MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions)

Gay friendly Greek and Cypriot prestigious hotels will be promoted to the International LGBT travel market at this year’s World Travel Market in London (4-7 November).

The Macedonia-Thrace Hotel Managers Association will hold its second annual conference during the 29th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia in Thessaloniki.

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni sent a message of optimism for next year’s tourism season during the 12th Tourism & Development Conference of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) held in Athens on 22 October.

Greece could welcome 24 million tourists by 2021 if the results of a report on the country’s tourism strategic planning are taken under consideration by the Greek Government, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).

“The Greek economy has entered a new phase,” Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said on 21 October while delivering a speech on the first day of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ (SETE) 12th Tourism & Development Conference in Athens.

Russia will participate in the 29th Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition in Thessaloniki, Greece, after several years of absence.

Policy-makers, local and regional stakeholders, researchers and tourism providers will discuss the meaning and future of cultural tourism in rural areas during the upcoming international networking conference to be held in Heraklion, Crete.

Renowned Greek mezzo soprano Alexandra Gravas will give an exclusive performance in Sweden at the opening gala event for Grekland Panorama’s invited VIPs guests, media and professionals from the country’s tourism industry.

“Tourism Strategic Planning 2021: The Implementation Roadmap” will be the theme of SETE’s 12th Tourism & Development Conference, which will take place on 21-22 October 2013 at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel in Athens.

Greek destinations will promote their main tourism products at the 21st edition of TT Warsaw Tour & Travel – International Tourism Industry Exhibition in Poland on 28-30 November 2013.