Month: June 2016 | Page 4 | GTP Headlines

Greece 3rd Favorite Europe Cruise Destination

Besides being one of the fastest growing sectors in Europe, cruise travel employs some 10,000 people who contribute over 188 million euros annually to the Greek economy, according to the latest report by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Promoting Greece Top Priority for Fraport Airports Manager

Promoting Greece into a leading destination is at the top of Frankfurt-based transport group Fraport’s agenda after taking over the management of 14 regional airports across the country late last year, said its CEO Stefan Schulte.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Air Madagascar has been cleared from the EU Air Safety List.

European Commission Updates EU Air Safety List, Clears 14 Airlines

The European Commission has updated the EU Air Safety List, which includes the airlines that do not meet international safety standards and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Kountoura Meets Travel Channel’s Adventurer Josh Gates

Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura met with US explorer Josh Gates, host of Travel Channel's hit TV series “Expedition Unknown”.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Greek Travel Agents Have Culture Tourism High on Agenda

The Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (fedHATTA) has announced that it will include the Athens-Epidaurus Festival event program within the culture section of its tourism action plan “Dodeka” for it to receive more exposure.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Mega Airline Studies Holds IATA Airport Operations – Advanced Seminar in Athens

Mega Airlines Studies recently held the first IATA Airport Operations - Advanced seminar in Athens, which offered essential training for airside and landside operations managers.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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‘Dinner in the Sky’ Serves Brussels, Marks 10th Anniversary

"Dinner in the Sky" earlier this month marked its 10th anniversary with 10 Michelin-star chefs whipping up a meal for 220 people on 10 platforms simultaneously raised over Brussels.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Welcomes All to 4-day Event in Athens

From June 23 to 26, the SNFCC will welcome the public and transform into an open space of creativity and exploration. Free admission events for all!

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Philoxenia

Latest Trends & More @ Philoxenia & Hotelia November Expo in Thessaloniki

Jot the date: November 18-20. That’s when Greece’s largest tourism sector event, the joint Philoxenia - Hotelia fair, opens its doors to professionals and public at the TIF-Helexpo center in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Lufthansa Takes All on a Virtual Flight at Posidonia 2016

German carrier Lufthansa recently gave "passengers" in Athens the possibility to take a unique journey, right from the Posidonia 2016 shipping exhibition that took place at the Athens Metropolitan Expo in early June.

Posted On 22 Jun 2016

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Nine Greek Transport Projects Get European Commission Go-ahead for Funding

Nine Greek transport projects are slated to receive EU funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) after the European Commission’s decision earlier this month to inject 6.7 billion euros in transport infrastructure to boost jobs and growth.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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Greece Strengthens Tourism Collaboration with Russia

Boosting tourism flows between Russia and Greece as well working together on actions that will strengthen the ongoing collaboration in tourism between the two countries, including the issue of three- and five-year visas, was on the agenda of talks recently between Alternate...

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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Dodekanisos Seaways Announces Discounts up to 50% on Ferry Tickets

Dodekanisos Seaways has announced discounts on ferry tickets to all of the destinations it covers in an aim to boost tourist arrivals to the islands of the Dodecanese and of the Samos prefecture.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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Ios Island Eyes Gay Travel Market

As part of its action plan to boost arrivals to Ios, the Greek island's municipality is making approaches to the lucrative lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) travel market.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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Greek-US Antikythera Mechanism Mission Produces 60 New Finds

A recent survey of the 2,000-year-old Greek “Antikythera mechanism”, found on an ancient shipwreck by sponge divers in 1901 near the islet of Antikythera, has produced some 60 artifacts and revealed new functions, including the first hint that the device was used to make...

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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FORTHcrs Launches New Credit Management Service to Make Life Easier for Ferry Companies, Travel Agencies

FORTHcrs has announced its pioneering new service "Credit Limit Management" (CLM), which gives companies the opportunity to boost competitiveness across the sales chain of tourism services.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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Dinos Frantzeskakis, president of the Hellenic Association of Airline Representatives (SAAE); Zoi Skreki, managing director of Intermodal Air; and Leonidas Zotos, Travelport General Manager for Greece, Cyprus and Israel.

Travelport and SAAE Celebrate Another Year of Success for Travel Agents in Athens

Travelport and the Hellenic Association of Airline Representatives (SAAE) recently hosted their annual summer party in Athens to celebrate together another year of success for travel agents.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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Attica Group Launches Morocco-Europe Ferry Service through AML

Athens-based Attica Group, a subsidiary of Marfin Investment Group, and BMCE Bank of Africa Group, have inked an agreement for the immediate operation of scheduled ferry services between Morocco and Europe.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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#Orangepride: KLM Promotes the Netherlands with Orange Aircraft

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines recently introduced its unique orange-coloured Boeing 777-300, which emphasises its Dutch roots and pride in the national colour of the Netherlands.

Posted On 21 Jun 2016

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on June 18. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN Chief Visits Refugees on Lesvos, Praises Greece’s ‘Philoxenia’

Visiting the Greek island of Lesvos, which has become migrants' entry point to Europe, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on the countries in the region to respond with a humane and human rights-based approach, instead of border closures, barriers and...

Posted On 19 Jun 2016

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