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Another Russian Tour Operator That Works With Greece Goes Bankrupt

Russian tour operator Intaer announced on 5 August that it is suspending all activities due to the inability to meet its obligations to customers.

Leading Russian Tour Operator That Works With Greek Market Goes Bust

Labirint, one the largest Russian tour operators working with the Greek market, was officially declared bankrupt in Moscow on 2 August.

TOURISMlink, An EU Initiative, Enters Its Second Phase

A Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed on the continuation of TOURISMlink, a European initiative aimed to create a link between smaller local tourism enterprises to improve their competitiveness in today’s digital marketplace.

TUI Travel Has Faith In Greek Market

TUI Travel may expand its hotel activity in Greece, media reports in the country said after the recent opening of a new member of the tour operator's Sensimar hotel brand on Corfu.

Greek Travel Industry Innovating Its Way To Performance Marketing Success

Over the past years there has been an impressive rise in Greece of innovative and outward-facing digital travel companies, targeting and operating successfully in global markets.

Greek Travel Agents Discuss Major Issues At PETAGA Meeting

The top issues the travel agency industry addressed in 2013 were analyzed in detail at the recent annual general meeting in Athens of the Greek Union of Air Travel Agencies (PETAGA).

Greece Expected To Welcome More German Tourists In 2014

German tourists are expected to travel in large numbers to Greece this summer, as the country remains among the most popular tourism destinations for the German market, senior officials of TUI Germany said recently in Athens.

Aegean Airlines Briefs Greek Travel Agents

Greek travel agents were informed on the strategic options and short and long term goals of Aegean Airlines at an information event held recently by the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA).

U.S. Travel Agents Discover Greece At Networking Event In Athens

The Hellenic American Chamber of Tourism (HACT) is re-establishing Greece's appeal to the United States through a networking event in Athens.

Ryanair Confirms GDS Plans

Ryanair has confirmed plans to put its fares on the global distribution systems by the summer. If negotiations go to plan, Ryanair fares will appear in one or more GDS channels by mid-year.

Halkidiki, Greece, Welcomes Comeback Of Dutch Tourists

The Dutch are making a comeback to Halkidiki in Northern Greece after many years of absence, according to the several hundreds of bookings made to the destination during the Vakantiebeurs Tourism and Leisure Fair that took place recently in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

“100% Hotel Show” To Welcome Italian Tour Operator Viaggi Oggi In Athens

Rome-based tour operator Viaggi Oggi, widely known in the Greek travel sector thanks to its intense activity since 1992, will attend the upcoming 100% Hotel Show exhibition to take place in Athens, Greece, in February 2014.

B2B Travel Event To Bring Greek Hoteliers Together With Foreign Travel Agents

Greek hoteliers will come in contact with travel agencies from abroad at the upcoming B2B Travel Event in Thessaloniki.

Mouzenidis Travel To Exhibit Next Year In Moscow, Kazakhstan

Mouzenidis Travel will showcase its services to the travel trade at Moscow's MITT and Kazakhstan's KITF next year.

New Travelport Smartpoint: Designed With Travel Agents In Mind

Travelport has launched an enhanced version of its user-friendly and efficient for travel agents application, Travelport Smartpoint.

HATTA Signs UNWTO’s Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

The Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA) was one of the associations of travel agencies from around the world that signed the UNWTO's Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET).

Travel Counsellors Chooses Travelport For The future

Travelport has sealed its first ever global GDS agreement with long-term partner, Travel Counsellors.

Scandinavians Choose Lesvos For Their Holidays

Stockholm-based tour operator Ving will bring some 5,000 tourists to the Greek island of Lesvos in 2014.

Amadeus Again Tops European “Research & Development” Ranking In Travel, Tourism

Amadeus is once again on top of its sector’s ranking as one of the leading European companies in Research & Development investment, as confirmed by the 2013 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scorecard.

HATTA: Turkish Travel Agencies Are Operating Illegally In Greece

Turkish travel agencies are operating illegally in Greece, travel agents from all over Greece were informed by the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA) at a briefing held during the 29th Philoxenia exhibition in Thessaloniki.