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Hoteliers Get Discount On New Property Tax

The 35 percent of communal areas of hotels and lodges will be exempt from the new property tax, Economy Minister Evangelos Venizelos said recently.
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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Athens’ Four-Star Hotels In The Lead In August

Bookings in four- and five-star hotels of the Greek capital in August recorded a slight increase of 1.13 percent over the same month last year, according to data released recently by the Athens-Attica Hotel Association.
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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Athens Arrivals Drop, AIA Too Expensive

Athens experienced a 4.67 percent decrease in international arrivals in September compared to the same month in 2010, according to recent figures released by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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Minister Briefs SETE On Government’s Tourism Strategy

“Our first priority is to attract more investment to Greece through tourism in order to attract more visitors… These are the two main pillars we are working on,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said to the press last month after he presented the government's...
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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Greek Taxi Strikes Continue In September

After a suspension of mobilizations in August, Greek taxi owners and drivers resumed protest action in September in response to the government’s proposed law to liberalize the taxi sector and lift all restrictions on the number of licenses issued.
Posted On 11 Oct 2011
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SAS Informs On Plans For Athens

Danish Ambassador to Greece Tom Nørring (left) held a media briefing on Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) at his residence in Athens last month. SAS, which flies directly from Athens to Copenhagen, redefined its existing partnership with Cruise Baltic and the organization Wonderful...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greek Tourism Professionals Sail In Corporate Match Race

The Greek tourism sector was represented by the sailing team of My Publics (tourism marketing and public relations) in the second Corporate Match Race held 10-11 September at the Yacht Club of Greece.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Chalkidiki Hoteliers Approach Gay Travel Market

The Halkidiki Hotel Association recently organized a four-day fam trip to Chalkidiki and Thessaloniki for gay German journalists in an attempt to approach the gay travel market.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Olympic Air and KLM Sign Code Share Agreement

Olympic Air and KLM signed a code share agreement last month that entitled the airlines to market flights between Amsterdam and Athens for connecting traffic under each other’s flight numbers.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Qatar Airways Named Airline Of The Year

Qatar Airways was recently named “Airline of the Year” for its outstanding in-flight product and operational excellence, at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards 2011.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Travel Plan At the 76th TIF

Travel Plan stood out last month at the 76th Thessaloniki International Fair and was honored with an award for the functional and aesthetic appearance of its stand.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Religious Tourism Expo To Kick Off In Spring 2012

Greek tourism will be promoted in Athens this coming spring via the uniqueness of Greece’s natural beauty, significant cultural wealth and deep religious tradition at Nexus, the first International Cultural, Religious and Pilgrimage Tourism Exhibition.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Creta Maris Goes All-Inclusive, Returns to Local Gastronomy

The Creta Maris Group of Hotels recently presented an ambitious promotion plan for Crete that includes all-inclusive services combined with the Cretan way of life, the local agricultural production and the island’s culture.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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SETE: 10th Tourism & Development Conference

Initiatives for the Greek economy based on consensual approaches and a broader political, social and economic cooperation aimed at a recovery and an exit from the crisis will be analyzed at the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ (SETE) 10th tourism and development...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Blue Flags Removed From Eight Beaches

Eight Greek coasts that had been honored with the quality “Blue Flag” award in June were dropped last month from the 2011 list, according to the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature. Inspections revealed that coastal managers had failed to maintain the required...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Campsites To Be Classified With Star Rating System

Organized campsites in Greece will now be ranked according to a star-rating system, from one star to five stars, based on mandatory technical and functional specifications and ratings criteria, according to a Council of State decision that approved a relevant draft presidential decree.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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HATTA Objects To New Port Fee In Kerkyra

“Once again Greek tourism was caught unaware by the imposition of the new fee, this time to Kerkyra Port that welcomes cruise ships, effective as of 1 September,” the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) said last month in a press release.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greece’s Competitiveness Continues To Plunge

Greece this year fell another seven places in the rankings of 142 countries from 83rd place to 90th in the Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, released by the World Economic Forum last month. Greece remains the lowest-ranked country of the European Union and is below...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Complaints On Greek Tourism Services On The Up

The Tourist Protection Office of the General Consumers Federation of Greece (INKA) recorded a 36 percent increase of questions and complaints that concerned tourism services and prices during the 1 January-18 August period.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greece Falls Out Of Favor With Gay Tourists

“Gay and lesbian tourists, who for years flocked to the islands of Mykonos and Lesbos, have removed Greece from their list of favorite destinations because of discrimination,” a survey by Amsterdam-based OutNow Consulting said recently. According to the OutNow Global LGBT2020...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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