Day: May 1, 2009 | GTP Headlines

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Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Maria Theofanopoulou

World of Athens President Tatiana Karapanagioti; Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos; and Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis during the presentation of the new World of Athens advertising campaign. According to Mayor Kaklamanis, in order to attract more tourists from the U.S. Greece must dare to allow international cruises to begin from Piraeus.

Athens Goes International With New Ad Campaign

The tourism ministry recently announced the launch of an extensive advertising campaign for the promotion of Athens set for May and June that includes a series of actions and events to take place in the U.S. and Europe.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

New Tourism Measures Support Airlines, Employment

Minister of transport and communications, Evripidis Stylianidis, and minister for employment and social protection, Fani Palli-Petralia, recently announced measures to support the tourism sector.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Ship Owners Demand Anti-Crisis Measures

The Association of Passenger Ship Owners recently requested the immediate suspension of user charges at ports (port taxes) and the elimination of third party taxes.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Unemployment to Rise as Arrivals Are Seen to Drop

The Research Institute for Tourism and Forecasts (ITEP) expects arrivals to fall at least by 4.24 percent this year, while tourist traffic from traditional markets are predicted to drop by 4.58 percent.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

SETE's president, Nikos Angelopoulos, expressed his frustration and disappointment towards the attitude of Emporiki Bank, which he said would not accept checks issued by tourism businesses, suggesting that thy are not creditworthy. In a release Emporiki Bank denied this and expressed its support for the tourism sector.

SETE Sees a Gloomy Tourism Season

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises painted a black picture at a press conference last month and called on to the government for additional measures to support the tourism industry.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Greek Hotels Want Loans

The president of the Hellenic Hotel Federation, Andreas Andreadis, recently requested the intervention of Bank of Greece's chairman, Yiorgos Provopoulos, in regards to bank policies that in many cases can cause "unpleasant developments" in the hotel industry.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

HATTA Calls For United Stance Against Crisis

The economic crisis dominated this year's general assembly of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies that recently took place.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Minister Emphasizes Conference Tourism

The tourism ministry aims to increase the number of major international conferences hosted by Greece in the coming years, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos recently said at a conference organized by Financial Times Global Events and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Maria Zacharitsa, assistant secretary of the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association, and Antonis Stelliatos, the association's president.

EPEST Requests Support For Marine Tourism

The president of the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association (EPEST), Antonis Stelliatos, recently said marine tourism would suffer a 50 percent or more drop this year.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Hotel Federation Straightens Out Data Mix Up

The Hellenic Federation of Hotels recently "corrected" false data over price increases of Greek hotels in 2008 distributed by Hotels.com website.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Among parallel events at MITT 2009 was the presentation of the Chalkidiki prefecture, which attracted some 420 tourism professionals, tour operators and representatives of the media. A workshop was held between Russian tour operators and members of the Chalkidiki Hotel Association where it was mentioned that one third of the Russian tourist flow to Greece prefers Chalkidiki. According to tourism professionals, Chalkidiki will possibly not see a reduction of tourists from the Russian market despite the economic crisis that has plagued the global economy. Some even spoke of a possible 10 percent increase. The presentation was held under the auspices of the Chalkidiki Prefecture and Mouzenidis Travel.

Greece Targets Russian Market

The 16th Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) exhibition ran from 18-21 March in the atmosphere of the world economic crisis and analysts wondered of overall consumer demand and, first and foremost, if the demand for traveling had dropped.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

During the inauguration of the third Tourism & Property Show, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos requested from Greek hoteliers and rooms-to-let owners to reduce price correlation between foreign and Greek tourists.

Conference Sheds Light on Greek Tourism

Discussions that concerned the impact of the economic crisis on Greek tourism—according to conclusions from international exhibitions ITB and MITT—highlighted this year's third International Tourism & Property Conference.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Conference and Visitors Bureau to Operate in Messinia

The Messinia Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently signed an agreement with the Messinia Prefecture and the Municipality of Kalamata for the operation of a Conference and Visitors Bureau in Kalamata for the promotion of conference tourism.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Prespes Mayor Seeks Tourism Flow

The Municipality of Prespes is making efforts to simplify access to the region in an effort to attract more tourists to the Transboundary Prespa Park.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Mamma Mia! Shields Skopelos From Crisis

Mayor of Skopelos Christos Vasiloudis recently expressed his optimism for 2009 as he expects a 10-15 percent rise in arrivals.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Economic Crisis Affects Business Travel

The expectations of business travelers are in a turnaround as the economic pressure has made them care less about luxury and more about the basics a hotel delivers, a recent survey said.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Online Bookings Can Support Tourism

The key role of online reservations and strategies for the development of the global tourism industry in the coming years was recently presented to Greek hoteliers at a workshop organized by Xenia Exhibitions-Conferences.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

The Role of Hotel General Managers Studied

The work relations between hotel owners and appointed general managers were analyzed at the sixth Panhellenic Hotel Management Conference held recently in Athens by the Action for the Development of Tourism and Tourist Education (DRATTE).

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Prefecture Authority of Grevena.

Grevena Goes Online

Prefect of Grevena Dimosthenis Kouptsidis recently presented the new website of the prefecture authority of Grevena.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

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