Day: May 1, 2004 | GTP Headlines

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Posted On 01 May 2004

, By Lefteris Theofanopoulos

Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and his deputy, Anastassios Liaskos, during last month's meeting with Greece's tourism leaders, their first.

Tourism Minister Promises Positive Moves and 10-Year Tourism Plan

My first priority, Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos told Greece's tourism leaders during a meeting last month, is to initiate "fire-fighting" measures to confront the negative arrival figures projected for the industry this year, despite our holding of the Olympic Games in...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Hellenic Tourism Properties Remains Public Property

Government last month decided to suspend the listing of Hellenic Tourism Properties (ETA) on the Athens Stock Exchange.The company is a state-controlled one that leases property owned by the Hellenic Tourism Organization, including beaches,marinas, casinos and hotels, to private...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Drop in Bookings Encourage Tour Operators to Demand Lower Prices

On average, Athens area hotels so far have kept overnights at last year's level and look forward to a good summer. Not so with hotels outside the area. This season's holiday bookings are down 15 to 20% against last year, according to reports from Hellenic Tourism Organization...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Problems for Patras Cultural Capital of Europe 2006.

Expo 2008 Committee Visits Athens

All of Greece's top government leaders met last month with the International Exhibition Office's inspection committee to discuss guarantees for the holding of Expo 2008 in Thessaloniki. The committee then visited Thessaloniki to request clear guarantees of the city's capability...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

This year’s Tourist Panorama got off to a flying start with attendance at the inauguration ceremonies at a record high. Special guests included Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and the mayors of all the 2004 Olympic cities. But the domestic tourism fair had to confront the fact that at least one in three Greek holidaymakers will not spend time away from home this summer.

No Increase Expected in Domestic Travel this Year

Hoteliers that count on a substantial rise in domestic travel this year because of the Games may be disappointed. According to research released last month by Greece's major consumer protection group, at least one in three Greeks has no intention of taking the traditional summer...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Haris Kokkossis, the new president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization.

New Tourism Organization President Told of Difficult Year Ahead

Haris Kokkossis, the new president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization, met late last month with the organization's directors from abroad and was told that this year would be a difficult one for tourism arrivals to Greece.

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Olympic Airlines Saga Ends This Month

Sometime this month, says the government, we will see the completion of the competition called by the previous government for the privatization of Olympic Airlines. Until then, there will be no changes in the airline's management, said Mihalis Liapis, Greece's transportation and...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Worldspan Powers Ahead with Monogram

Travel technology provider Worldspan is reaping the rewards of its investment program in the Greek travel industry market with further agency wins and several new product introductions over the past several months.

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Amadeus's new front office system & Vista were lready established in BTI offices in Athens and Thessaloniki, while BTI's staff began training classes in the use of the Amadeus system.

Amadeus BTI Agreement in Full Force

After the initial signing of a cooperation agreement between Amadeus Hellas and Business Travel International early this year, Amadeus quickly began to its new front office system and its Amadeus Vista within the BTI offices in Athens and Thessaloniki.

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Closer Tourism Cooperation Sought Between Russia and Greece

On his recent trip to Russia for the MITT 2004 tourism fair, Tourism Deputy Minister Anastassios Liaskos sought an increase in Greek-Russia tourism cooperation to confront the problems Russian visitors have to acquire the needed visas to vacation in Greece. He said he would...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Flying Dolphins Back in the Black

After the last few years with red ink on its balance sheet, Hellas Flying Dolphins is back in the black with a net profit for 2003 of some 7.1 million euros, against a loss of 49.3 million euros the year before.

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis (center) gives the foreign press corps an idea of the works underway to upgrade Lycabettus and other areas of the capital.

Lycabettus Hill Gets Major Facelift

The City of Athens is spending 4.8 million euros to aesthetically redevelop and make more operational one of its most important monuments, Lycabettus Hill, which hovers 1,000 feet over the city. All renovation works on the hill will be completed by the summer, and all works will...

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

On hand to award the 500,001 passenger on Blue Star's Piraeus-Chania route were company executives, including Attica Enterprises' (Blue Star's major shareholder) chief executive officer, Alexander Panagopoulos (right).

Blue Star Sets Record Passenger Number

Blue Star Ferries announced that it broke the half a million mark in passengers carried on its Piraeus-Chania route. On March 24 the Greek ferry line's electronic Check-in system on board encountered the route's 500,001 passenger as she boarded with her ticket in hand.

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

WTO Places Travel Advisories On Priority List

The World Tourism Organization's quality support and trade committee met last month for the first time under the new chairmanship of Portugal and addressed the issues of travel advisories, trade liberalization and health in international travel.

Posted On 01 May 2004

, By GTP editing team

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