Hospitality News by Pico - Apico Read all the latest developments in the hospitality industry in Greece. Titania Hotel Continues “Smells Like Sea!” Seafood Festival by GTP editing team 2 October 2012 Due to the enthusiastic response of Athenians and hotel guests, along with Titania hotel’s desire to support Greek fresh seafood products, the duration of the first seafood festival “Smells like Sea!” will continue every night (depending on weather conditions), at the All Day Gourmet Restaurant Olive Garden on the hotel’s rooftop. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Creta Maris Receives “BIOKouzina” Certification by GTP editing team 28 September 2012 The Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete was honored on Thursday, 27 September, by the Inspection Institute for Organic Products “BIOHellas” with the “BIOKouzina” certification for following the strict criteria for the use of organic products and applying the certified management system of food safety in the hotel’s a la carte restaurant “Pithos.” 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Breakfast Aims To Benefit Tourism by GTP editing team 26 September 2012 Through Greek breakfast, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels aims to highlight the local culture, ingredients and recipes of each Greek region and give tourists the chance to take “a little bit of Greece home with them.” Considering that breakfast is widely regarded as one of the most important meals of the day, the chamber is certain foreign visitors will value Greek hoteliers that use local products and suppliers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Chamber Informed On Labor Issues by GTP editing team 11 September 2012 Employer contributions to the national health insurance fund IKA-ETAM will be cut by five percent next year, Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis informed the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels on Monday 10 September. The reduction next year will follow an already announced reduction of 1.1 percent in social security contributions. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Social Tourism Programs To Make A Comeback In 2013 by GTP editing team 11 September 2012 The subsidized social tourism holiday programs that were cancelled this year are scheduled to re-launch in 2013, according to Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis. The social tourism programs provided subsidized vacations to low-income Greeks. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hoteliers Slam Illegal Accommodation In Northern Greece by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 “These bogus apartments-to-let have not decreased and even more have opened and are even advertised via the most known and reliable tourism sites as establishments that provide high quality services … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Hoteliers Wait To Be Paid By Libyan Government by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Several hotels in Athens and Thessaloniki are near a financial crunch as the unpaid bills for the hosting of Libyan rebel fighters are now near some 30 million euros, the Greek press said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Chamber Re-Submits Proposal For Social Tourism Programs by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month re-submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security to reform and take on the subsidized social tourism holiday programs of the abolished Workers’ Welfare Organization (OEE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Creta Maris Green Team Strikes Again by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 The Creta Maris Green Team—the environmental group of the Creta Maris Beach Resort—on 9 August helped clean up the beach area that starts from the hotel until the Agia Paraskevi church. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Hoteliers Give Negative Economic Outlook In Survey by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Greece was the least optimistic in Europe as 59 percent of Greek hoteliers from large properties said they believed the economy would get worse, according to the “Mid-year TripAdvisor Industry Index” report released recently by leading travel website TripAdvisor. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 325 326 327 328 329 … 355 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Titania Hotel Continues “Smells Like Sea!” Seafood Festival by GTP editing team 2 October 2012 Due to the enthusiastic response of Athenians and hotel guests, along with Titania hotel’s desire to support Greek fresh seafood products, the duration of the first seafood festival “Smells like Sea!” will continue every night (depending on weather conditions), at the All Day Gourmet Restaurant Olive Garden on the hotel’s rooftop. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Creta Maris Receives “BIOKouzina” Certification by GTP editing team 28 September 2012 The Creta Maris Beach Resort on Crete was honored on Thursday, 27 September, by the Inspection Institute for Organic Products “BIOHellas” with the “BIOKouzina” certification for following the strict criteria for the use of organic products and applying the certified management system of food safety in the hotel’s a la carte restaurant “Pithos.” 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Breakfast Aims To Benefit Tourism by GTP editing team 26 September 2012 Through Greek breakfast, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels aims to highlight the local culture, ingredients and recipes of each Greek region and give tourists the chance to take “a little bit of Greece home with them.” Considering that breakfast is widely regarded as one of the most important meals of the day, the chamber is certain foreign visitors will value Greek hoteliers that use local products and suppliers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Chamber Informed On Labor Issues by GTP editing team 11 September 2012 Employer contributions to the national health insurance fund IKA-ETAM will be cut by five percent next year, Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis informed the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels on Monday 10 September. The reduction next year will follow an already announced reduction of 1.1 percent in social security contributions. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Social Tourism Programs To Make A Comeback In 2013 by GTP editing team 11 September 2012 The subsidized social tourism holiday programs that were cancelled this year are scheduled to re-launch in 2013, according to Labor Minister Ioannis Vroutsis. The social tourism programs provided subsidized vacations to low-income Greeks. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hoteliers Slam Illegal Accommodation In Northern Greece by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 “These bogus apartments-to-let have not decreased and even more have opened and are even advertised via the most known and reliable tourism sites as establishments that provide high quality services … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Hoteliers Wait To Be Paid By Libyan Government by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Several hotels in Athens and Thessaloniki are near a financial crunch as the unpaid bills for the hosting of Libyan rebel fighters are now near some 30 million euros, the Greek press said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Chamber Re-Submits Proposal For Social Tourism Programs by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month re-submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security to reform and take on the subsidized social tourism holiday programs of the abolished Workers’ Welfare Organization (OEE). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Creta Maris Green Team Strikes Again by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 The Creta Maris Green Team—the environmental group of the Creta Maris Beach Resort—on 9 August helped clean up the beach area that starts from the hotel until the Agia Paraskevi church. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Hoteliers Give Negative Economic Outlook In Survey by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Greece was the least optimistic in Europe as 59 percent of Greek hoteliers from large properties said they believed the economy would get worse, according to the “Mid-year TripAdvisor Industry Index” report released recently by leading travel website TripAdvisor. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
