HATTA Honors Leading Figures of Greek Tourism

The Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA) honored leading figures of Greek tourism during its annual general assembly held last week in Athens.

The association honored Nikos Skoulas and Makis Fokas for their longstanding and important contribution to the sector and Byron Argyris for his long term contribution to tourism and the travel agency industry.

• Nikos Skoulas was honored for serving the tourism industry through his various posts as (first) Tourism Minister of Greece, General Secretary of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), President of the National Council of Tourism and Alternate Economy Minister.

HATTA President Lysandros Tsilidis, Nikos Skoulas and Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura. Photo © Paterakis

• Makis Fokas was honored for serving tourism through his posts as President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, President of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, President of the Athens–Attica Hotel Association, President of the Research Institute for Tourism (ITEP) and Board Member of the GNTO.

HATTA President Lysandros Tsilidis, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, Makis Fokas and Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Giorgos Tsakiris. Photo © Paterakis

• Vyronas Argyris was honored for serving Greek tourism as the Governor of the International Chapter of ASTA and as the Vice President and Trustee of HATTA’s Board of Directors.

HATTA President Lysandros Tsilidis, Vyronas Argyris and Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura. Photo © Paterakis

For more on HATTA’s general assembly, press here.