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Athens Hotel Managers Association Cut New Year’s Pita

Maria Sarafoglou of Zante Hospitality Group, with Nikοs Houliaras and Yiannis Patsourakos of the Athens Hotel Managers Association and Yiorgos Kanonis, honorary president of the Greek Federation of Hotel Managers, during the joint pita cutting ceremony held last month at the...

Turkish Airlines Holds Travel Agencies Night

In late December 2011 Turkish Airlines hosted an “Agencies Night” dinner in honor of its partner Greek travel agencies.

Goldair Handling Gives Holiday Reception

Goldair Handling’s Kallinikos Kallinikos, executive vice president; Rita Zambeli, public relations; and Dimitris Papamihail, CEO, at the company’s holiday reception held for the Greek media last December. Journalists were informed on the company’s results of operations for 2011.

Sofitel Athens Airport Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

Sofitel Athens Airport made the commitment to continue to provide high quality services and “continue the Magnifique trip for the next 10 years” at its 10-year anniversary celebration held last December.

Halkidiki Hotel Association Holds Xmas Charity Event

Grigoris Tassios, president of the Halkidiki Hotel Association (right-standing), welcoming hoteliers, tour operators, political figures and local government representatives and friends who attended the association’s Christmas charity cocktail event.

Hilton Athens Holds Annual Xmas Brunch

Tina Toribaba, communications manager of Hilton Athens (center) with Greek journalists Sia Kosioni and Elena Papadimitriou at the Hilton Athens’ Christmas brunch in the Byzantine restaurant.

Cyprus Presents Tourism Goals At Xmas Event

Director of the Cyprus Tourism Organization'σ Greek branch Yiorgos Ioannidis with Cypriot entrepreneur Andreas Erotokritou and Cyprus Ambassador to Greece Iosif Iosif, at the organization's Christmas event held last December in central Athens.

Detto Travel’s Fam Trip To Russia

Detto Travel organized a fam trip for travel agents 24-27 November 2011, in cooperation with Aegean Airlines, to Moscow, Russia.

Anatolia Hotel Holds Philoxenia Cocktail Party

Anatolia Hotel General Manager Mihalis Chrysochoidis (center) with Vasilis Georgiou and Mohintra Sounita of Transair travel agency at a cocktail party held at Anatolia’s Aqua Bar Restaurant in Thessaloniki on the sidelines of the 27th International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia...

Conference Experts At HAPCO’s Gala Dinner

Christos Panagiotopoulos and Despina Amarantidou, members of the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers Board of Directors; Dinos Astras, president of HAPCO; Petros Alivizatos, deputy culture and tourism minister; Doina Patrubani, consulting human capital...

Old Friends Meet Up At SETE’s 10th Conference

“Long time no see my friend!” Nikos Skoulas, former tourism minister (right), said to Kostas Katsigiannis, former general director of the Greek National Tourism Organization and current member of the Athens Marathon organizing committee (left).

AIMS Opens Headquarters In Athens

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos (far right) looks on as the president of the Association of International Marathon and Distance Races’ (AIMS), Paco Borao, cuts the ribbon at the new headquarters of AIMS located in the building of the OAKA Olympic Outdoor Aquatics...

Greek Hoteliers Make Deals With Turkish Tour Operators

Thessaloniki Hotels Association President Aristotelis Thomopoulos with TURSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies) General Secretary Günnur Özalp at a workshop held last month by the association at the Mediterranean Palace hotel in Thessaloniki.

Wine Museum Costa Lazaridi Opens

The renovated Wine Museum Costa Lazaridi at the Oenotria Land complex in Kapandriti, Attica, was inaugurated on 9 October and is now open to the public daily 10am-5pm and Saturdays and Sundays 11am-3pm.

“All Inclusive Escape Kalavrita” Available Now!

The Kalavrita Ski Center and My Publics (tourism marketing and public relations company) last month held a fam trip for Greek travel journalists and travel agents and presented its new, unique, travel package aimed to attract visitors during the autumn months.

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.

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.

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.

The Analysis Of Tourism’s Course 2001-2011 Presented

The book “Analysis of tourism’s course 2001-2011” by Alex Hatzidakis, Head of the Greek National Tourism Organization’s tourism design and investment facility, was recently presented at the organization’s head offices in Athens.

Condé Nast Traveller’s Readers’ Travel Awards 2010

Readers of the Greek version of the Condé Nast Traveller magazine were called to vote for their favorite hotels, tour operators, airlines and spas for 2010 as part of the Readers' Travel Awards: an internationally-recognized mark of excellence within the travel industry.