Industry Reports & Trends by elpidoforos Manolesakis Greece Could Expect Billions From Cruises by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 “The main reason Greece has failed to collect from cruises is the low use of Greek ports as homeports,” according to a recent study of the National Bank of Greece on cruise on a European and national level. 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 Greece Is The Word For Hollywood Celebrities by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will consider adding another form of tourism to the Tourism Ministry’s portfolio, that of cinematic tourism, the Greek press reported last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece’s Two Major Cities Report Low Bookings by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Although bookings in Greece were reported to have increased following the June elections, the same cannot be said for reservations in major cities such as Athens and Thessaloniki due to the decrease of domestic tourism and cancellations of conferences and events, a tourism professional said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Domestic Tourism Decrease Brings Drop In Greek Tourism Complaints by GTP editing team 24 August 2012 Consumer complaints in regards to tourism services amounted to 56 reports from 1 July-15 August 2012 compared to 154 complaints filed last year for the same period, the Consumers’ Protection Center (KEPKA) said on Thursday 23 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 10 Tourism Priorities, Greek PM by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 Last year, while representing the main opposition of the Greek Government, today’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promised a room full of hoteliers (during the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels’ first general meeting) that once in government, the New Democracy party would go ahead with 10 priorities for Greek tourism. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Chamber: Increased Post-Election Bookings Not Enough by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 “The Greek tourism market was significantly affected by the political uncertainty that intensified after the (first) elections of 6 May,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said at a recent press conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greek Homeporting Sees Decline, European Cruise Council by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The number of passengers that disembarked on Greek cruise destinations from circular cruises that homeported in Greece continued to drop in 2011, according to a report presented during the sixth annual conference of the European Cruise Council (ECC) in Brussels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greeks Expected To Stay Home This Summer by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The prolonged recession of the Greek economy and the country’s unpopular austerity measures that have included tax hikes, salary and pension cuts, high income tax payments and soon the second instalment of the infamous “haratsi” (special property tax) will most likely keep Greeks home this summer. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Greece Attracts Conference Interest After Elections by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 An interest in holding international conferences in Greece has been recorded following a sudden increase in cancellations in May due to the political and economic instability of the country, Greek press reports said recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 415 416 417 418 419 … 460 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Could Expect Billions From Cruises by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 “The main reason Greece has failed to collect from cruises is the low use of Greek ports as homeports,” according to a recent study of the National Bank of Greece on cruise on a European and national level. 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
Greece Is The Word For Hollywood Celebrities by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni will consider adding another form of tourism to the Tourism Ministry’s portfolio, that of cinematic tourism, the Greek press reported last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece’s Two Major Cities Report Low Bookings by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Although bookings in Greece were reported to have increased following the June elections, the same cannot be said for reservations in major cities such as Athens and Thessaloniki due to the decrease of domestic tourism and cancellations of conferences and events, a tourism professional said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Domestic Tourism Decrease Brings Drop In Greek Tourism Complaints by GTP editing team 24 August 2012 Consumer complaints in regards to tourism services amounted to 56 reports from 1 July-15 August 2012 compared to 154 complaints filed last year for the same period, the Consumers’ Protection Center (KEPKA) said on Thursday 23 August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
10 Tourism Priorities, Greek PM by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 Last year, while representing the main opposition of the Greek Government, today’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promised a room full of hoteliers (during the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels’ first general meeting) that once in government, the New Democracy party would go ahead with 10 priorities for Greek tourism. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Chamber: Increased Post-Election Bookings Not Enough by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 “The Greek tourism market was significantly affected by the political uncertainty that intensified after the (first) elections of 6 May,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said at a recent press conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greek Homeporting Sees Decline, European Cruise Council by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The number of passengers that disembarked on Greek cruise destinations from circular cruises that homeported in Greece continued to drop in 2011, according to a report presented during the sixth annual conference of the European Cruise Council (ECC) in Brussels. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greeks Expected To Stay Home This Summer by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The prolonged recession of the Greek economy and the country’s unpopular austerity measures that have included tax hikes, salary and pension cuts, high income tax payments and soon the second instalment of the infamous “haratsi” (special property tax) will most likely keep Greeks home this summer. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece Attracts Conference Interest After Elections by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 An interest in holding international conferences in Greece has been recorded following a sudden increase in cancellations in May due to the political and economic instability of the country, Greek press reports said recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
