dream Holiday in Greece by GTP editing team 24 February 2016 by GTP editing team 24 February 2016 Discover Greece is giving travellers from around the world the opportunity to make their dream holiday in Greece a reality through its new “Dream Up Summer” campaign! 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture SNFCC Ready to Launch, Gives Media Sneak Peak by GTP editing team 23 February 2016 by GTP editing team 23 February 2016 The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), one of the country’s largest infrastructure projects to house the Greek National Opera, a two-million-book National Library and the 170,000m2 Stavros Niarchos Park … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Key Tourism Figures Greek Hotel Sector, Tourism Employees See Eye to Eye – Opinion by GTP editing team 22 February 2016 by GTP editing team 22 February 2016 “For the first time in many years, the hotel sector and its employees have managed to see eye to eye and ensure that the interests of all parties involved are … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
