More News by elpidoforos Manolesakis Destinations news Tourism Develops on Southern Kefalinia by GTP editing team 1 June 2006 Neatly dressed in a double-breasted blue suit, a Greek fisherman’s cap firmly set over his white hair, Theodoros Exadaktilos recounts the summer of 1963 when he brought the first tourists to Kefalinia, the largest Ionian island. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Niche markets Millions Budgeted for Religious Tourism by GTP editing team 1 June 2006 The first interregional plan for the development of religious tourism has been approved. It forms part of the EU’s Interreg III B program, implemented by Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta. The body responsible for the program here is the Greek National Tourism Organization, in association with the Church of Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Tourism Key to EU Growth and Employment by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Ministers and government representatives from the EU-25, the accession and candidate countries, EFTA/EEA and the Western Balkans met in Vienna last month for a European conference of tourism ministers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE First International Tourism Exhibit for Athens by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 The capital city’s first International Tourism Salon (ITS) – Athens 2006, will be held November 30 through December 3 at the Piraeus Port Authority Center (OLP) announced Giorgos Karachristos, president and managing director of MACT S.A., the event organizer. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Panorama Exhibition Moves to Expo Athens Venue by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 The capital’s biggest and most modern exhibition center, Expo Athens, hosts the 11th Panorama Tourism Exhibition this year from May 4 to 7 with more exhibition space than ever before. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE 50 Chinese Tourism Professionals Visit Greece by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 In a move to increase Chinese tourism in Greece, 50 Chinese tourism professionals were invited to meet with Greek colleagues last month by the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE Beijing Tourism Fair Considered Success by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Beijing’s International Travel and Tourism Market welcomed 448 hand-picked hosted buyers from the top tour operators and travel agencies in China to do business and network with international tourism professionals. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE International Women’s Travel Organization Holds Convention in Athens by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Athens-the Wonder of Revival was the theme of the 37th annual convention of the International Federation of Women’s Travel Organizations (IFWTO) held in Athens last month-in honor of the organization’s first ever convention held in this city. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Air Travel Athens Area Creates Air-Sea Link by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Athens International Airport (AIA) and the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP), within the framework of further cargo development in Athens, signed an agreement last month for the development of a “sea-air” link between OLP and AIA. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Sale of Three Superfast Vessels Concluded by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Superfast owners Attica Holdings last month announced it concluded the sale and delivery of Superfast VII, Superfast VIII and Superfast IX to the AS Tallink Grupp in exchange for some 310 million euros in cash. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 1,180 1,181 1,182 1,183 1,184 … 1,219 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Tourism Develops on Southern Kefalinia by GTP editing team 1 June 2006 Neatly dressed in a double-breasted blue suit, a Greek fisherman’s cap firmly set over his white hair, Theodoros Exadaktilos recounts the summer of 1963 when he brought the first tourists to Kefalinia, the largest Ionian island. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Niche markets Millions Budgeted for Religious Tourism by GTP editing team 1 June 2006 The first interregional plan for the development of religious tourism has been approved. It forms part of the EU’s Interreg III B program, implemented by Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta. The body responsible for the program here is the Greek National Tourism Organization, in association with the Church of Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Tourism Key to EU Growth and Employment by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Ministers and government representatives from the EU-25, the accession and candidate countries, EFTA/EEA and the Western Balkans met in Vienna last month for a European conference of tourism ministers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE First International Tourism Exhibit for Athens by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 The capital city’s first International Tourism Salon (ITS) – Athens 2006, will be held November 30 through December 3 at the Piraeus Port Authority Center (OLP) announced Giorgos Karachristos, president and managing director of MACT S.A., the event organizer. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Panorama Exhibition Moves to Expo Athens Venue by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 The capital’s biggest and most modern exhibition center, Expo Athens, hosts the 11th Panorama Tourism Exhibition this year from May 4 to 7 with more exhibition space than ever before. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE 50 Chinese Tourism Professionals Visit Greece by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 In a move to increase Chinese tourism in Greece, 50 Chinese tourism professionals were invited to meet with Greek colleagues last month by the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE Beijing Tourism Fair Considered Success by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Beijing’s International Travel and Tourism Market welcomed 448 hand-picked hosted buyers from the top tour operators and travel agencies in China to do business and network with international tourism professionals. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE International Women’s Travel Organization Holds Convention in Athens by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Athens-the Wonder of Revival was the theme of the 37th annual convention of the International Federation of Women’s Travel Organizations (IFWTO) held in Athens last month-in honor of the organization’s first ever convention held in this city. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Area Creates Air-Sea Link by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Athens International Airport (AIA) and the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP), within the framework of further cargo development in Athens, signed an agreement last month for the development of a “sea-air” link between OLP and AIA. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Sale of Three Superfast Vessels Concluded by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Superfast owners Attica Holdings last month announced it concluded the sale and delivery of Superfast VII, Superfast VIII and Superfast IX to the AS Tallink Grupp in exchange for some 310 million euros in cash. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
