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//August 2009
The Compensative Recycling Center of ANEK.
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ANEK Hosts Recycling Event

ANEK Lines recently held the "Recycling... at top speed" event at the Piraeus Port and attracted hundreds of people of all ages who recycled plastic, glass, metal and other packaging.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Arrivals Down, Jobs Lost

International arrivals to Greece were reduced close to 10 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2008, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
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Exterior view of the New Acropolis Museum. According to Dr. Panos Livadas, Greece's secretary general of information, the New Acropolis Museum in Athens has attracted more attention from the world media than any topic, besides the economy.
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New Acropolis Museum Opens

The Greek claim for the return of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon marbles from the British Museum in London typified the official opening of the New Acropolis Museum on 20 June.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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ATEM Presents 2009 Arrivals Forecast

Greek tourist traffic is expected to decline between 5.41 and 13.01 percent this season, depending on the price of oil, says research group Academy of Tourism Research and Studies (ATEM). However, the group noted that if the oil price remains at $58 per barrel a 10.07 reduction...
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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SAAE Says No To Strikes

The Hellenic Association of Airline Representatives (SAAE) recently called for a solution to the continual operational problems of air traffic controlers and underlined that there must be no repeated strikes within the summer.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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The Athens-Attica Hotel Association believes that what is needed at the current time is an on-schedule planning for next year's Greek tourism promotion by the state and tourism businesses.
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Revenue Decrease For Athens-Attica Hotels

The revenue of Athens-Attica hotels fell some 20 percent from last year's January-May period as a result of a 16.6 percent drop in the average hotel occupancy rate and 5.1 percent in the average price per room, according to the latest study of GBR Consulting.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Greece Focuses On U.S. Visa Waiver Program

Greece's long-awaited inclusion in the U.S. visa waiver program is expected to take place by the end of the year, according to negotiations at the recent summit of the 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that took place on Kerkyra.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Greek-Turkish Tourism Cooperation

While on an official visit to Ankara last month, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos informed his Turkish counterpart, Ertugrul Gunay, of the ministry's decision to organize the "8th Greek-Turkish Tourism Forum" in October in Greece, with the participation of Greek and Turkish...
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Greece and Romania Strengthen Ties

Romanian Tourism Minister Elena Udrea recently said that a cruise line between Constanta, Romania, and the Greek islands, to be effective as of this summer, is under consideration.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Hotels Report Losses For 2008

Last year 870 major hotel enterprises produced losses that reached some 79 million euros against profits of 61 million euros in 2007, according to a survey conducted by Stat Bank.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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SETE Clarifies Tourism Data Terms

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises recently clarified the confusion created on the use of the terms "tourism revenue" and "turnover index for tourism."
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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HATTA Eyes Azerbaijani Tourism Market

Azerbaijan's tourism market offers opportunities for tourism and business partnerships, according to members of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) who attended a familiarization tour in Azerbaijan on 22-28 June.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Dominique Ferraris, (Accor group); Brigitta Papastavrou, (Agrotima); Jean-Pierre Martinetti (Cite De La Culture Et Du Tourisme Durable - Paca); and Yiorgos Drakopoulos (SETE) during the workshop.
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Greece Takes French Lesson On Tourism

An initiative taken for the first time in Greece by an embassy that represents one of the most developed tourism countries in the world deserves many congratulations, said Nikos Angelopoulos, president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, in reference to a recent...
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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The Olympic Air logo. According to MIG, winners Yiannis Papathanasiou and Panos Triantafilopoulos received 11,652 votes out of a total of 19,116.
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Olympic Gets New Logo

After the selection of Olympic's new cabin crew uniforms, Marfin Investment Group (MIG) recently publicized the logo of the new Olympic.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Andreas Vgenopoulos, president of Marfin Investment Group. Seated to his left are Mihalis Sakellis, chief executive officer of Blue Star Ferries, and Petros Vettas, chief executive officer of Attica Group.
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Attica Group Orders New Vessels

Attica Group recently signed shipbuilding contracts with world-class shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company, Korea, for the construction of two monohull-type, fast car-passenger ferries. The total investment cost will amount to some 137 million euros.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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EPEST Reacts To New Tax Measures

Finance Minister Yiannis Papathanasiou recently announced measures to tackle tax dodging in the sector of leisure boats, which caused a negative reaction from the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association (EPEST).
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Marine Tourism Looking Good On Rodos

Rodos appeared to be almost unaffected by the global economic crisis as marine tourism for the month of June showed an increase of 16.67 percent over the same period in 2008, according to official figures from the security office of the island's port.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Aris Ikkos (GBR Consulting); Giannis Kofinis (GNTO); Andreas Andreadis (Hellenic Hotels Federation); and Grigoris Tasios (Halkidiki Hotel Association), formed the panel of the workshop held recently in Chalkidiki.
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Chalkidiki Hoteliers Attend Workshop

The profile of today's visitor and ways of approaching the Greek tourist were analyzed last month in Chalkidiki at a workshop organized by the Hellenic Hotels Federation and the Halkidiki Hotel Association.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Haris Digrintakis (Greek journalist); Ioannis Theofanidis (Hellenic Navy); Yiannis Evangelou (Epsilon travel agency); Antonis Halkeas (Hellenic Association of Diving Professionals); and Nikolaos Tzanoudakis (National Association of Diving Trainers)
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Conference Focuses On Diving Tourism

By 2010 two of the four planned diving parks in Greece will be established, announced Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos at the conference "Diving Tourism - Present and Future," organized last month by Greek daily newspaper Apogevmatini.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Tourism For The Disabled Under Review

Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos recently met with representatives from the Panhellenic Association of the Blind, the Panhellenic Association of Kidney Transplants, the Panhellenic Union of Paraplegics and Physically Challenged and the National Confederation of Disabled People...
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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