Niche Markets

The first contracts between Russian tourism professionals and Greek private hospitals were signed during the 2nd Greek Medical & Health Tourism Workshop held recently in Moscow.

Greek hotels from Crete, Chalkidiki and Evia promoted their services to international travel professionals and senior citizens at the 19th SENIOR, the biggest fair in Sweden for an active older audience.

Gay friendly Greek and Cypriot prestigious hotels will be promoted to the International LGBT travel market at this year’s World Travel Market in London (4-7 November).

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and Russian Deputy Minister of Culture Alla Manilova will soon sign a framework agreement for tourism policy issues.

The Athens Classic Marathon enters dynamically in the 4th decade since the revival of the Authentic Course, with a record number of entries. This year, the marathon includes records, innovations, international glamour and significant changes.

Dogus Group, one of Turkey’s largest conglomerates, sees the Aegean Sea as an international hub to attract high-income tourists and has proposed for Greece and Turkey to form a cooperation in that direction.

Greece will try to attract an upmarket tourist clientele by boosting new investments, upgrading offered services and developing new and attractive tourism products, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni told the Mediterranean Luxury Travel Summit in Athens on 7 October.

The Mediterranean Luxury Travel Summit 2013 will take place 7-8 October at the Divani Apollon Palace & Spa in Athens and bring together internationally-renowned thought leaders and consumer strategists, top travel & tourism executives and key decision makers across the industry, academia and the public sector.

The creation of the first EuroVelo bicycle route in Greece and its importance for sustainable tourism will be discussed at a press conference on 3 October at Thessaloniki’s New City Hall.

New geographical, marketing and technological horizons for the luxury and cultural travel sector will be presented at the Mediterranean Luxury Travel Summit 2013 to be held next week in Athens, Greece.