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//December 1, 2000
ABTA's annual congress 2000
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ABTA Congress Explored Internet Positives And Negatives

The Association of British Travel Agent’s (ABTA) recent congress on Kos gave delegates some tasty food for thought. During the four-day event, which was perhaps the best-organized event ever held in Greece, up-market speakers attempted to foresee the future regarding travel and...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Hellenic Tourism Organization's secretary general, Evgenios Yiannakopoulos.
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Kandor Report Outlines Greece’s Tourism Disadvantages

A strong seasonal character, uneven geographical distribution, low per-capita spending of tourists and the absence of international hotel chains appear to be the disadvantages of the Greek tourism industry, according to an annual report.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis
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Athens No Longer Considered A Saturated Area For New Hotel Units

Some 20 new hotels with a total capacity of some 5.000 beds and costing an estimated 100 billion drachmas are expected to be built in Attica over the years leading up to the 2004 Olympics, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said last month.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Aktina's headquarters are based in its own building complex in Piraeus.
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Aktina Leads The Way

Just a few years after it was first founded in 1975, Piraeus-based Aktina has lead the way for other Greek travel agencies. The office became an IATA member in 1977 and in 1981 the company foresaw new market developments and was one of the few to convert the personal company into...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Possidi Offers Special Winter 2000 Programs

A special opportunity to get in touch with nature during all four seasons is now available through a stay at the Possidi Holidays Hotel, a hidden paradise in Greece's Chalkidiki. The hotel's manager, Panagiotis Kalantzis, says he has created some very special programs for groups...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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First Steps Taken In Coastal Shipping Deregulation

Greek Merchant Marine Minister Christos Papoutsis last month took the first major step for the deregulation of the domestic passenger-shipping sector. With the issuance of new exploitation permits for island routes, the ministry breaks up the near-monopoly some larger ferry lines...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Olympic Airways Speeds Up Privatization And Gets Funds For Spata Move

Olympic Airways will relocate to the new airport at Spata come March next year following approval from the European Commission for the diversion of funds intended for plane purchases.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Tourism Best Bet For Job Creation

The most recent study carried out by the Research Institute for Tourism urges government to take advantage of the many opportunities open in the tourism sector to create new jobs. "Greece has a dynamic workforce, a large proportion of which do not need specialized skills but can...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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SETE's president, Spyros Kokotos (second from left), lashed out at government for failing to create a long term tourism strategy.
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Greece Lacks Long-term Tourism Strategy And Policy

The biggest problem facing Greek tourism is the lack of a long-term strategy and policy, said Spyros Kokotos, president of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, during the 16th Philoxenia tourism fair. Mr. Kokotos added that the present government has failed to...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Exclusive Tours Promotes Norwegian Dream

Nikos and Kostas Pagonis of Athens-based Exclusive Tours last month took local travel agents on a tour of Norwegian Cruise Lines' cruise vessel Norwegian Dream, which had docked in Piraeus harbor. Exclusive, as the line's representative in Greece, says it's off to a new start...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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CTS's Nikos Spyridakis at his Philoxenia stand.
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A ‘BSP-like’ System Created For Ferry Lines

Piraeus-based CTS (Coastal Transportation Services), which is a member of the a Piraeus Bank Group, will soon provide a complete pioneering system for the settlement of sales through agents in coastal transportation and other tourism services.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Visitors to Philoxenia were more than impressed with the newly-designed Greek Travel Pages' stand.
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Philoxenia’s Last Stand

During opening ceremonies, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis declared that a total of 596.2 billion drachmas in financing from the EU's Third Structural Fund would be funnelled into the industry between now and 2006.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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