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Tourism Competitiveness Focus for 2007-2013

More than 5,500 business plans for tourism, valued at 550 million euros, have been approved so far, said Dimitris Sioufas, minister of development, at the national development meeting for the new competitive business program (EPAN) for 2007-2013.
Posted On 01 Oct 2006
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Greece & South Korea signed biliteral tourism and maritime agreements.
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Government Expands Ties with Asia

Boosting tourism and trade with Asia was a key theme last month, with the government signing agreements with South Korea and Thailand. Progress also was made on direct flights to Beijing.
Posted On 01 Oct 2006
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Foreign Investors Plan on Three Billion Budget

An association representing foreign investors has teamed up to deal with Greek government bureaucracy and convoluted regulations that both stall and dissuade investments in large tourism projects.
Posted On 01 Oct 2006
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POET Joins SETE

The Panhellenic Federation of Tourist Enterprises (POET) became a member of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (SETE) last month to support the association's efforts to more fully represent tourism enterprises in the country.
Posted On 01 Oct 2006
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Hotel Chamber Discusses Tourism and 4th EU Subsidy Program

At a press conference last month, Makis Fokas, president of the Hellenic Hotel Chamber, said that tourism is on a roll this summer. "Foreign tourist arrivals are rising and may even reach a two-digit percentage."
Posted On 01 Sep 2006
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Xenia in Tsagarada, is one of the two ETA properties that are available for long-term leasing.
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Bidding for ETA Properties Begins

The bidding competition for long-term leases of two Xenia hotels, one in Tsagarada and the other on Thasos, has officially begun and offers must be submitted no later than October 18. Of those received, a short list will be selected and a closed competition will ensue. The...
Posted On 01 Sep 2006
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FAM Trip to Promote Cruises in Greece

The Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies is organizing a five-day FAM trip at the end of the month to promote cruising in Greece and to commemorate World Tourism Day.
Posted On 01 Sep 2006
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Travel Agencies Offer Best Deals

Package tours are growing increasingly popular reports the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies, with sales increasing during the popular travel season last month.
Posted On 01 Sep 2006
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Tourism and Development Conference Set for October

The Association for Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) is holding its fifth Tourism and Development Conference in Athens on October 16 and 17.
Posted On 01 Sep 2006
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Public Education Programs to Improve Tourism Services

The Organization for Tourism Education and Training (OTEK) is accepting student applications for its vocational schools in the fields of hotel and restaurant operations, the culinary arts and pastry-making.
Posted On 01 Sep 2006
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Gerasimos Fokas elected president of Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, for a second term.
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Hotel Chamber Elects New Board

Last month's Hellenic Hotel Chamber elections resulted in a new board led by Gerasimos Fokas, reelected as president, and Vasilis Plevris and Dimitris Karalis as vice-presidents.
Posted On 01 Aug 2006
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Cultural Tourism Network for the Mediterranean

Creating a network of culture and tourism in the Mediterranean region is a focus of the EU's Daedalus project presented last month by Agrotouristiki SA to tourism ministry staff and travel agency and hotel representatives. The three-year project, with a 2.5 million euro budget,...
Posted On 01 Aug 2006
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Thanasis Economos, Hellenic Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) general secretary; Dimitris Lampadarios, GNTO president; and Tourism Minister Fani Palli-Petralia.
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New Legislation to Encourage Tourism Investment

Government intends to introduce new legislation shortly that aims to cut huge chunks out of the country's thick bureaucratic approvals process, said Tourism Minister Fani Palli-Petralia last month during her first press call since her appointment in February. She said the new...
Posted On 01 Jun 2006
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Tourism Minister Petralia with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis and Stavros Andreadis of the Association for Greek Tourist Enterprises at the assosiation’s 14th open assembly.
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New Business Model Essential for Tourism

At the Association for Greek Tourist Enterprises’ assembly meeting last month, its president, Stavros Andreadis, pointed out that the ministry of tourism development's role is not as clear as it could be to the public sector in general, and although "coordinated efforts are...
Posted On 01 Jun 2006
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Ioannis Retsos, Giorgos Tsakiris and Loukas Douvas of EXA at last month's general assembly meeting.
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Attica Hotel Occupancy Up While Room Rates Down

Attica hotel occupancy has increased 5 percent during the first quarter of this year as compared with last year said Giorgos Tsakiris, president of the Attica Hoteliers' Association (EXA) at last month's general assembly meeting. However, Mr. Tsakiris continued, room rates remain...
Posted On 01 Jun 2006
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Millions Budgeted for Religious Tourism

The first interregional plan for the development of religious tourism has been approved. It forms part of the EU's Interreg III B program, implemented by Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta. The body responsible for the program here is the Greek National Tourism Organization, in...
Posted On 01 Jun 2006
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National Tourism Council Meeting

At the National Tourism Council meeting held last month, Tourism Minister Fani Palli-Petralia stated that the guiding principle for the ministry's new leadership is "to develop and promote long-term tourism policy and a unified strategy" to improve the quality and range of...
Posted On 01 May 2006
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First National Council for Travel Agencies

Yiannis Evangelou, president of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies, announced that for the first time national and regional tourism councils are being established.
Posted On 01 May 2006
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Greek government quarters have promised to create golf legislation.
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Government Promises Golf Legislation

Because the construction of a golf course in Greece is more than difficult, and extremely time consuming, Greek government quarters have promised to create legislation that would cut deeply into the time and paperwork required for such construction projects.
Posted On 01 May 2006
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Hellenic Chamber of Hotels' vice president, Vassilis Plevris; the chamber's president, Gerasimos Fokas; and the chamber's second vice president Spyros Galiatsatos.
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Hotel Chamber Attempts to Bring Members into the Computer Age

Expansion and automation of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotel's electronic services was approved under the Ministry of Economy's Information Society program, said the chamber's president, Gerasimos Fokas, at a meeting held with the tourism press corps last month in front of June 28...
Posted On 01 May 2006
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