More News by elpidoforos Manolesakis Company updates Valef Yachts Opens New Office in Piraeus by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Valef Yachts recently announced the opening of its Greek offices at Marina Zeas in Piraeus. The office is under the competent management of the founder’s two daughters, Kassandra and Alexandra Lefakinis. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Sea Tourism Market Expects Major Changes in Local Ferry Ownership by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Crete-based Minoan Lines appears to be in the center of a shake up in Greece’s coastal shipping sector. Last month, the activity of the Minoan shares on the Athens Stock Exchange, and subsequent press stories, has led most to believe that Attica Enterprises (Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries) is out to control Minoan. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Happenings Marine Tourism in the Forefront Once More by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Yet another tourism minister has announced that marine tourism and yachting are very important pieces of the Greek tourism product. During the recent New Year’s reception of the Association of Greek Yacht Owners, Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia added that this was a particularly profitable and promising sector for tourism. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Sea Tourism Faliro Marina Up for Grabs by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Tourism Development Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia said, as we go to press, that a tender would be published shortly for the marina at Faliro. It is but one of the many properties owned by Tourism Development Company, which recently announced its financial results for the year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news Patras Vies for Race Track Approval by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Last month, Greek President of the Republic Carlos Papoulias signed a presidential decree that stipulates the technical specifications required to create and operate a professional race track in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Recruitments Eva Karamanou Takes Over Amadeus Hellas by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 takes over as senior manager of human resources markets for Central Eastern Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Air Travel Worldspan and Sabre Global Distribution Systems Sold by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Sabre Holdings was sold last month to two private equity firms in the U.S. for $4.45 billion. Although Sabre is considered the leading global distribution systems (GDS), analysts say the buyout centered more on the importance of the company’s subsidiary units, Travelocity and lastminute.com. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Amadeus’ New Solution Boosts Hotel Bookings by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 Amadeus has a new solution that travel agents and hotels can use to track and claim hotel booking commissions. Amadeus estimates that travel agencies lose more than 120 million euro each year in lost commissions. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Eurobank Conference on Increasing Competitiveness by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 Spain and Turkey are considered Greece’s main international competitors by Greek hoteliers due to their lower prices and better promotion by tourism organizations reported an EFG Eurobank study of hotel enterprises throughout Greece carried out August through October 2006. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Business Tourism Congress Held in Athens by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 Last month, the Second General Assembly and Annual Congress of the European Federation of the Associations of PCOs was held at the Helexpo Congress and Exhibition Centre in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 1,173 1,174 1,175 1,176 1,177 … 1,219 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Valef Yachts Opens New Office in Piraeus by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Valef Yachts recently announced the opening of its Greek offices at Marina Zeas in Piraeus. The office is under the competent management of the founder’s two daughters, Kassandra and Alexandra Lefakinis. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Market Expects Major Changes in Local Ferry Ownership by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Crete-based Minoan Lines appears to be in the center of a shake up in Greece’s coastal shipping sector. Last month, the activity of the Minoan shares on the Athens Stock Exchange, and subsequent press stories, has led most to believe that Attica Enterprises (Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries) is out to control Minoan. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Happenings Marine Tourism in the Forefront Once More by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Yet another tourism minister has announced that marine tourism and yachting are very important pieces of the Greek tourism product. During the recent New Year’s reception of the Association of Greek Yacht Owners, Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia added that this was a particularly profitable and promising sector for tourism. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Faliro Marina Up for Grabs by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Tourism Development Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia said, as we go to press, that a tender would be published shortly for the marina at Faliro. It is but one of the many properties owned by Tourism Development Company, which recently announced its financial results for the year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Patras Vies for Race Track Approval by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Last month, Greek President of the Republic Carlos Papoulias signed a presidential decree that stipulates the technical specifications required to create and operate a professional race track in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Recruitments Eva Karamanou Takes Over Amadeus Hellas by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 takes over as senior manager of human resources markets for Central Eastern Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Worldspan and Sabre Global Distribution Systems Sold by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Sabre Holdings was sold last month to two private equity firms in the U.S. for $4.45 billion. Although Sabre is considered the leading global distribution systems (GDS), analysts say the buyout centered more on the importance of the company’s subsidiary units, Travelocity and lastminute.com. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Amadeus’ New Solution Boosts Hotel Bookings by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 Amadeus has a new solution that travel agents and hotels can use to track and claim hotel booking commissions. Amadeus estimates that travel agencies lose more than 120 million euro each year in lost commissions. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Eurobank Conference on Increasing Competitiveness by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 Spain and Turkey are considered Greece’s main international competitors by Greek hoteliers due to their lower prices and better promotion by tourism organizations reported an EFG Eurobank study of hotel enterprises throughout Greece carried out August through October 2006. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Business Tourism Congress Held in Athens by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 Last month, the Second General Assembly and Annual Congress of the European Federation of the Associations of PCOs was held at the Helexpo Congress and Exhibition Centre in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
