More News by elpidoforos Manolesakis Destinations news Patmos On World Heritage List by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 The Dodecanese island of Patmos, its St John Monastery and its Cave of Revelation have gained international recognition following their inclusion in Unesco’s World Heritage listing. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news Zakynthos Marine Park To Be Established by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Plans for the creation of a marine park on Zakynthos island, which is home to the unique Caretta-caretta turtle species, have been formalized with the signing of a presidential decree. The legislation aims at protecting the endangered loggerhead turtle, which uses Mediterranean beaches as a nesting ground. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Vernicos Expands Abroad by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Vernicos Yachts and Nouvelles Frontieres signed a cooperation agreement in an effort to create one of the world’s biggest yachting enterprises. Nouvelles, France’s biggest tour operator serves 2,721,147 clients and has a 500-billion drachma turnover. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Four New Superfast Ferries In The Baltic Sea In 2001 by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Superfast Ferries (Attica Enterprises) announced plans last month to deploy four brand new ultramodern car-passenger ferries – Superfast VII, VIII, IX and Χ – in the Baltic Sea in 2001. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news Greece A Full Member Of Schengen Treaty by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Greece recently has carried out all the prerequisites needed for acceptance into the Schengen Treaty and as of January 31 became a full member. The decision was taken by the Joint Schengen Committee at ministerial level, with the participation of Iceland and Ireland, in the framework of the European Union’s Council of Justice and Interior Affairs Ministers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Company updates Royal Olympic Cruises Taken Over By Louis by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Shares in Royal Olympic Cruises Holdings Inc have been transferred to Louis Cruise Lines Ltd., as part of the latter’s purchase of a majority stake in Royal. The stocks represent 70% of the share capital of Royal Olympic Cruises Holdings Inc, which owns 51.42% of Royal Olympic Cruise Lines (ROC). The transfer took place at the Cyprus stock exchange. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail MICE American Tourism Professionals Seek Greek Partners by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Thirty-one U.S. companies arrived in Greece recently to attend the first-ever tourism infrastructure conference (ITIC ’99) sponsored and organized by the U.S. Embassy in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 1,217 1,218 1,219 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Patmos On World Heritage List by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 The Dodecanese island of Patmos, its St John Monastery and its Cave of Revelation have gained international recognition following their inclusion in Unesco’s World Heritage listing. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Zakynthos Marine Park To Be Established by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Plans for the creation of a marine park on Zakynthos island, which is home to the unique Caretta-caretta turtle species, have been formalized with the signing of a presidential decree. The legislation aims at protecting the endangered loggerhead turtle, which uses Mediterranean beaches as a nesting ground. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Vernicos Expands Abroad by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Vernicos Yachts and Nouvelles Frontieres signed a cooperation agreement in an effort to create one of the world’s biggest yachting enterprises. Nouvelles, France’s biggest tour operator serves 2,721,147 clients and has a 500-billion drachma turnover. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Four New Superfast Ferries In The Baltic Sea In 2001 by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Superfast Ferries (Attica Enterprises) announced plans last month to deploy four brand new ultramodern car-passenger ferries – Superfast VII, VIII, IX and Χ – in the Baltic Sea in 2001. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greece A Full Member Of Schengen Treaty by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Greece recently has carried out all the prerequisites needed for acceptance into the Schengen Treaty and as of January 31 became a full member. The decision was taken by the Joint Schengen Committee at ministerial level, with the participation of Iceland and Ireland, in the framework of the European Union’s Council of Justice and Interior Affairs Ministers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Royal Olympic Cruises Taken Over By Louis by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Shares in Royal Olympic Cruises Holdings Inc have been transferred to Louis Cruise Lines Ltd., as part of the latter’s purchase of a majority stake in Royal. The stocks represent 70% of the share capital of Royal Olympic Cruises Holdings Inc, which owns 51.42% of Royal Olympic Cruise Lines (ROC). The transfer took place at the Cyprus stock exchange. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
MICE American Tourism Professionals Seek Greek Partners by GTP editing team 1 February 2000 Thirty-one U.S. companies arrived in Greece recently to attend the first-ever tourism infrastructure conference (ITIC ’99) sponsored and organized by the U.S. Embassy in Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
