Industry & Business events

Among the largest sector events in Greece, the Philoxenia – Hotelia – Polis fairs this year jointly held on November 12-15 in Thessaloniki, won over the crowds, reporting a 17 percent increase in participation for 2015 with the number of foreign buyers up by 39 percent for Philoxenia and 78 percent for Ηotelia.

Various techniques on how hoteliers can increase their direct sales will be presented by WebHotelier during a workshop to be held this Saturday, November 28, as part of the 100% Hotel Show.

Educational workshops that will present solutions for hoteliers to boost the customer experience, increase bookings and grow revenue, will be held on the sidelines of the third 100% Hotel Show to take place November 27-30 at the MEC exhibition center in Peania, eastern Attica.

In efforts to give MICE tourism in Greece a boost, hospitality consultants Simple Way Of Tourism (SWOT) is organizing the 3rd Business Travel Professionals Forum (BTPF) in the Greek capital in December.

World Travel Market (WTM) London 2015 has signed up almost 250 new exhibitors for next week’s event from small, entrepreneurial start-ups to tourist boards to well-established global operators.

Greece’s Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura was recently in France and attended the country’s leading international B2B tourism exhibition IFTM Top Resa 2015 to strengthen Greek-French relations and build partnerships for the launch of new agreements.

This December and for the third year, hotels, major companies and tourism organizations will meet up in Athens at the 3rd Business Travel Professionals Forum (BTPF) held by Simple Way of Tourism (SWOT).

Airlines, luxury resorts and technology specialists from a comprehensive range of sectors and countries are among the more than 100 new exhibitors which have signed up for World Travel Market London 2015, the leading global event for the industry.

With a new logo, a new website and more exhibit categories, the organizers of the 2nd International Greek Tourism Expo 2015 will promote the Greek tourist product in the best way possible at the Athens Metropolitan Expo on December 4-6.

As part of its ongoing tourism strategy to promote the northern port city of Thessaloniki and its surrounding regions, the Thessaloniki Hotels Association (THA) added South Korea to its roster with its first-time participation in the Korean World Travel Fair (KOTFA) in Seoul, last week.