Hotels & Accommodations

Hotel suppliers in the tourism industry may count up to a 275-million-euro fall in revenue this year if, according to a possible scenario, Greek tourism slumps 10 percent in overnights, GBR Consulting reported recently.

This spring the 5-star Kandia’s Castle Hotel will be inaugurated on Kandia beach in Nafplio. Designed with a unique architectural style, which combines a castle appearance (handcrafted stone) with the natural environment, Kandia’s Castle offers modern and luxurious facilities and services.

Classical 2FashionHouseHotel, located on 2 Pireos street on Omonia Square, recently had its grand opening in the presence of celebrities and representatives of the Greek fashion industry.

Overnight accommodation in Athens saw a 25.9 percent drop in all hotel categories in December 2008 when compared with the year before, the Athens-Attica Hoteliers’ Association said recently.

The tourism traffic to Chalkidiki recorded a five percent increase in 2008 over 2007, according to local tourism professionals who calculate the increase in tourism revenue at seven percent for the same period of comparison.

Hoteliers on Crete recently expressed their surprise that major tour operators want to revise the 2009 holiday contracts and demand price reductions.

The president of the Athens-Attica Hoteliers’ Association, Yiorgos Tsakiris, recently presented the results of a study on Attica hotel progress as well as the level of customer satisfaction for hotels in Attica.

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels called for the state and the private sector to overhaul their forces in order to formulate a new tourism strategy, which will assist the industry to limit the negative impact of the international economic crisis.

Greek hotels must adapt to the needs of the 21st century customer, whose habits and demands in regards to technology have increased over the past, according to conclusions of the first Hotel Experience Day conference held recently in Athens. It was held under the auspices of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.

Greek hotels do not take advantage of today’s technology, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ Ideas & Action Council (SID) forum held recently titled “Internet Social Media: On-line Travel Communities.”