More News by elpidoforos Manolesakis MICE ITS Athens Makes a Good First Attempt by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 The International Tourism Salon – Athens 2006, the first attempt to establish a much-needed truly international tourism exhibit in the country’s capital city, did relatively well and received strong support from Greece’s leading tourism organizations. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates MSC Cruises’ New Ship Visits Greek Waters by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 MSC Cruises’ brand new ultra luxurious cruise ship, MSC Musica, called into Piraeus harbor as part of its European cruise itinerary for the 2006-2007 season. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates easyCruiseOne To Sail the Greek Islands by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 EasyCruise announced that easyCruiseOne will sail the Greek islands this summer, beginning May 31, 2007, offering three to 14-day cruises to 11 islands (Cyclades and Saronic). The eleven islands include popular islands such as Mykonos, Paros and Ios, and less well-known islands such as Milos, Amorgos, and Folegandros. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE WTM Mirrors Success of Global Tourism by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 The World Travel Market (WTM) held in London last month was the perfect venue to present Greece’s new advertising campaign with the message “Explore your senses in Greece.” 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Philoxenia Hangs On by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Aristotelis Thomopoulos, president of Helexpo, the organizer of the Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition, says this year’s fair, the twenty-second, saw an increase in visitors and exhibitors (additional exhibitors this year included those to the new special section for spa products, which was added to the Hotelier pavilion). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Demand for Shared Leisure Real Estate on the Rise by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 The purchase of shared leisure real estate is expected to double in the next five years, with the main markets being Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific was the key message of the third annual European conference on leisure real estate held in Athens last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Skal International Elects New President by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Litsa Papathanassi from Rodos was elected as the new president of Skal International during the 67th Skal International World Congress held in Pattaya, Thailand last month. This is only the second time in the organization’s 72-year-history, that a woman president was elected. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Hellenic Seaways Expands Its Fleet by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Hellenic Seaways (HSW) not only launched the newly built ferry boat, Nissos Chios, last month, but also purchased a relatively new large ferry boat. Both ships are part of HSW’s 200 million euro investment strategy to expand and modernize its fleet and improve the services the company offers to its customers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news Crete’s Major Tourism Project Gets Green Light by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 The ministry of environment approved the environmental study for a major tourism development project in Lassithi, Crete. The developer, London-based Minoan Group, formerly Loyalward Ltd. had initially signed a contract with the Ecclesiastical Foundation of Panagia Akrotiriani back in 1998 for developing a tourism facility on 26,000 stremma property owned by the Toplou Monastery. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Galileo Signs Agreement With Galileo Hellas by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Galileo, a leading global distribution system (GDS) and subsidiary of Travelport, renewed its long-term distribution agreement with Galileo Hellas, the government-owned travel distribution company, to distribute Galileo GDS to the Greek and Cypriot markets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 1,174 1,175 1,176 1,177 1,178 … 1,219 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE ITS Athens Makes a Good First Attempt by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 The International Tourism Salon – Athens 2006, the first attempt to establish a much-needed truly international tourism exhibit in the country’s capital city, did relatively well and received strong support from Greece’s leading tourism organizations. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates MSC Cruises’ New Ship Visits Greek Waters by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 MSC Cruises’ brand new ultra luxurious cruise ship, MSC Musica, called into Piraeus harbor as part of its European cruise itinerary for the 2006-2007 season. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates easyCruiseOne To Sail the Greek Islands by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 EasyCruise announced that easyCruiseOne will sail the Greek islands this summer, beginning May 31, 2007, offering three to 14-day cruises to 11 islands (Cyclades and Saronic). The eleven islands include popular islands such as Mykonos, Paros and Ios, and less well-known islands such as Milos, Amorgos, and Folegandros. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE WTM Mirrors Success of Global Tourism by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 The World Travel Market (WTM) held in London last month was the perfect venue to present Greece’s new advertising campaign with the message “Explore your senses in Greece.” 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Philoxenia Hangs On by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Aristotelis Thomopoulos, president of Helexpo, the organizer of the Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition, says this year’s fair, the twenty-second, saw an increase in visitors and exhibitors (additional exhibitors this year included those to the new special section for spa products, which was added to the Hotelier pavilion). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Demand for Shared Leisure Real Estate on the Rise by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 The purchase of shared leisure real estate is expected to double in the next five years, with the main markets being Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific was the key message of the third annual European conference on leisure real estate held in Athens last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Skal International Elects New President by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Litsa Papathanassi from Rodos was elected as the new president of Skal International during the 67th Skal International World Congress held in Pattaya, Thailand last month. This is only the second time in the organization’s 72-year-history, that a woman president was elected. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Hellenic Seaways Expands Its Fleet by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Hellenic Seaways (HSW) not only launched the newly built ferry boat, Nissos Chios, last month, but also purchased a relatively new large ferry boat. Both ships are part of HSW’s 200 million euro investment strategy to expand and modernize its fleet and improve the services the company offers to its customers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Crete’s Major Tourism Project Gets Green Light by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 The ministry of environment approved the environmental study for a major tourism development project in Lassithi, Crete. The developer, London-based Minoan Group, formerly Loyalward Ltd. had initially signed a contract with the Ecclesiastical Foundation of Panagia Akrotiriani back in 1998 for developing a tourism facility on 26,000 stremma property owned by the Toplou Monastery. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Galileo Signs Agreement With Galileo Hellas by GTP editing team 1 December 2006 Galileo, a leading global distribution system (GDS) and subsidiary of Travelport, renewed its long-term distribution agreement with Galileo Hellas, the government-owned travel distribution company, to distribute Galileo GDS to the Greek and Cypriot markets. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
