Trade Associations - Gov Tsipras Postpones Meeting with Greece’s Social Partners by GTP editing team 30 June 2015 by GTP editing team 30 June 2015 A meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greece’s Social Partners has been postponed. The meeting was to focus on the recent developments in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece Continues to Welcome Tourists but Sees Halt in New Hotel Bookings by GTP editing team 30 June 2015 by GTP editing team 30 June 2015 Arrivals to Greece are proceeding smoothly, with few cancellations, but new bookings have not been entered in hotel booking systems so far, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece’s Social Partners Request Urgent Meeting With Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 The representatives of Greece’s social partners (employers and trade union associations) have requested an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras today to present their positions and proposals in regards … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Tourism Ministry: Greece Continues to Guarantee High Standards of Service for Visitors by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 Tourists in Greece and travelers planning to visit will not be affected at all by the country’s recent developments, the Ministry for Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism said in an … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece ‘Bank Holiday’ Through to July 6, Withdrawals Only at ATMs by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 The Greek government announced on Sunday, that a “bank holiday” would be in effect through to Monday, July 6, in efforts to put a damper on cash being transferred abroad … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Hellenic Chamber of Hotels: Greek Tourism Sector Must Remain Afloat by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels called on all of the hoteliers and tourism professionals in the country to do everything possible to minimize the negative effects that the new reality … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Kountoura Takes Stand Against Creditors’ Measures for Greece, Calls for Protection of Sector by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 by GTP editing team 29 June 2015 Taking a direct stand against the measures proposed by Greece’s international lenders, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura invited Greeks to take the responsibility of the country’s future in their hands … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece: Tourists Will Have No Problem With Money Transactions by GTP editing team 28 June 2015 by GTP editing team 28 June 2015 Banks in Greece will remain closed on Monday, June 29, and introduce capital controls after the European Central Bank froze the level of funding support supplied to local lenders. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greek Seamen Call Off 24-hour Strike Planned for June 30 by GTP editing team 28 June 2015 by GTP editing team 28 June 2015 The Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has announced that it is calling off a 24-hour strike planned for Tuesday, June 30, due to the recent developments in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov SETE Calls on Tourism Professionals to Protect Greece’s Image by GTP editing team 27 June 2015 by GTP editing team 27 June 2015 The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has called on all involved in tourism to stay alert and use their experience and maturity and do all they can for the Greek tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
People Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Announces July 5 Referendum on Lenders’ Proposals by GTP editing team 27 June 2015 by GTP editing team 27 June 2015 In a television address to the nation on early Saturday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for a referendum on July 5 on whether Greece should accept or reject the demands … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Cruise Liner Celestyal Crystal Collides with Tanker by GTP editing team 27 June 2015 by GTP editing team 27 June 2015 The Maltese flagged MV Celestyal Crystal was involved in a collision with the Marshall Islands flagged tanker STI PIMLICO on Saturday, June 27. The collision took place at approximately 1:28 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc UNWTO, WTTC Condemn Terrorist Attack in Sousse, Tunisia by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 At least 28 people at a beachfront Tunisian hotel in Port el-Kantaoui, Sousse, were killed by gunmen on Friday. Terrorists also attacked in France and bombed a mosque in Kuwait … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Debate: VAT Rate on Hotels in Greece by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 The hotly debated value-added-tax (VAT) rate issue has been the main topic of discussion among tourism professional circles for the past months in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism SEEN Calls for Greek Seamen to Suspend Strike on June 30 by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 The Greek Shipowners Association For Passenger Ships (SEEN) on Friday called for the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) to suspend the 24-hour strike announced for Tuesday, June 30. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality VAT Rate on Greek Hotels: Lenders Want 23%, Greece Says 13% by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 by GTP editing team 26 June 2015 Greece’s creditors seem determined to impose the value-added-tax (VAT) rate of 23 percent on both accommodation and food services and do away with the reduced VAT rate that currently applies … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Travel Operators Tour Operators, Airlines Advised to ‘Not Panic’ Over Greece EU Crisis by GTP editing team 25 June 2015 by GTP editing team 25 June 2015 The tourism industry has been advised to not “overreact” to the financial crisis in Greece as a crisis of a much bigger magnitude would be created. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News ABTA Urges Travel Professionals to Attend its Convention in Greece by GTP editing team 25 June 2015 by GTP editing team 25 June 2015 The chairman of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), Noel Josephides, on Wednesday urged travel professionals to book to attend its next travel convention which will be hosted in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov SETE: ‘Who Stands to Win from the Destruction of Greek Tourism?’ by GTP editing team 23 June 2015 by GTP editing team 23 June 2015 “We still can not comprehend the reasons why the lenders insist on imposing an uncompetitive VAT rate on the Greek tourism product and we ask: Who stands to win from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greece – The Unexplored Tourism Investment Paradise: Opinion by GTP editing team 23 June 2015 by GTP editing team 23 June 2015 Financial Specialist Kostantinos Xanthopoulos gives us significant reasons to pursue an investment in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
