Day: February 1, 2005 | GTP Headlines

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Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του '80 δύο νέοι ενεργοποιήθηκαν δυναμικά στο χώρο των Γραφείων Ταξιδίων της αερομεταφοράς ανταγωνιζόμενοι τα "ορθόδοξα" και "παραδοσιακά" γραφεία, τα οποία άλλοτε με διευρυμένες συναντήσεις προσπαθούσαν να γίνει αποδεκτό να μη χτυπάει (!!!) ο ένας του...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By Lefteris Theofanopoulos

Aristidis Kalogeropoulos, president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization, introduces Greece's new tourism promotion campaign. He also announced a program for domestic tourism with the slogan

Record Tourism Promotion Campaign Underway

Greece's spending on tourism advertising will reach record highs in 2005, approaching 60 million euros. Tourism Development Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos announced last month that of the 31.8 million euros promised, Athens will fork out another 28 million euros for supplementary...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Greece Presents New Image

Greece Presents New Image

Last month, during the 20-odd tourism exhibitions held across Europe, well over a million Europeans were among the first to view the new image of Greece.And at the recent Valantiebeurs fair held in Utrech, Holland, a survey during the same showed that the Dutch not only...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

National Archaeological Museum Near Completion

The country's biggest showcase of antiquities, the Athens National Archaeological Museum, currently functioning at under half-capacity pending repairs for earthquake damage, will fully reopen this summer, the government said last month.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Aktina and Marine Tours initiate merge.

Two of Greece’s Biggest Travel Agencies Initiate Merge

Two of Greece's major travel enterprises took the plunge last month and started off the new year with a merger announcement. Panagiotis Zerzivilis of Aktina Travel and Giorgios Economou of Marine Tours said they merged their consolidation departments and formed a new company...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Annual ABTA Report Promotes Greece and Athens City Breaks

Positive remarks for Greece in general and Athens in particular were included in the recent annual report of vacation preferences formulated by the Association of British Travel Agents. For 2005 vacation possibilities, the association reminded members of the efforts carried out...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Huge New York Company Buys European Travel Giants Octopus and Gullivers Travel

Cendant Corporation recenlty announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held, UK-based Gullivers Travel Associates, the trading name of Donvand Ltd., and Octopus Travel Group Ltd. (together: "Gullivers") for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Alexis Caniaris, managing director of the fair's organizer, Europartners; Chrissa Karka, Exclusive Travel's welcome desk supervisor; and Chris Nicolaides, chairman of the fair's organizing committee.

Athens Hosts First Luxury Travel Show

Luxury travel is an industry in its own right representing 3% of elite travelers worldwide who account for 20% of total annual travel expenditures. This segment of tourism is expanding at an increasing rate and shows no sign of slowing down.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

World's First Double-deck Passenger Aircraft Unveiled

World’s First Double-deck Passenger Aircraft Unveiled

The world last month took its first official look at the biggest airliner yet built during a spectacular ceremony attended by the leaders of four countries, the heads of 14 airlines and operators - Airbus A380 customers - shareholders and thousands of invited onlookers.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Diana Panagiotopoulou, La Greca Travel.

La Greca Celebrates 40th Anniversary

La Greca Travel in downtown Athens this year celebrates 40 years of quality service to Greece's travel sector. The office, opened in 1965 by Diana Panagiotopoulou and her husband, gradually became well respected for its quality intensive services, which was no easy feat in the...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Airotel’s Achaia Beach guests are afforded a magical view to the unique Rio-Andirou bridge that joins Peloponessos with Central Greece.

Airotel Opens Achaia Beach

After some two years of radical renovations activity, the Airotel Group of Hotels re-opened its Achaia Beach property, which sits a mere four kilometers from the commercial center and port of Patras.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Hotel Occupancy Rates Drop

November 2004 saw a considerable decline in occupancy at Athens hotels of all categories, compared with the same month in 2003, according to the Attica Hotel Association. In some categories, the drop exceeds 25 percent.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Regional authorities made a joint appeal for a reduction in usage charges at Athens international airport.

Regional Authorities Now Urge for Lower Athens Airport Fees

The municipal authorities of the Saronic Gulf tourist islands of Aegina, Poros, Hydra and Spetses last month made a joint appeal for a reduction in usage charges at Athens international airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, which they said would encourage more charter flights to the...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

New Scheduled Flights for Helios Airways

Helios Airways announced recently that it would add two new flights from Heathrow to Larnaca this summer, taking direct service to Cyprus from 5 to 7 times a week.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

The Union of Coastal Shipowners confront Government with demands.

Ferry Owners Confront Government with Demands

The Union of Coastal Shipowners late last month presented the government with a series of demands they feel must be confronted and solved in order for them to invest in new passenger ships.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Louis Cruise Lines Brings Yet Another Cruise Vessel to Piraeus

Louis Cruise Lines announced the purchase of the cruise ship "Seawing" from My Travel Group plc, in response to the surge in demand for cruises from Piraeus.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

The new, innovative aquarium on Crete may not look as in the above photo but it does promise to impress.

Seaworld Opens On Crete this Spring

Seaworld, a new, innovative aquarium, promoted as the largest and most modern in the Mediterranean, opens on Crete early this year. Four thousand sea creatures, currently being kept in fish traps by the Fish Farming Institute, will be transferred to the 32 tanks that are ready at...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

No Commissions From BA for UK Agents

British Airways last month delivered a two-punch strike to the British travel agent community. Not only does the airline plan to cease paying agent commissions, it also will block IATA agents doing less than £50,000 of business over a 12-month period, a move that will affect an...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Larissa Imperial Opens in Thessalia

Grecotel's newest hotel, the Larissa Imperial, held its grand opening recently amid hundreds of special guests from the political and cultural sectors.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Hyatt Bids for Albanian Casino License

Hyatt Regency Hotels & Tourism Hellas announced it will bid in the international tender for a license to operate a casino in the Albanian capital, Tirana, for 15 years.

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

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