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//January 1, 2004

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The perpetual tale of Olympic Airways -- as of December 12, Olympic Airlines -- continues with no end in sight. Although the government says it has selected one of five potential bidders for further talks on a takeover of Olympic Airlines, the slimmed-down successor to heavily...
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Government Replaces Its Tourism Leaders

The government says it will present a comprehensive restructuring plan for the country's tourism administration. The announcement followed the replacement of government tourism leaders and the reshuffling of responsibilities among the Development Ministry's General Secretariat...
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Olympic Airlines Takes Over Olympic Airways’ Traffic

Greece's national carrier, Olympic Airways, was officially transformed on December 12 into a slimmer, debt-free carrier under the name Olympic Airlines. After 28 years of public ownership, government now hopes to sell at least 51% of the "new" carrier to private investors....
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Speakers and guests at the tourism development conference included Loukas Douvas, general manager of the Attica Hoteliers Association; Georgos Dracopoulos, general manager of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises; Georgos Tsakiris, president of the Attica Hoteliers Association; and Aris Spiliotopoulos, N.D. Party member of parliament.
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Tourism Development Depends On You

If we want the Greek tourism sector to develop at a satisfactory pace, we in the private sector must take it upon ourselves to do so, said speakers at the recent "The Need to Create a Tourism Development Strategy" conference held last month in Athens.
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The first panel of experts on quality in the workplace included professional conference organizer, Nikos Lavrentides; the president of the Chamber of Greek Hotels, Makis Fokas; and the president of the Greek Union of Air Travel Agents, Spiros Ginis.
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Students Enthused With Tourism Quality Seminar

As a part of European Quality Week, the Greek Marketing Institute held a tourism seminar recently on "Quality in the Workplace: Make it Happen!" Although few tourism professionals arrived, a good number of tourism marketing students were on hand and had the opportunity to hear...
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The SkyTeam workshop proved to be one of the most popular local travel events of 2003.
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SkyTeam Workshop Entices Top Travel Agencies

More than a hundred of Greece's top travel agents arrived last month at the rooftop restaurant and bar area of the Hilton Athens to take part in a workshop organized by SkyTeam airline representatives here in Greece -- Aeromexico, Air France, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta...
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The Sbokos family, owners of the new Blue Palace on Crete, with Roeland Vos (left), Starwood Hotels & Resort's president for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Blue Palace Enters Luxury Collection

The Blue Palace Resort & Spa at Elounda on Crete as of January entered the privileged club of distinctive hotels when it became a member of the Starwood Luxury Collection. The collection is classed as "the world's most extraordinarily unique of hotels and resorts." Blue Star...
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Germany’s ITB Features Technology Congress

The ITB Travel Technology Congress will take place this year from March 14 to 16 in Hall 7.1b during Germany’s ITB travel fair. The opening event, on Sunday, March 14, will examine the opportunities for an upturn in the travel market in 2004, which could be brought about as a...
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Alexandros Vassilikos of the Airotel group, owner of the Stratos Vassilikos, with GTP's Stefanos Tsimopoulos during the opening celebrations of the Stratos Vassilikos.
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The New Stratos Vassilikos for that Something Extra

The Riva Hotel in the Athens Illisia area is no more. In its place is the new luxury Stratos Vassilikos, an up-market hotel that is different from all the rest. Owner Airotel stripped down the Riva to its bare bones and constructed something different for the traveler.
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Park Hotel's sales executive, Renia Christopoulou; the hotel's sales and marketing manager, Theodore Alexandris; and the unit's sales manager for corporate accounts, Despina Gavrili-Alexandris, during the opening of Park's roof garden bar and restaurant.
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Park Opens Bar and Restaurant to the Stars

The deluxe Park Hotel, opposite one of the capital's biggest parks, completed three years of intensive and extensive renovations last month with the opening of its St' Astra (to the stars) gourmet bar and restaurant on its closed-in roof garden overlooking the city's Acropolis,...
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Thessaloniki's Makedonia Palace recently completed the second phase of renovations
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Makedonia Palace Completes Renovations

Thessaloniki's Makedonia Palace recently completed the second phase of renovations, which included the radical upgrade of rooms. The all-new rooms now sport material and carpeting from European fabric houses. The predominate feeling on entering each room is one of luxury.
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Delta's commercial director for Greece and Cyprus, Dimitris Karagioules.
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Delta Adds New Athens-New York Flight

From June 3 until September 30 of this year, Delta adds a second direct flight from Athens to New York, says the U.S. airline's commercial director for Greece and Cyprus, Dimitris Karagioules. The new flight will leave Athens every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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Aegean Continues Non-stop Expansion

Aegean Airlines, the independent Greek airline and ERA award winner, is to launch non-stop flights from Athens to Milan-Linate, Athens to Munich and from Kavala to Munich for the winter season. Athens to Frankfurt frlights are now daily and several other of the carriers routes...
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Athenian Homes Offer Rooms for 2004 Visitors

Over 22,000 Athens homes have been offered for rental to foreign visitors during this summer's Olympics, officials managing the program said last month.
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