MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions)

The Greek-Italian Chamber of Commerce announced it will participate in the 50th TTG Incontri, the leading international tourism fair in Italy, to take place 17-19 October 2013 in Rimini Fiera.

This autumn, 15 Greek businesses will promote their services in a workshop in Moscow to increase their clientele and establish Greece as a medical tourism destination for Russians.

The contribution of spa tourism to Greece’s economic development and ways to attract investments in this area will be discussed next week at a workshop in Athens.

The International Federation for IT in Travel and Tourim (IFITT) will give insight on useful technological innovations for the Greek tourism sector at the upcoming e-tourism conference Digi.Travel.

A growth-oriented strategic plan for tourism that sees Greece welcoming 24 million international arrivals and collecting 18-19 billion euros in revenue on an annual basis by 2021, will be presented at SETE’s 12th tourism and development conference next month.

Views and ideas about water management, advanced wastewater treatment processes and sustainable brine management practices will be exchanged at the upcoming international conference “Water Is Necessary for Life, WIN4LIFE” to be held on Tinos Island this month.

Key issues such as visa facilitation, connectivity and accessibility are on the agenda of the over 120 delegations from UNWTO Members States gathering this week at Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe, for the 20th Session of the UNWTO General Assembly.

Taking under consideration that technology is essential, not only for the sale of a tourism product but also throughout all stages of its marketing and distribution, the Athens Development & Destination Management Agency has announced that an electronic tourism conference will be held within the framework of the Black Sea Tourism Forum & Workshop to take place in Athens 10-11 October 2013 at the Acropolis Museum.

This October, the UNWTO and the Municipality of Almaty will hold the First Euro – Asian Ski Resorts Conference to stimulate cooperation and knowledge exchange to foster sustainable growth and competitiveness for snow tourism destinations.

The Region of South Aegean will hold a forum on Syros on Tuesday, 30 July, that will focus on the advantages of developing a seaplane network to connect the Greek islands. The forum entitled “Greek Islands: An ideal location for the development of seaplanes” will aim to provide useful information to municipalities, port authorities and tourism professionals.