Hospitality News by Pico - Apico Read all the latest developments in the hospitality industry in Greece. Grecotel Shuts Classical Acropol In Athens Center by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 Centrally located hotel Classical Acropol on Omonia Square was recently closed down due to Greece’s economic crisis, according to an announcement of the Daskalantonakis Group in late January. The group controls the Grecotel chain of hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Small Greek Hotels Face Prosecution by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 Some 1,500 small hotel units with a capacity of less than 10 rooms are threatened with prosecution by the Self-Employed Workers’ Insurance Organization (OAEE) for non-payment of contributions, according to the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Holiday Inn Attica Changes Name by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 The Attica Holiday Inn Hotel rang in the New Year with a new name and new logo. The hotel is now an airport hotel and has been renamed Holiday Inn Athens Airport. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Hotels To Install Amber Alert System by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels announced last month that it plans to network all Greek hotels with the Amber Alert system to help distribute notices of missing children with the help of hoteliers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hoteliers Object To New Development Law by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 The new development law -effective as of 1 January 2011- lacks sectoral policy and will not benefit the tourism sector, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said last month in an announcement to the relevant ministries. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens’ Hotels Close Due To High Crime And Rent by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 Crime in Athens’ city center continues to give the Greek capital the image of an unattractive destination although Athens has the potential to be featured among the most popular metropolitan destinations in Europe, the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, recently told the Greek press. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Thomas Cook Upsets European Hoteliers by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has joined forces with hotel associations in Europe in a fight against UK-based holiday company Thomas Cook as it has imposed a unilateral five percent cut on its August and September accommodation invoices for European hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens’ Hotels See Poor Occupancy Results by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 Hotels in the Greek capital saw a 6.1 percent revenue drop for the first eight months of the year while Attica is going through two of the most difficult months of the year (September-October) that will determine the size of the losses, according to the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Arachova Welcomes The Tagli Resort And Spa by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Crisp and clean mountain air, nature and snowy landscapes form the backdrop of the first hotel in Livadi, Arachova: the Tagli Resort and Spa. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens’ Hotels Not Suitable For Special Olympic Athletes by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The exclusion of Athens city center hotels from suggested athlete accommodation would be a tombstone for Athens tourism, the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association stressed last month in a letter to Joanna Despotopoulou, president of the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011 Organizing Committee. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 330 331 332 333 334 … 355 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Grecotel Shuts Classical Acropol In Athens Center by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 Centrally located hotel Classical Acropol on Omonia Square was recently closed down due to Greece’s economic crisis, according to an announcement of the Daskalantonakis Group in late January. The group controls the Grecotel chain of hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Small Greek Hotels Face Prosecution by GTP editing team 1 March 2011 Some 1,500 small hotel units with a capacity of less than 10 rooms are threatened with prosecution by the Self-Employed Workers’ Insurance Organization (OAEE) for non-payment of contributions, according to the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Holiday Inn Attica Changes Name by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 The Attica Holiday Inn Hotel rang in the New Year with a new name and new logo. The hotel is now an airport hotel and has been renamed Holiday Inn Athens Airport. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Hotels To Install Amber Alert System by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels announced last month that it plans to network all Greek hotels with the Amber Alert system to help distribute notices of missing children with the help of hoteliers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hoteliers Object To New Development Law by GTP editing team 1 February 2011 The new development law -effective as of 1 January 2011- lacks sectoral policy and will not benefit the tourism sector, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said last month in an announcement to the relevant ministries. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens’ Hotels Close Due To High Crime And Rent by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 Crime in Athens’ city center continues to give the Greek capital the image of an unattractive destination although Athens has the potential to be featured among the most popular metropolitan destinations in Europe, the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, recently told the Greek press. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Thomas Cook Upsets European Hoteliers by GTP editing team 1 December 2010 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has joined forces with hotel associations in Europe in a fight against UK-based holiday company Thomas Cook as it has imposed a unilateral five percent cut on its August and September accommodation invoices for European hotels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens’ Hotels See Poor Occupancy Results by GTP editing team 1 November 2010 Hotels in the Greek capital saw a 6.1 percent revenue drop for the first eight months of the year while Attica is going through two of the most difficult months of the year (September-October) that will determine the size of the losses, according to the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Arachova Welcomes The Tagli Resort And Spa by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 Crisp and clean mountain air, nature and snowy landscapes form the backdrop of the first hotel in Livadi, Arachova: the Tagli Resort and Spa. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens’ Hotels Not Suitable For Special Olympic Athletes by GTP editing team 1 October 2010 The exclusion of Athens city center hotels from suggested athlete accommodation would be a tombstone for Athens tourism, the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association stressed last month in a letter to Joanna Despotopoulou, president of the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011 Organizing Committee. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
