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Athens To Welcome Leading German Tour Operators Next Month

Germany's leading travel industry media group FVW Mediengruppe will hold its annual workshop in Athens next month and give Greek hoteliers the opportunity to discuss strategies to strengthen the tourism demand from Germany to Greece, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels announced last month.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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The president of the Ifo Institute in Munich, Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, shows a chart that refers to current account balances relative to GDP for the period 2005-2010. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods, services, net income, and net current transfers. According to the chart, Greece, seen at the bottom of the list of EU countries, is one of the countries of the crisis that has a “trade deficit” as its imports exceed exports. The country’s account balance (% of GDP) during for the period 2005-2010 was recorded at $–11.7 billion. In other words, Greece is currently not a productive country.

Greece Should Leave The Euro, Top German Economist

“Greece does not have tourism… It is very expensive… Greece gains nothing from staying in the Euro,” were just some of the comments made by leading economist and president of the Ifo Institute in Munich, Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, during his presentation on global economic...

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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The 23rd Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition will be held this year 4-8 June at the Metropolitan Expo, located near Athens International Airport in Spata.

Greek Shipping At Center Stage In June

“Posidonia will highlight the contribution the Greek shipping industry makes to Greece’s economy, which, in these challenging times, is now more important than ever,” Themistocles Vokos, Chairman of Posidonia Fairs said recently.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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The World Shipping Congress,held at the Divani Apollon Palace in Kavouri, was organized by the Financial Times and Boussias Communications and held under the auspices of the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Shipping Federation.

Shipping Expected To Bypass Drawbacks Next Year

The oversupply of capacity, the large number of ships under construction, the decline in traffic and the significant decrease of banks funding shipping activities will be just some of the drawbacks shipping companies will face this year, according to the World Shipping Congress...

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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46th ITB Travel Trade Show held at Messe Berlin (Berlin International Congress Center), 7-11 March 2012.

ITB Berlin 2012 Branded A Success

Over 2,200 more trade visitors than last year and an outstanding climate for business was among the positive conclusions made at this year’s ITB.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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GNTO stand at ITB 2012.

German Tourists Encouraged To Holiday In Greece At ITB 2012

The Greek tourism leadership was up against a complex task at the 46th ITB Berlin travel trade show last month while restoring Greece’s reputation as a top and safe destination. Tourism officials were obliged to make a great effort to reverse the negative climate that currently...

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

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Culture and Tourism Minister At 7th HO.RE.CA.

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos cuts the inauguration ribbon of the 7th HO.RE.CA. show in the presence of prominent personalities from the Greek food service and hospitality sectors.

Posted On 01 Mar 2012

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“I think this year's HO.RE.CA. is perhaps the most important ‘message’ we have heard, saw and felt this year as tourism industry representatives,” President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Giorgos Tsakiris, said during the inauguration ceremony of the 7th HO.RE.CA.. Mr. Tsakiris said he was “speechless” and very impressed by the high number of visitors that attended the trade show.

7th HO.RE.CA. Leaves Best Of Impressions

“It doesn't take much to see that this is not the time for politicians but the time for entrepreneurs and professionals… Last year was a really great year and hopefully the same will happen in 2012,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said during the inauguration...

Posted On 01 Mar 2012

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“The Trendsetters by morantis” displays a series of selected hotels, businesses that provide services to gay/lesbian tourists.

Greece Promoted Via Gay Segment At FITUR 2012

Santorini, Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Paros, Folegandros, Crete and Andros were introduced last month as destinations with ideal hotels for gay and lesbian tourists at this year’s international tourism trade fair FITUR, held in Madrid, Spain.

Posted On 01 Feb 2012

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HAPCO Urges Government To Pay More Attention To Conference Tourism

“The socio-political events and the effects of the economic crisis that has plagued our country and its citizens, has transformed Greece into an undesirable destination that frightens organizers, sponsors and conference delegates and presents Greek professionals as unreliable and...

Posted On 01 Jan 2012

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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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WTM Report Bashes Governments’ Indifference To Tourism

“The world’s governments should do more to support travel and tourism,” World Travel Market’s Chairman Fiona Jeffery told the industry during her opening speech at the tourism fair at ExCel in London, UK, held this year 7-10 November.

Posted On 01 Dec 2011

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For the first time a tourism minister, in this case Pavlos Yeroulanos (second to left), sat at the same table with representatives of all opposition parties in an attempt to agree on a basis of Greek tourism development acceptable to all. Mr. Yeroulanos acknowledged that each party approaches tourism differently and said he was open to suggestions but he also underlined that the ministry and some of the political parties were “not at all on the same wavelength in regards to the philosophy of tourism.”

SETE Proposes Joint Tourism Strategy

Although the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ (SETE) tenth annual tourism and development conference was slightly overshadowed by Greek political instability and uncertainty last month it will remain in history as a conference first of its kind that took a step further...

Posted On 01 Dec 2011

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Government Called To Care About Shipping

“Our coastal transport is shipping but also tourism and the tourism development of our country is based on the tourism development of the islands, which demands good ferry services,” Mihalis Sakellis, the CEO of Blue Star Ferries, said while speaking at the “Shipping Today and...

Posted On 01 Nov 2011

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Multi-Conference Holds Tourism Session

“The coming years could be very exciting for the Greek tourism product as long as the promises of its establishment within the central development policy actually take place,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said recently during the tourism...

Posted On 01 Nov 2011

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Religious Tourism Expo To Kick Off In Spring 2012

Greek tourism will be promoted in Athens this coming spring via the uniqueness of Greece’s natural beauty, significant cultural wealth and deep religious tradition at Nexus, the first International Cultural, Religious and Pilgrimage Tourism Exhibition.

Posted On 01 Oct 2011

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SETE: 10th Tourism & Development Conference

Initiatives for the Greek economy based on consensual approaches and a broader political, social and economic cooperation aimed at a recovery and an exit from the crisis will be analyzed at the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises’ (SETE) 10th tourism and development...

Posted On 01 Oct 2011

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Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos opened the first Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum held at the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens on 21-22 June.

Posidonia Forum An Eye Opener For Tourism Sector

“Cruise tourism is a key to the government’s overall policy,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos said during his opening speech at the first Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum held at the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens on 21-22 June.

Posted On 01 Aug 2011

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The “Tourism Investment Conference: Focus on Greece,” was held in Athens and organized by Financial Times with the strategic partnership of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) and the local partnership of Boussias Communications.

Conference Focuses On Tourism Investment In Greece

The need to promote tourism investment and increase competitiveness in Greece to face the economic crisis was underlined by tourism professionals and experts at the “Tourism Investment Conference: Focus on Greece,” held in Athens last month.

Posted On 01 Aug 2011

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Athens Hosts Greek-Chinese Business Forum

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos said last month that Greece was interested in attracting visitors from the so-called BRIC countries such as China, India, Russia and Turkey.

Posted On 01 Jul 2011

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