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Hopes for Continuation of Cultural Olympiad

Stamatis Mavros, President of the Hellenic Culture Organization, during the presentation of the Cultural Olympiad last month at Zappeion Hall, said that the main idea that led us to the Cultural Olympiad was based on the necessity for a series of remarkable cultural events during...

Posted On 01 Sep 2004

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Prime Minster, Kostas Karamanlis, labeled tourism as a sector of national importance for the country's economic strength, in his speech at SETE's annual general assembly last month.

Prime Minister Labels Tourism National Importance

Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis showed his personal interest in the tourism sector last month when he opened this year's general assembly of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises. During his speech, he labeled tourism as a sector of national importance for the country's...

Posted On 01 Jul 2004

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Dr. Dimitrios Buhalis of the University of Surrey tells why Greece's eTourism market is still in the infancy stage.

Greece’s eTourism Potential Remains Untapped

The majority of Greek Internet sites are in the early stages of development concerning electronic tourism, said Dr. Dimitrios Buhalis of the University of Surrey during a seminar held last month in Athens. The seminar analyzed a recent study done by the speaker where 348 Greek...

Posted On 01 Jun 2004

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Problems for Patras Cultural Capital of Europe 2006.

Expo 2008 Committee Visits Athens

All of Greece's top government leaders met last month with the International Exhibition Office's inspection committee to discuss guarantees for the holding of Expo 2008 in Thessaloniki. The committee then visited Thessaloniki to request clear guarantees of the city's capability...

Posted On 01 May 2004

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Former president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization, John Stefanides, hands the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents’ honor award to Christodoulos Sbokos of Sbokos Tours, Heraklion, Crete, for his more than a quarter of a century of service to the travel trade.

Hatta General Assembly Speaker Angers Some Agents

During the recent annual general assembly of the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents, almost a dozen special guests took to the podium.Most of the speakers were representatives of the country's political parties who, without exception, spoke on the importance of...

Posted On 01 Apr 2004

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Jean-Henri Antoine (center) was elected president of the European Hotel Managers' Association during its 31st general assembly held in Athens. Christos Tzianos and Johanna Fragiano were elected vice presidents.

Athens Hosts Europe’s Hotel Managers

Some 280 hotel managers from throughout Europe arrived in Athens recently to take part in the European Hotel Manager Association's 31st general assembly. During the assembly participants heard in-depth reports on Europe's hotel industry and its difficulties.

Posted On 01 Mar 2004

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The first panel of experts on quality in the workplace included professional conference organizer, Nikos Lavrentides; the president of the Chamber of Greek Hotels, Makis Fokas; and the president of the Greek Union of Air Travel Agents, Spiros Ginis.

Students Enthused With Tourism Quality Seminar

As a part of European Quality Week, the Greek Marketing Institute held a tourism seminar recently on "Quality in the Workplace: Make it Happen!" Although few tourism professionals arrived, a good number of tourism marketing students were on hand and had the opportunity to hear...

Posted On 01 Jan 2004

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Tourism ministers or their representatives arrived at the Astir Voulagmenis complex recently to sign a tourism cooperation agreement.

S.E. European Tourism Ministers Agree to Unite

Tourism ministers from Southeastern Europe met in Athens recently under the initiative of Greece's development minister, Akis Tsohatzopoulos, to sign a tourism cooperation agreement. This followed close on the heels of an agreement signed during the Panorama tourism exhibition by...

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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Representatives of the associations who are members of the Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises during their recent general meeting.

POET Holds General Meeting

Leading members of Greece's tourism community attended the recent general meeting of the Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (POET) held in Athens.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Prime Minister Costas Simitis showed that government realizes the importance of tourism to the country's economy by attending and opening the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises's annual meeting.

Prime Minister Believes SETE Could Be the Tourism Industry’s Link with Government

Prime Minister Costas Simitis told the 11th annual meeting of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) last month that he realized the strong euro, the universal economic slowdown and the Iraq war have adversely affected Greek tourism. He also said that he favored SETE...

Posted On 01 May 2003

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Yiannis Evagelou, president of the Hellinic Association of Travel and Tourism Agents; Ghassan Saad, president of the World Association of Travel Agents; Yiannis Patellis, president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization; and Vassilis Niadas, 2004 Games Support general manager.

WATA Delegates First To Know

Delegates to the recent World Association of Travel Agents annual general assembly here in Athens (November 28 to December 1) felt privileged to be the first to hear how 2004 Games' tickets will be distributed.

Posted On 01 Jan 2003

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SETE Organizes Crisis Management In Tourism Seminars

Tourist enterprises are quite vulnerable to almost any crisis. A series of unfortunate incidents in the past, not to mention last month’s terrorist attack on New York, confirm this fact and mark the need of more efficient management and planning of each enterprise’s...

Posted On 01 Oct 2001

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Hellenic Tourism Organization Chairman Yiannis Stefanides and Kalymnos Mayor Dimitris Diakomihalis, and Epaminondas Nikas, president of the Hellenic Alpine Club, promote rock climbing as an alternative form of tourism.

Kalymnos Hosts International Meet

Greece's potential as a unique destination for rock climbers was explored last month by climbers from 11 countries during the Kalymnos 2000 International Rock Climbing Meeting organized by the Kalymnos municipality, the Hellenic Alpine Club and brother European organizations.

Posted On 01 Nov 2000

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Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies’ president, Yiannis Evangelou, opened the first of a number of seminars that center on travel agency problems in the marketplace.

Coastal Shipping Takes Front Seat At Travel Agency Seminar

The prospects for cooperation between travel agencies and the transport industry were raised at the first public discussion recently hosted by the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agencies (HATTA). Last month the association launched the first in a series of one-day...

Posted On 01 Jul 2000

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Tourism Leaders All For Tourism Museum

At a recent seminar held in the Old Parliament in downtown Athens tourism and political leaders gave their full support and are one hundred percent in favor of the Women in Tourism association's proposal to create a Greek tourism museum.

Posted On 01 Apr 2000

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Record Attendance At Travel Agent General Assembly

Never in its 70 years of history did the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents (HATTA) see so many members attend a general assembly as it did last month. Reasons for the strong interest varied.

Posted On 01 Mar 2000

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Travel Agents Hold Annual General Assembly

On February 7, the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (HATTA) meet at the Athens Chandris hotel for their annual general assembly. Guest speaker at the event will be Michel de Bust, secretary general of ECTAA, which represents the national travel agent associations...

Posted On 07 Feb 2000

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Niki Goulandris accepts her

Annual Tourism Awards Smash Hit

Twenty Greek tourism enterprises were honored at the 2nd Festival of Greek Tourism, organized by "Travel Trade Gazette Greece." The plush event was held in December at the Athenaeum Intercontinental hotel.

Posted On 01 Feb 2000

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