More News by elpidoforos Manolesakis Company updates Attica Group Welcomes the ‘Blue Galaxy’ to its Crete Itinerary by GTP editing team 9 April 2015 As part of its fleet expansion program, Attica Group announced on Wednesday, that its subsidiary Blue Star Ferries received the Blue Galaxy under a long-term charter agreement (bareboat) from Hellas 2 Leasing. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Culture Greek City Ioannina Sets Sights on European Cultural Capital 2021 by GTP editing team 9 April 2015 The city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece is vying for the title of European Cultural Capital 2021, the municipal authority announced on Wednesday, saying it would submit its bid by October 23 under the title “Ioannina-Epirus: Cultural Capital of Europe 2021”. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Culture Greek Orthodox Easter Revelry and Reverence by felipe 8 April 2015 Tolling bells echo in the background as Greeks hustle and bustle to get everything done before Holy Friday. This is the darkest day of the year for the Orthodox faithful as they mourn Christ’s passing. No activities are allowed on this day. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Culture Holy Week Hours for Greek Museums, Sites Announced by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 The Greek Culture Ministry on Wednesday announced the opening hours of all state-run museums, archaeological sites and monuments during the Easter holiday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Sea Tourism Greek Shipowners Call for the Creation of a National Cruise Committee by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 A national committee that will oversee matters of cruise travel was the focus of a recent meeting between the board of the Union of Cruise Shipowners and Associated Members (EEKFN) and government officials. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Culture Larissa to Bid for 2021 European Capital of Culture Title by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 Larissa, the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region in Greece, will bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2021. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news Cities of Thessaloniki and Ioannina Team Up to Promote Tourism by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 In their efforts to boost tourism and promote their cities as prime tourist destinations, the northern Greece municipalities of Thessaloniki and Ioannina signed a memorandum of cooperation before laying out the groundwork for a common strategy during a day event held last week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news Macedonia-Thrace Region Troubled With Drop in Tourism, To Refocus Promotional Strategy by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 In efforts to revive dwindling tourist interest, the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace has decided to place tourism at the center of its development strategy with the aim to “rebrand” the wider location as a “tourist destination of excellence”. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Destinations news ‘Back to Athens’ Plan Aiming to Revive the Greek Capital by GTP editing team 7 April 2015 “Back to Athens” is the central theme of the municipal authority’s new five-year development program, which aims to make the Greek capital an attractive and active centre of growth by 2020. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Culture Culture, Tourism Ministries Join Forces to Promote Greece by GTP editing team 7 April 2015 Ensuring the most effective and far-reaching promotion of Greece’s cultural heritage was at the center of a meeting between Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and her counterpart at the Culture Ministry Nikos Xydakis. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 957 958 959 960 961 … 1,219 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Attica Group Welcomes the ‘Blue Galaxy’ to its Crete Itinerary by GTP editing team 9 April 2015 As part of its fleet expansion program, Attica Group announced on Wednesday, that its subsidiary Blue Star Ferries received the Blue Galaxy under a long-term charter agreement (bareboat) from Hellas 2 Leasing. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek City Ioannina Sets Sights on European Cultural Capital 2021 by GTP editing team 9 April 2015 The city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece is vying for the title of European Cultural Capital 2021, the municipal authority announced on Wednesday, saying it would submit its bid by October 23 under the title “Ioannina-Epirus: Cultural Capital of Europe 2021”. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Orthodox Easter Revelry and Reverence by felipe 8 April 2015 Tolling bells echo in the background as Greeks hustle and bustle to get everything done before Holy Friday. This is the darkest day of the year for the Orthodox faithful as they mourn Christ’s passing. No activities are allowed on this day. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Holy Week Hours for Greek Museums, Sites Announced by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 The Greek Culture Ministry on Wednesday announced the opening hours of all state-run museums, archaeological sites and monuments during the Easter holiday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greek Shipowners Call for the Creation of a National Cruise Committee by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 A national committee that will oversee matters of cruise travel was the focus of a recent meeting between the board of the Union of Cruise Shipowners and Associated Members (EEKFN) and government officials. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Larissa to Bid for 2021 European Capital of Culture Title by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 Larissa, the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region in Greece, will bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2021. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Cities of Thessaloniki and Ioannina Team Up to Promote Tourism by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 In their efforts to boost tourism and promote their cities as prime tourist destinations, the northern Greece municipalities of Thessaloniki and Ioannina signed a memorandum of cooperation before laying out the groundwork for a common strategy during a day event held last week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Macedonia-Thrace Region Troubled With Drop in Tourism, To Refocus Promotional Strategy by GTP editing team 8 April 2015 In efforts to revive dwindling tourist interest, the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace has decided to place tourism at the center of its development strategy with the aim to “rebrand” the wider location as a “tourist destination of excellence”. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ‘Back to Athens’ Plan Aiming to Revive the Greek Capital by GTP editing team 7 April 2015 “Back to Athens” is the central theme of the municipal authority’s new five-year development program, which aims to make the Greek capital an attractive and active centre of growth by 2020. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Culture, Tourism Ministries Join Forces to Promote Greece by GTP editing team 7 April 2015 Ensuring the most effective and far-reaching promotion of Greece’s cultural heritage was at the center of a meeting between Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and her counterpart at the Culture Ministry Nikos Xydakis. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
