Industry Reports & Trends by elpidoforos Manolesakis Athens Airport Arrivals on Upward Trend by GTP editing team 4 February 2015 Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport recorded a 27.95 percent rise, according to figures released by the airport authority this week, with approximately one million passengers passing through its gates in January, compared to 762,000 in the same month in 2013. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail German Tour Operators give Greece the ‘Thumbs Up’ by GTP editing team 4 February 2015 German tour operators remain optimistic about the outlook for Greece bookings this year despite the widespread publicity about the policies of the new left-wing government. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens, Crete and Kalamata Lead the Way as Popular Greek Destinations by GTP editing team 3 February 2015 Athens, the island of Crete and Kalamata, in the central Peloponnese, were the three Greek destinations that drew the crowds in 2014, according to a SETE Intelligence report. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail IOBE: Tourism Driving the Greek Economy by GTP editing team 2 February 2015 Tourism fuelled the Greek economy in the third quarter of 2014, according to a Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) survey, released last week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Hoteliers Mildly Optimistic for First Three Months of 2015 by GTP editing team 2 February 2015 The Greek hotel sector is mildly optimistic for the first quarter of 2015 and expects slight improvements in occupancy levels and room rates for the market in general in comparison with the performance of last year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece among EU Countries with Highest Increase in Overnights Last Year by GTP editing team 30 January 2015 Greece is among the countries that recorded the highest increase in the number of nights spent in hotels last year among all 28 European Union member states, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens Dives in Trivago Reputation Ranking, Paris, London off List by GTP editing team 30 January 2015 Athens dropped 40 spots in hotel search Trivago’s annual reputation ranking released on Thursday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail European Hotel Industry: Athens among Key Market Performers for December 2014 by GTP editing team 28 January 2015 Hotels in Athens, Greece, last month reported the second largest increase in occupancy on a European level, according to data released by STR Global on the European hotel industry for December 2014. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail UNWTO: Over 1.1 Billion Tourists Travelled Abroad in 2014 by GTP editing team 27 January 2015 International tourist arrivals reached 1,138 million in 2014, a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. For 2015, UNWTO forecasts international tourist arrivals to grow between 3 and 4 percent. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate Key to More Tourists from US by GTP editing team 26 January 2015 The number of American tourists opting to visit Greece this year is expected to rise in large part due to the appreciation of the US dollar against the euro, tourism experts said during the 2015 New York Times Travel Show this weekend. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 378 379 380 381 382 … 460 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens Airport Arrivals on Upward Trend by GTP editing team 4 February 2015 Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport recorded a 27.95 percent rise, according to figures released by the airport authority this week, with approximately one million passengers passing through its gates in January, compared to 762,000 in the same month in 2013. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
German Tour Operators give Greece the ‘Thumbs Up’ by GTP editing team 4 February 2015 German tour operators remain optimistic about the outlook for Greece bookings this year despite the widespread publicity about the policies of the new left-wing government. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens, Crete and Kalamata Lead the Way as Popular Greek Destinations by GTP editing team 3 February 2015 Athens, the island of Crete and Kalamata, in the central Peloponnese, were the three Greek destinations that drew the crowds in 2014, according to a SETE Intelligence report. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
IOBE: Tourism Driving the Greek Economy by GTP editing team 2 February 2015 Tourism fuelled the Greek economy in the third quarter of 2014, according to a Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) survey, released last week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Hoteliers Mildly Optimistic for First Three Months of 2015 by GTP editing team 2 February 2015 The Greek hotel sector is mildly optimistic for the first quarter of 2015 and expects slight improvements in occupancy levels and room rates for the market in general in comparison with the performance of last year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece among EU Countries with Highest Increase in Overnights Last Year by GTP editing team 30 January 2015 Greece is among the countries that recorded the highest increase in the number of nights spent in hotels last year among all 28 European Union member states, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens Dives in Trivago Reputation Ranking, Paris, London off List by GTP editing team 30 January 2015 Athens dropped 40 spots in hotel search Trivago’s annual reputation ranking released on Thursday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
European Hotel Industry: Athens among Key Market Performers for December 2014 by GTP editing team 28 January 2015 Hotels in Athens, Greece, last month reported the second largest increase in occupancy on a European level, according to data released by STR Global on the European hotel industry for December 2014. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
UNWTO: Over 1.1 Billion Tourists Travelled Abroad in 2014 by GTP editing team 27 January 2015 International tourist arrivals reached 1,138 million in 2014, a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. For 2015, UNWTO forecasts international tourist arrivals to grow between 3 and 4 percent. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate Key to More Tourists from US by GTP editing team 26 January 2015 The number of American tourists opting to visit Greece this year is expected to rise in large part due to the appreciation of the US dollar against the euro, tourism experts said during the 2015 New York Times Travel Show this weekend. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
