Trade Associations by elpidoforos Manolesakis Full Speed Ahead For New Tourism Products by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 A theme park inspired by ancient Greek mythology opens in the Anavyssos area, south of Athens, in 2004 and by when all phases are fully completed, in 2006, the park is expected to attract up to 1.2 million visitors per year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Travel Trade Calls Emergency Session To Confront Commission Cuts by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Greece’s travel trade associations got together last month ans called emergency general assembly of all travel associations to consider stop selling domestic airline tickets after local carriers cut agency commission down to 6.94% from 9%. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail WTO Chief Foresees Positive Tourism Growth by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 The global tourism industry is projected to grow by 1 to 1.5 percent this year, down from an original forecast of 3 percent, due principally to the global crisis brought on by the attacks on the USA on September 11, said Francesco Frangialli, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail World Tourism Bodies Announce Joint Statement On Industry by GTP editing team 11 November 2001 Leading travel and tourism industry associations from around the world have collaborated on a joint statement asking governments to work together in partnership to address concerns facing the global travel and tourism industry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Tourism Sector Calls For Abolition Of Airport Tax As Air Fares Rise by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 High insurance fees and low revenue have forced Greek airlines to increase fares. At the same time, they want major decreases in airport fees and taxes. And so far, they have managed to get all of the tourism-related associations in the private sector behind them in a strong request to abolish the country’s airport tax, or ‘spatossimo.’ 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail State Casinos Up For Sale Post Increased Profits by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 The state-owned casinos at Parnitha and on Corfu are expected to enrich state coffers by some 15 billion drachmas this year, Hellenic Tourist Properties said last month. The optimistic projection … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Coastal Fare Hikes Up To 20% by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 Coastal shipping companies are expected to ask Merchant Marine Minister Christos Papoutsis to consent to fare hikes of up to 20 percent. They also called on him to extend the increased summer-season fare schedule into the winter. Ferry operators say higher insurance premiums are the problem. Insurers have raised their claims to “astronomical proportions,” they complain, and “premium increases vary, according to the ship’s age and type, between 50 and 700 percent.” Fuel is another worry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail New Tourism Crisis Committee Action Package by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 Government action to help tourism out of its present predicament was promised early last month by Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis. He announced the formation of an “Tourism Crisis Management Committee,” headed by the ministry’s tourism officials. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail American Travel Agents Want Secret Service For Air Travel Security by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 In response to the recent U.S. national disaster and the nation’s clear need for enhanced airline security measures, the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) has sent a letter to its congress outlining its suggestions for keeping America’s skies safe. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Helipads For Greek Island Destinations by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 The construction of four new helipads, three in the Aegean and one on an Ionian island, were announced last month by the government – Ithaca, Dodecanese, Patmos, Tinos, Lesvos. All … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 592 593 594 595 596 … 601 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Full Speed Ahead For New Tourism Products by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 A theme park inspired by ancient Greek mythology opens in the Anavyssos area, south of Athens, in 2004 and by when all phases are fully completed, in 2006, the park is expected to attract up to 1.2 million visitors per year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Travel Trade Calls Emergency Session To Confront Commission Cuts by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Greece’s travel trade associations got together last month ans called emergency general assembly of all travel associations to consider stop selling domestic airline tickets after local carriers cut agency commission down to 6.94% from 9%. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
WTO Chief Foresees Positive Tourism Growth by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 The global tourism industry is projected to grow by 1 to 1.5 percent this year, down from an original forecast of 3 percent, due principally to the global crisis brought on by the attacks on the USA on September 11, said Francesco Frangialli, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
World Tourism Bodies Announce Joint Statement On Industry by GTP editing team 11 November 2001 Leading travel and tourism industry associations from around the world have collaborated on a joint statement asking governments to work together in partnership to address concerns facing the global travel and tourism industry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Tourism Sector Calls For Abolition Of Airport Tax As Air Fares Rise by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 High insurance fees and low revenue have forced Greek airlines to increase fares. At the same time, they want major decreases in airport fees and taxes. And so far, they have managed to get all of the tourism-related associations in the private sector behind them in a strong request to abolish the country’s airport tax, or ‘spatossimo.’ 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
State Casinos Up For Sale Post Increased Profits by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 The state-owned casinos at Parnitha and on Corfu are expected to enrich state coffers by some 15 billion drachmas this year, Hellenic Tourist Properties said last month. The optimistic projection … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Coastal Fare Hikes Up To 20% by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 Coastal shipping companies are expected to ask Merchant Marine Minister Christos Papoutsis to consent to fare hikes of up to 20 percent. They also called on him to extend the increased summer-season fare schedule into the winter. Ferry operators say higher insurance premiums are the problem. Insurers have raised their claims to “astronomical proportions,” they complain, and “premium increases vary, according to the ship’s age and type, between 50 and 700 percent.” Fuel is another worry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
New Tourism Crisis Committee Action Package by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 Government action to help tourism out of its present predicament was promised early last month by Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis. He announced the formation of an “Tourism Crisis Management Committee,” headed by the ministry’s tourism officials. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
American Travel Agents Want Secret Service For Air Travel Security by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 In response to the recent U.S. national disaster and the nation’s clear need for enhanced airline security measures, the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) has sent a letter to its congress outlining its suggestions for keeping America’s skies safe. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Helipads For Greek Island Destinations by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 The construction of four new helipads, three in the Aegean and one on an Ionian island, were announced last month by the government – Ithaca, Dodecanese, Patmos, Tinos, Lesvos. All … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
