Trade Associations - Gov Greece To Receive More Exposure In The UK by GTP editing team 28 August 2014 by GTP editing team 28 August 2014 The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has launched a joint advertising campaign in cooperation with a UK-based tour operator to receive more exposure in the British media and through online … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Investments Greece Needs $1bn To Host F1 Grand Prix Race by GTP editing team 27 August 2014 by GTP editing team 27 August 2014 Greece could be given the opportunity to host its own Formula One grand prix if the necessary investments are made in the country. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Education Greece To Launch Undergraduate Tourism Program For Foreign Students by GTP editing team 25 August 2014 by GTP editing team 25 August 2014 The Greek ministries of Education and Tourism will cooperate to launch an undergraduate tourism program for students from abroad, according to a joint statement. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greece: Cruise Tourism Needs A Strategic Plan by GTP editing team 25 August 2014 by GTP editing team 25 August 2014 Greece expects record number of tourists this year. However, the future of tourism, which in recent years has created great expectations for the country, may be in danger, according to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc “Norovirus” Stomach Bug Said To Have Sickened Tourists On Rhodes, Greece by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 The hundreds of foreign tourists that fell ill recently in Greece, while residing at a hotel on the island of Rhodes, are suspected to have had contracted the Norovirus stomach … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality State Subsidies Approved For Creation Of New Hotels In Greece by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 The Greek Development Ministry has given the go-ahead for 100 million euros of state subsidies to be allocated for the development of hotels on popular Greek islands. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news The GNTO Investigates Reports Of Mass Food Poisoning Of Tourists At Resort On Rhodes by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 Inspectors from the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) were sent to Rhodes on 21 August to investigate reports that a large number of tourists suffered food poisoning at a luxury … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Initiatives Key Tourism Figures Applaud Google Initiative For Off-Season Promotion Of Greece by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 “Now, more than ever, it is possible to gradually extend the tourist season,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni recently said in regards to an initiative announced by Google that sees … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Land Transportation Greece Makes Announcements For Extension Of Athens Metro (Line 4) by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 The Greek Ministry of Infrastructure recently confirmed that a fourth metro line will be constructed in Athens to service many densely populated areas of the city. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Willem Dafoe Narrates The History Of The Benaki Museum In Greece (Video) by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 The Benaki Museum – An enlightening short film by Athena Rachel Tsangari and narrated by American actor Willem Dafoe about Antonis Benakis. A man who dedicated his life to the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture The Guardian: The Acropolis Museum Is The Best Place To House The Parthenon Marbles by GTP editing team 19 August 2014 by GTP editing team 19 August 2014 “The Parthenon marbles are the world’s most beautiful art – and that’s why we should give them back,” columnist Jonathan Jones wrote in an article published recently in The Guardian. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc Global Travel Task Force Launched To Monitor Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak by GTP editing team 19 August 2014 by GTP editing team 19 August 2014 The risk of transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) during air travel is low, according to a joint statement on travel and transport in relation to Ebola outbreak released by … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc EU: Call For Proposals To Support Transnational Tourism, Foster Accessible Tourism Entrepreneurship by GTP editing team 18 August 2014 by GTP editing team 18 August 2014 The European Commission has launched a joint call for proposals for “Cooperation projects to support transnational tourism based on European cultural and industrial heritage” and for “Fostering accessible tourism entrepreneurship … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Finance Minister To “Mamma Mia” Director: “We Are Not Privatizing The Greek Coastline” by GTP editing team 13 August 2014 by GTP editing team 13 August 2014 “Let me assure you that we are not privatizing our coastline,” Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis wrote to the director of the “Mamma Mia!” movie, Phyllida Lloyd. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc Robin Williams Was A Philhellene. His Words On Greece. by GTP editing team 13 August 2014 by GTP editing team 13 August 2014 Robin Williams had expressed his appreciation for Greece in an interview back in 2011 and touched us all. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov “Mamma Mia!” Film Director Appeals To Tourism Minister Against Coastal Development Plans In Greece by GTP editing team 12 August 2014 by GTP editing team 12 August 2014 Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd has joined the voice of environmental groups and citizens in Greece against the government’s coastline privatization plans and recently sent a letter to Greek Tourism … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Stranded Russian Tourists Should All Be Home By Next Week by GTP editing team 7 August 2014 by GTP editing team 7 August 2014 More than 50 flights are expected to take place in the coming days to fly Russian tourists back home from Greece after they were stranded due to the collapse of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture From London To Athens By Bike, An Initiative For The Parthenon Marbles To Return To Greece by GTP editing team 7 August 2014 by GTP editing team 7 August 2014 Italian professor Salvatore Lo Sicco traveled from London to Athens on his bike to rally for the Parthenon Marbles to return to their birthplace in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greek Tourism To Receive Funds From New NSRF Program by GTP editing team 6 August 2014 by GTP editing team 6 August 2014 Greek tourism will be supported by funds under the new National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) program, it was announced on 5 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Reuters: Greece Returns as Tourist Hotspot by GTP editing team 6 August 2014 by GTP editing team 6 August 2014 “Greece Returns as Tourist Hotspot” is the title of a recent video report from Athens by Reuters that highlights the recovery of Greek tourism after the crisis period. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
