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New online guide “Visit Kythera” is intended to become the main tool of the island’s local economy, according to the creators of the website.

The government’s goal is the preservation and support of Greece’s tourism product’s potential and everyone should aim to transform the global crisis into a national opportunity, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said during the 17th general assembly of the Association for Greek Tourism Enterprises.

The 14th Touristiko Panorama had fewer participating exhibitors than previous years and limited activities but once again gave travel professionals the opportunity to increase business deals and meet with potential clients.

Many airport city concepts were developed and discussed at the annual “Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition,” which took place for the first time in Athens on 27-29 April.

Cruisexperts Hellas organized a presentation of the Costa Luminosa, the thirteenth ship in the fleet of Italy-based Costa Cruises, which had docked in the Piraeus Port last month.

A group of Austrians, composed by GNTO representatives, Austrian journalists and tour operators were recently given the “inside story” of Kythera through a familiarization tour that took place last month on the island.

Travelport GDS, one of the world’s largest global distribution system providers that operate the Galileo and Worldspan platforms, recently announced a new, multi-year full content agreement with Athens-based Aegean Airlines.

The expectations of business travelers are in a turnaround as the economic pressure has made them care less about luxury and more about the basics a hotel delivers, a recent survey said.

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, recently announced the launch of Amadeus Hotel Store.

The economic crisis dominated this year’s general assembly of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies that recently took place.