MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions)

Greece is extremely popular as a destination for cruise companies but the country still needs to do more in order to realize its full potential, representatives from the world’s two biggest cruise lines said today, 28 May, on the first day of the 2nd Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum in Athens.

The 2nd Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum opened its doors today, 28 May, at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center with a line up of senior officials and key decision makers from the global cruising and yachting sectors.

Over 200 Greek and international delegates and exhibitors from 25 countries and a prestigious line up of senior officials and key decision makers from the global cruising and yachting sectors will anchor in Athens at the end of the month for a series of debates on the prospects and challenges facing sea tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions.

The Chamber of Rethymno is inviting its members/enterprises to participate this fall in two major international exhibitions in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The 24th Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition will open its gates 2-6 June 2014 at the Metropolitan Expo, Athens, Greece, where once again Greek shipowners will welcome the international shipping community for five days of business, debate and social gatherings.

The Region of Western Greece will hold a forum today, Monday, 8 April, at the Porto Rio Hotel in Patras, the Peloponnese, to inform on its latest actions for the tourism sector.

The local products, traditional dishes and tourism services of Crete will be displayed next month at the TAE KWON DO stadium in Faliro, Athens, at the exhibition “Crete: The Great Meeting” organized by Promexpo and the region of Crete.

The Church of Greece unfolded its strategy to attract tourists to the country’s sacred religious sites at a recent press conference held on the sidelines of the 20th edition of the Moscow International Exhibition Travel & Tourism (MITT) taking place in Russia.

The developmental prospects of the cruising and yachting sectors in the wider East Mediterranean and Black Sea regions in relation to the changing geopolitical and economic landscape of the sub-region’s source and destination markets will be tabled at the 2nd Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum taking place this May in Athens, Greece.

“We expect this year’s ITB to again set the tone for a successful year in tourism by stimulating further growth in this sector… Travel destinations that are traditionally popular among Germans will benefit especially, among them Greece, which has good chances of celebrating a comeback,” Jürgen Büchy, president of the German Travel Association (DRV), said during the ITB Berlin trade show that took place 6-10 March 2013 at Messe Berlin.