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Greek Tourism Promoted Via Crowd-Funding Initiative

“Greeks offer an excellent tourism product that millions of tourists enjoy year after year and we chose to support tourism because of its significant potential in re-starting the Greek economy,” Greek descent George Kleivokiotis told the press last month.

Posted On 01 Feb 2012

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Greek Restaurants In The U.S. To Promote Tourism

Greek tourism will be promoted via 4,500 restaurants in the United States based on an initiative to be carried out by the “Alliance for Greece”* group, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis announced at an event held at the Acropolis Museum in November 2011. Under...

Posted On 01 Jan 2012

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Greek Museums And Sites Get New Standards

“Our goal is for all monuments to provide the basic services to the visitor,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said while reviewing the progress of the ministry’s three-year plan to upgrade services of archaeological sites and museums. The program was launched in...

Posted On 01 Jan 2012

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Campaign Launched To Inspire Tourists To Shop

The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce has launched a campaign aimed to stimulate local Greek markets by attracting tourists and Greek consumers to shop, the Greek press said last month. The new campaign is titled “AGORA” and promotional material to inspire consumers to...

Posted On 01 Sep 2011

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Athens’ Visitor Greeter Program Launched

The Athens Tourism and Economic Development Company (ATEDCo) in late July launched “This is MY Athens,” a new free tourist service that welcomes visitors to the Greek capital and promotes cultural exchange between locals and travelers.

Posted On 01 Sep 2011

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Athens’ Hotels-Expedia.com Campaign Continues

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos last month approved a three-month extension of a campaign launched by the Athens-Attica Hotel Association and online travel company Expedia.com. The Greek National Tourism Organization will finance the extension of the campaign.

Posted On 01 Sep 2011

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Hotel Chamber Goes On The Air With Tourism Message

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month broadcasted a video/message to Greek citizens to raise awareness of the beneficial effects of tourism on the Greek economy and society.

Posted On 01 Sep 2011

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Italian architect Renzo Piano (center) presented the final architectural plans for the development of the Faliro Delta to the Greek media last month. The project’s budget was said to be some 200 million euros covered by the Greek Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ministry's program “Athens-Attica 2014.” The Stavros Niarchos Foundation funded the master plan of the park with four million euros.

Faliro Delta To Become Biggest Park In Athens

“This park will become a new destination in the city,” renowned architect Renzo Piano said while presenting the final architectural plans for the development of the Faliro Delta in late June to the Greek media. The plans were funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Posted On 01 Aug 2011

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Memorial – Vassilis Skalidis, TOLO Hotels – Skalidis family hotel chain

On 10 July 2011, Vassilis Skalidis, age 26, a member of Skalidis family hotel chain TOLO Hotels, died in a car accident.

Posted On 01 Aug 2011

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Memorial – Nikos Costos, Founder, Costos Travel

Nikos Costos, age 57, founder of Costos Travel, died suddenly last month from heart failure.

Posted On 01 Aug 2011

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“Kalimera Hellas” delicatessen store in Oslo, Norway.

Private Initiative Promotes Greece In Scandinavia

The first Hellenic Travel and Trade Center that aims to promote Greek tourism destinations, enterprises and traditional products to Scandinavia, opened to the public last month in Oslo, Norway.

Posted On 01 Jul 2011

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VisitGreece@Westfield, is a 1.500 square meter Greek Theme Park on its ground floor atrium and depicted all aspects of Greek tourism.

GNTO U.K. Launches “Visit Greece@Westfield London”

Westfield London, Europe's largest urban shopping center, on 19-27 March featured a 1.500 square meter Greek Theme Park on its ground floor atrium and depicted all aspects of Greek tourism.

Posted On 01 May 2011

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Campaign Invites Greeks To Holiday At Home

The second phase of the “Greece, a part of our soul” awareness campaign that aims to attract domestic tourism back to Greece was launched by the Alliance for Greece group at an event held last month at the amphitheater of the Theodore Karatzas Megaron, National Bank of Greece.

Posted On 01 May 2011

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The “Greek Breakfast” project is under the supervision of Hellenic Chamber of Hotels board member Yiorgos Pittas, who initially announced the initiative at the 42nd Xenia exhibition last November.

Hotel Chamber Explains “Greek Breakfast” Project

“The ‘Greek Breakfast’ project is an effort of great importance to improve the competitiveness of Greek hotels and for the promotion of Greek cuisine as a means for the development of Greek tourism,” the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said last month.

Posted On 01 Apr 2011

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Thessaloniki Deputy Mayor Hasdai Capon, Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, Thessaloniki Hotels Association President Aristotelis Thomopoulos and Anna Constantinou from the Thessaloniki Municipality at the city’s tourism promotion organization’s stand at the 17th International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Thessaloniki Mayor Hopes To Attract Israeli Tourists

“The Jewish element played an important role in the city’s trade and culture and we must not forget that the leader of the socialists in Thessaloniki was Jewish,” Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris told the Israeli press recently. Mr. Boutaris is also the president of the city’s...

Posted On 01 Apr 2011

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Amber Alert system will be established in all Greek hotels.

Greek Hotels To Install Amber Alert System

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels announced last month that it plans to network all Greek hotels with the Amber Alert system to help distribute notices of missing children with the help of hoteliers.

Posted On 01 Feb 2011

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Greek Church Assists Religious Tourism Development

Two postgraduate study programs on religious tourism are to operate through partnerships of three Greek universities and the Church of Greece, according to a framework agreement signed recently at an assembly hosted at the Holy Monastery of Penteli.

Posted On 01 Feb 2011

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“Let's Go Greece” initiative aims to create incentives for Greek schools and schools abroad to visit domestic destinations through quality programs.

HATTA Joins Forces With Public Sector For School Tourism

The development of school tourism to Greek students and students of abroad through the promotion of Greece as a student destination with attractive package offers, was recently the topic of discussion between the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), the...

Posted On 01 Feb 2011

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George Venieris, executive chef of the Athens-based Electra Palace, whisks up a Greek breakfast at Xenia's “Kalimera! with taste” event. The event showcased the talent and the creativity of seven young chefs in respect to creating innovative breakfast ideas from a “destination dining” point of view.

Hotel Chamber To Open The Way For Gastronomy Tourism

Greek breakfast will be established in all hotels of the country as a start of the promotion of Greek cuisine as one of the most key representative forms of Greek tourism, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels representative, Yiorgos Pittas, said recently.

Posted On 01 Jan 2011

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Rodos To Boost Health Tourism

The Organization for Rhodian Tourism Promotion (PROTOUR) recently announced it would follow the example of international destinations and attempt to develop health tourism on the island and form a lucrative new source of revenue for Rodos.

Posted On 01 Oct 2010

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