More News by elpidoforos Manolesakis Destinations news Revamped Square in Votanikos by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis recently launched a cool recreational oasis for residents of the Votanikos area—a revamped square on the corner of Spyrou Patsi and Sidirokastrou streets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Niche markets Greece Shows Prospects as Conference Destination by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Greece shows excellent prospects as a destination for conferences, corporate meetings and incentives: This conclusion was based on the results of the recent and first meeting of representatives from the Thessaloniki Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers, the Athens-Attica Hotel Association and the Athens Convention Bureau. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Posidonia 2008 Shows Environmental Concern by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Green business took center stage at Posidonia 2008 (June 2-6) as World Environment Day is high on the corporate social responsibility agenda and the global maritime community intensifies its efforts to further reduce its impact on sea and air pollution. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Ioannina and Preveza at Cyprus Travel Exhibition by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 The prefectures of Ioannina and Preveza had a dynamic presence—with stands and new information material—at the 11th Cyprus tourism exhibition “Taxidi 2008” (9-11 May) in Nicosia. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Greece Leads Tourism Committee by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Tourism Development Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos announced Greece would lead the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Committee for Sustainable Development of Tourism for the next four years on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5). This decision was taken by the committee’s nine member-states within the framework of the UNWTO three-day conference held in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Greece Shines in South Korea by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Greece received a double-distinction recently at KOFTA 2008 travel fair in Seoul, South Korea where it won “Best Booth Design Award” and “Best Music Performance,” realized by Greek Soprano Anastasia Zani. Greece received much admiration from the fair’s 100,000 visitors who showed their interest by collecting material and information pamphlets on Athens, Thessaloniki, the Cyclades and Greece’s archeological sites from the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) stand. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Conference Promises to Promote Cruises in Greece by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Yiannis Evangelou, president of the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA), asserted that “Greece underestimates the importance of the international cruise industry and unlike all other Mediterranean destinations and has done little in this direction until now.” This was the conclusion of the press conference held prior to the Seatrade-Hatta cruise forum CRUISEinGREECE last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Happenings Superfast Ferries FAM Trip for Port Agents by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Superfast Ferries recently invited several port agents on a three-day familiarization trip to Italy. The group, made up of company executives from several departments and Adriatic coast port agents from Patra, Igoumenitsa, Corfu, Bari and Ancona, boarded Superfast V for Bari. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates easyCruise Life Launched by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 After a successful launch in the summer of 2007, easyCruise inaugurated its second and larger ship to join the easyCruise fleet for a seven-day cruise to the Greek Islands and Turkey. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Sea Tourism Steady Increase in Greek Blue Flag Beaches by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 The Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature—Blue Flag coordinators for Greece—announced a steady increase in Greek Blue Flag beaches with 430 in 2008 compared with 428 in 2007 and 411 in 2006. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 1,158 1,159 1,160 1,161 1,162 … 1,219 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Revamped Square in Votanikos by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis recently launched a cool recreational oasis for residents of the Votanikos area—a revamped square on the corner of Spyrou Patsi and Sidirokastrou streets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Niche markets Greece Shows Prospects as Conference Destination by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Greece shows excellent prospects as a destination for conferences, corporate meetings and incentives: This conclusion was based on the results of the recent and first meeting of representatives from the Thessaloniki Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers, the Athens-Attica Hotel Association and the Athens Convention Bureau. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Posidonia 2008 Shows Environmental Concern by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Green business took center stage at Posidonia 2008 (June 2-6) as World Environment Day is high on the corporate social responsibility agenda and the global maritime community intensifies its efforts to further reduce its impact on sea and air pollution. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Ioannina and Preveza at Cyprus Travel Exhibition by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 The prefectures of Ioannina and Preveza had a dynamic presence—with stands and new information material—at the 11th Cyprus tourism exhibition “Taxidi 2008” (9-11 May) in Nicosia. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Leads Tourism Committee by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Tourism Development Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos announced Greece would lead the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Committee for Sustainable Development of Tourism for the next four years on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5). This decision was taken by the committee’s nine member-states within the framework of the UNWTO three-day conference held in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Greece Shines in South Korea by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Greece received a double-distinction recently at KOFTA 2008 travel fair in Seoul, South Korea where it won “Best Booth Design Award” and “Best Music Performance,” realized by Greek Soprano Anastasia Zani. Greece received much admiration from the fair’s 100,000 visitors who showed their interest by collecting material and information pamphlets on Athens, Thessaloniki, the Cyclades and Greece’s archeological sites from the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) stand. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Conference Promises to Promote Cruises in Greece by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Yiannis Evangelou, president of the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA), asserted that “Greece underestimates the importance of the international cruise industry and unlike all other Mediterranean destinations and has done little in this direction until now.” This was the conclusion of the press conference held prior to the Seatrade-Hatta cruise forum CRUISEinGREECE last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Superfast Ferries FAM Trip for Port Agents by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Superfast Ferries recently invited several port agents on a three-day familiarization trip to Italy. The group, made up of company executives from several departments and Adriatic coast port agents from Patra, Igoumenitsa, Corfu, Bari and Ancona, boarded Superfast V for Bari. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates easyCruise Life Launched by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 After a successful launch in the summer of 2007, easyCruise inaugurated its second and larger ship to join the easyCruise fleet for a seven-day cruise to the Greek Islands and Turkey. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Steady Increase in Greek Blue Flag Beaches by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 The Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature—Blue Flag coordinators for Greece—announced a steady increase in Greek Blue Flag beaches with 430 in 2008 compared with 428 in 2007 and 411 in 2006. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
