Tour Operators & Travel Agencies

In its ongoing efforts to promote Greece’s tourism potential to newer markets, FEDHATTA has announced the establishment of a three-country entity.

Greece is a favorite destination for Austrian holidaymakers judging by their pre-bookings, according to TUI Austria.

Bookings for the holiday season are marking a 3-5 percent rise with all the more Greeks planning trips abroad, according to recent data.

The Federation of the Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (fedHATTA) and the Israel Association of Travel Agencies and Consultants, signed a memorandum of cooperation during the ITTAA Annual Convention held in Athens.

Athens-based Mideast Travel is claiming that Greece this year will see a significant reduction of tourist arrivals from Iran due to “acts and omissions” of the Greek Embassy in Tehran.

Greece is the first destination of choice for Polish travelers, the President of the Polish Tour Operators Association (PZOT) and CEO of Neckermann Poland, Krzysztof Piatek, said during a recent meeting with the Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (fedHATTA).

Egyptian tourism professionals expressed a strong interest in doing business with Greek travel agencies during a series of B2B meetings held on the sidelines of the first Greek-Egyptian Tourism Forum that took place last week in Cairo.

The European Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ECTAA) will meet in the European Green Capital 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Wednesday, May 25, for its semi-annual meeting.

Travel agents save consumers four hours in travel planning and an average $452 per trip, according to new research by the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA).

The Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (FEDHATTA) has launched an action plan, dubbed “Dodeka”, designed to boost Greece as a year-round tourism destination.