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Greece's Lodging Units Outside of Attica Slash Prices
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Greece’s Lodging Units Outside of Attica Slash Prices

Negative data for the months of May and June, and a severe lack of bookings for the peak summer period, have forced lodging units outside of the Athens/Attica area to slash prices in an attempt to entice Greek holidaymakers.
Posted On 01 Aug 2004
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Most of the hotel's rooms have a direct view to the Acropolis.
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New Luxury Art Hotel for Athens

The Eridanus is the latest in luxury hotels to open its doors this summer in time for the Olympic Games. Although comparatively small, 38 rooms in all, this unit displays some high quality service personnel and luxurious style and furnishings.
Posted On 01 Aug 2004
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AKS confernce center opens next May
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AKS Conference Center Opens Next May

AKS Hotels says it will open its new conference center at Porto Heli in May of next year.
Posted On 01 Aug 2004
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King George II reopens
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King George II Reopens

After almost a decade and one-half of silence, the historic King George II hotel on Syntagma Square opens its doors to the world's most demanding of hotel guests under the "Leading Hotels of the World" banner. The five-star unit, following radical renovations, is now more...
Posted On 01 Jul 2004
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Source: Attica Hoteliers Association
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Athenian Hoteliers Experience Tingle of Optimism

Local hoteliers refuse to go out on a limb and suggest they experience anything close to optimism for 2004, but there was a slight optimistic tingle with the release of April's overnight statistics, which came on the heels of disappointing first-quarter.
Posted On 01 Jul 2004
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Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and the chairman and managing director of the Mousama hotel group, Antonis Mousamas.
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New Holiday Inn Opens Near Athens Airport

Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos officially opened Greece's newest Holiday Inn, which sits on prestigious piece of property on Attikis Othos. The new five-star unit is expected to entice business people from the capital's Marousi-Kifissia suburbs as it's easy and quick to reach.
Posted On 01 Jul 2004
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Markos Komninakis, director of studies for Trinity International Hospitality Studies with Maris Group's Evangelos Papadopoulos and Nikos Koundilakis.
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Deluxe Tourism School Opens on Crete

Hotel Terra Maris, next to the Creta Maris, hosts the first international tourism school on Crete. Markos Komninakis, director of studies for new Trinity International Hospitality Studies says three-year programs begin this October. Accredited studies range from hospitality and...
Posted On 01 Jun 2004
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Andreas Antoniou, general manager of Louis Hotels Greece; Angelos Angelopoulos, interior designer; Kriton Iliadis, general manager of Mykonos Theoxenia; and Pavlos Gyparis, sales and marketing manager for Louis Hotels Greece.
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Mykonos Theoxenia Readies Grand Opening for June

It may have taken four years, but the total rebirth of the historic Xenia Hotel on Mykonos is complete with a new name, a new owner and a completely new look. Andreas Antoniou, general manager of Louis Hotels Greece, says his company leased the property from the Hellenic Tourism...
Posted On 01 Jun 2004
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Drop in Bookings Encourage Tour Operators to Demand Lower Prices

On average, Athens area hotels so far have kept overnights at last year's level and look forward to a good summer. Not so with hotels outside the area. This season's holiday bookings are down 15 to 20% against last year, according to reports from Hellenic Tourism Organization...
Posted On 01 May 2004
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No Call From Abroad for 2004 Lodgings

Owners of Athenian houses did not exactly rush to offer their apartments for rent to foreign visitors to the Olympic Games, but what is on offer may still vastly exceed demand.
Posted On 01 Apr 2004
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Eria Resort, Maleme, Chania.
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Unique Greek Resort Complex Ideal for the Physically Challenged

At least one Greek tourism enterprise seems to have taken to heart the potential gains as described in last year's edition of the Hellenic Tourism Organization's manual entitled "Making Europe Accessible for Tourists with Disabilities."
Posted On 01 Apr 2004
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Athenian Hotels Record Major Drop in Overnights

Overnights in the Athens area dropped an average drop of 11.5% last year when compared with 2002, according to statistics released last month by the Attica Hoteliers' Association. The association says the drop is phenomenal considering it took place the year prior to Athens...
Posted On 01 Mar 2004
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Planned New Convention Center Includes New Hotel

The Attica hotel owners association met with the head of Hellenic Tourism Properties recently to discuss the construction of a convention center at the old Athens International Airport at Hellenikon. When and if completed, the center will accommodate 8,000 participants. A hotel...
Posted On 01 Feb 2004
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The Sbokos family, owners of the new Blue Palace on Crete, with Roeland Vos (left), Starwood Hotels & Resort's president for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Blue Palace Enters Luxury Collection

The Blue Palace Resort & Spa at Elounda on Crete as of January entered the privileged club of distinctive hotels when it became a member of the Starwood Luxury Collection. The collection is classed as "the world's most extraordinarily unique of hotels and resorts." Blue Star...
Posted On 01 Jan 2004
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Alexandros Vassilikos of the Airotel group, owner of the Stratos Vassilikos, with GTP's Stefanos Tsimopoulos during the opening celebrations of the Stratos Vassilikos.
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The New Stratos Vassilikos for that Something Extra

The Riva Hotel in the Athens Illisia area is no more. In its place is the new luxury Stratos Vassilikos, an up-market hotel that is different from all the rest. Owner Airotel stripped down the Riva to its bare bones and constructed something different for the traveler.
Posted On 01 Jan 2004
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Park Hotel's sales executive, Renia Christopoulou; the hotel's sales and marketing manager, Theodore Alexandris; and the unit's sales manager for corporate accounts, Despina Gavrili-Alexandris, during the opening of Park's roof garden bar and restaurant.
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Park Opens Bar and Restaurant to the Stars

The deluxe Park Hotel, opposite one of the capital's biggest parks, completed three years of intensive and extensive renovations last month with the opening of its St' Astra (to the stars) gourmet bar and restaurant on its closed-in roof garden overlooking the city's Acropolis,...
Posted On 01 Jan 2004
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Thessaloniki's Makedonia Palace recently completed the second phase of renovations
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Makedonia Palace Completes Renovations

Thessaloniki's Makedonia Palace recently completed the second phase of renovations, which included the radical upgrade of rooms. The all-new rooms now sport material and carpeting from European fabric houses. The predominate feeling on entering each room is one of luxury.
Posted On 01 Jan 2004
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Athenian Homes Offer Rooms for 2004 Visitors

Over 22,000 Athens homes have been offered for rental to foreign visitors during this summer's Olympics, officials managing the program said last month.
Posted On 01 Jan 2004
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Greece’s Tourism Sector Fighting to Survive

Greek hoteliers described tourism as being at its lowest ebb in 30 years, “and the government is doing nothing to help,” said Vassilis Miniades, president of the Panhellenic Hoteliers' Association, during a recent press call.
Posted On 01 Dec 2003
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Attica Hoteliers Association complained of no promotion, during a recent press conference.
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Attica Hoteliers Complain of No Promotion

Government and Olympic organizers have failed to properly advertise Athens as an international tourist destination, hoteliers complained during a recent press conference. "They encouraged us to invest heavily in order to boost the capital's hotel infrastructure ahead of the 2004...
Posted On 01 Nov 2003
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