MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions)

International and Greek tourism professionals have expressed a high interest to participate in the second edition of the annual Travel Trade Athens event to be held 14-15 April 2014 at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center.

Greece’s national exhibition body TIF–Helexpo aims to make Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, its “exhibition hub” in Athens as part of a strategy to upgrade its overall exhibition presence in Attica.

The organizers of the upcoming 100% Hotel Show gave a “sneak preview” of the innovative entrance visitors will pass through when entering the exhibition area.

The upcoming 100% Hotel Show will be held under the auspices of the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO).

Travel Trade Athens 2014 – Interview with George Broulias, President of the Athens Development & Destination Management Agency.

The Networking Area of 100% Hotel Show intends to introduce a new era within the exhibition and fair industry of Greece, by welcoming the visitor to an alternative exhibition setting, which focuses on innovation, tourism and new ideas.

Greece will participate in 11 more international tourism fairs until April, according to the approved list of exhibitions of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

A section of the exhibition premises of TIF-Helexpo in Thessaloniki city center will be donated to the city for the construction of a metropolitan park, according to the Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Theodoros Karaoglou.

Rome-based tour operator Viaggi Oggi, widely known in the Greek travel sector thanks to its intense activity since 1992, will attend the upcoming 100% Hotel Show exhibition to take place in Athens, Greece, in February 2014.

The Thessaloniki Convention Bureau, a new non-profit bureau established to promote the Greek Northern City as a destination for meetings and conventions, has announced its first Board of Directors.