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The Athens Convention Bureau’s (ACB) presented its new action plan and membership package for 2012-2013.
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ACB Presents New Strategy For Conference Tourism

The Athens Development and Destination Management Agency recently presented the Athens Convention Bureau’s (ACB) new action plan and membership package for 2012-2013 and invited Greek enterprises involved directly or indirectly with conference tourism to join the program.
Posted On 01 Apr 2012
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Greek Gastronomy Tours Europe’s Big Cities

Greece was promoted last month through cuisine, nutrition and local products, in a vivid, experiential way, through the “Sympossio Greek Gourmet Touring” event organized by Aldemar Hotels and Spa Group and Yades-Greek Historic Hotels.
Posted On 01 Mar 2012
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Google Greece’s general director, Stefanos Loukakos, had a one-on-one interview with Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos during the travel forum. On the subject of Turkey attracting more tourists than Greece, the culture and tourism minister said the reason was because tourists are not required to have a visa to enter Turkey as opposed to Greece. “Europe does not see tourism as it should,” he stressed referring to the strict requirements of the Schengen Visa that keeps tourists from India and China out of Greece.
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Google Shows Tourism Potential Via The Internet

“Follow the advice of Woody Allen (US movie actor, comedian and director) that 80 percent of success is just showing up...Go where the users are, go where the users are looking for you,” the general director of Google Greece, Stefanos Loukakos, said last month when he opened the...
Posted On 01 Mar 2012
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Women Talk Business In Athens

“This conference launches a three-year strategy to build the capacity and presence of women in business leadership through actions to promote active ‘sponsorship’ of gender diversity at the top of organizations,” President of the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (BHCC)...
Posted On 01 Jan 2012
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Hotel Chamber Blasts New Property Tax At First General Assembly

“We were considered a heavy industry until the State decided to proceed with the collection of property tax through electricity,” President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels Yiorgos Tsakiris said during the chamber’s first ever general meeting hosted at the Metropolitan Expo...
Posted On 01 Jan 2012
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Travelport Holds Workshop For Travel Agents On Crete

Travelport, a broad-based business services provider to the global travel industry, held a workshop last month for travel agencies in Rethymno, Crete, to brief travel agents on the company’s new tools and solutions.
Posted On 01 Dec 2011
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Limited Participation At This Year’s Philoxenia

The Greek tourism sector may have been somewhat reluctant in participating in the 27th Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition due to the country's financial crisis but according to Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis, 2011 could be easily labeled as...
Posted On 01 Dec 2011
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Athens Hosts 8th Greek-Turkish Forum on Tourism

President of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) Giorgos Telonis, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos and his Turkish counterpart, Ertugrul Gunay during the 8th Greek-Turkish Forum on...
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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Pavlos Yeroulanos Elected Chairman Of UNWTO Commission For Europe

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos was elected Chairman of the UNWTO Commission for Europe for the next two years, last month during the 19th Session of the General Assembly of UNWTO in Korea.
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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IFITT Greece Presented To Greek Professionals

“Technology is the only opportunity to develop tourism in Greece and overcome the economic crisis,” was one of the many conclusions drawn during the official presentation of the Greek chapter of the International Federation for IT in Travel and Tourism (IFITT) held recently at...
Posted On 01 Nov 2011
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UNWTO Optimistic On Greek Tourism

“Greece has returned. Greece is making a dynamic comeback and we can confirm this," UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai said while citing official data during the first International Congress on Ethics and Tourism that took place in Madrid, Spain, 15-16 September.
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Cyclades Promoted In Scandinavian Market

The Cyclades Development Company has launched a promotion campaign of the Cyclades islands in Norway and other Scandinavian countries, to increase arrivals in 2012, in collaboration with the Hellenic Travel and Trade Center that operates in Oslo, Norway.
Posted On 01 Sep 2011
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Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011
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Special Olympics 2011 Benefits To Greece Discussed

“The Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011 delivered multiple benefits to Greece that included some 300,000 overnight stays, thousands of sea and air travel arrivals and increased tourism traffic,” president of the Special Olympics Organizing Committee Athens 2011,...
Posted On 01 Aug 2011
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Rob Davidson from the University of London and Greenwich speaking at the Athens Convention Bureau’s second “ACB event.”
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ACB Holds Event To Promote Conference Tourism

“The effort to promote Athens in the conference market will only succeed with the full cooperation between the public and private sector with no exceptions,” Rob Davidson from the University of London and Greenwich told the audience at the Athens Convention Bureau’s second “ACB...
Posted On 01 Aug 2011
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“The Greek breakfast seeks to create real impressive experiences for the hotel customer through the acquaintance with local products and cuisine of each destination,” the “Greek Breakfast” project supervisor, Yiorgos Pittas, said during an event held last month by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. The Greek breakfast program will improve the competitive position of the chamber’s hotels/members, improve the image of Greek hospitality and of the general tourism product.
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Greek Breakfast To Benefit Hotels

Hoteliers who will introduce Greek breakfast through their hotel units would gain significant economic benefits, according to a study conducted by Agropole, a food and agribusiness consulting company, on behalf of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.
Posted On 01 Aug 2011
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Skandalopetra (bell-stone) was the equipment sponge divers used since ancient times to dive great depths (40-60 meters) and collect sponges. This method reappears with the Skandalopetra Freediving Games in memory of the brave islanders. Photo courtesy of skandalopetra.com
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Diving Festival Kicks Off This Month On Kalymnos

Kalymnos, the sponge diver's island in the Dodekanissos complex, will become the meeting point for free diving fans this month.
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Arturo Claver, the director of new markets of Turespana, told the Greek media that the Spanish tourism organization promotes all forms of tourism such as city tourism centered on Madrid and Barcelona, cultural tourism through Spain’s 46 world heritage sites, sports tourism via the country’s 313 golf courses and gastronomy tourism.
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Spain Targets Greek Market

“Last year 148,532 Greek tourists visited Spain and left behind 158 million euros in revenue for the country,” Arturo Claver, the director of new markets of Turespana (Spanish Tourism Organization), said at a media briefing in Athens last month. Mr. Klaver said by 2015 Turespana...
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Cyprus Tourism Organization Marketing Manager for Athens Ioanna Hadjicosti gave insight on Cyprus as a health and wellness destination during the recent workshop on wellness and spa tourism.
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Spa And Wellness Tourism Lag Behind In Greece

Greece was called on to follow Cyprus’ example and take advantage of the international opportunities wellness tourism offers at a recent workshop held at the Helexpo Palace in Athens.
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Key figures of Greek sea tourism at the press conference prior to the 1st Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum.
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Marine Tourism Benefits Analyzed

“Greek legislation and bureaucracy kill the cruise market and maritime tourism,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, Yiorgos Gratsos, said at a press conference last month, held prior to the 1st Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum.
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Prime Minister George Papandreou
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PM Outlines New Tourism Measures

“We must give tourism a leading role in Greece’s effort for development,” the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ (SETE) newly elected president, Andreas Andreadis, said to Prime Minister George Papandreou while assuming his presidency during the association’s 19th General...
Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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