Search Results for “Commission” | Page 103 | GTP Headlines

Amadeus Urges Travel Industry To Open Source Software To Benefit From Innovation

A new report launched today, entitled ‘Open for business’, makes the case for the travel industry to embrace open source software in order to benefit from greater innovation, respond faster to industry and consumer change, and reduce costs. The report outlines how open systems...

Posted On 25 Sep 2012

, By GTP editing team

EU Air Safety List Updated

“Where we have evidence inside or outside the European Union that air carriers are not performing safe operations, we must act to guarantee to exclude any risks to safety,” the vice president of the European Commission responsible for transport, Siim Kallas, said during the...

Posted On 01 Jun 2012

, By GTP editing team

Giannis Balakakis, CEO of Gnomon Performance, in late March presented the Geo Routes and Aegean Routes to an audience of tourism professionals and journalists. “These routes are theme cultural expeditions and are addressed to experienced travelers from Greece and abroad that seek experiential travel experiences,” he said.

Expeditions To The “Other Side” Of Greece Presented

“Greece, with whatever difficulties, is still one of the most charismatic corners of the world, with colors, nature, history, culture, gastronomy, ancient values, but above all unique people, all of which creates a canvas that is not found elsewhere,” Gnomon Performance’s CEO...

Posted On 01 May 2012

, By GTP editing team

The deputy head of the visa policy unit of the European Commission, Diederik Paalman, appeared quite defensive during the conference, held recently at the new Acropolis Museum, on the Schengen visa process. Mr. Paalman brushed off all negative opinions expressed by tourism figures and urged member states to improve staff coverage in embassies and consulates and to open up new visa centers in remote cities to reduce visa-waiting times at centers.

Schengen Visa Regime Topic Of Debate In Athens

“The commission is looking into the issue of long waiting lines to obtain a visa, but also member states do not put their money where their mouths are as they should include more staff in consulates,” argued Diederik Paalman, deputy head of the visa policy unit of the European...

Posted On 01 May 2012

, By GTP editing team

UNWTO To Advance Common Agenda On Visa

UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, last month called on the tourism sector to unite around the issue of travel facilitation as a means to stimulate demand and, as a result, create jobs.

Posted On 01 Apr 2012

, By GTP editing team

Tour Buses Seek E.U. Help On KTEL Bus Monopoly

Greek tour bus owners recently filed a complaint to the European Commission against the monopoly of the KTEL intercity buses and accused the ministries of transport and tourism for overprotecting the KTEL bus profession.

Posted On 01 Mar 2012

, By GTP editing team

Amadeus Releases Study To Improve Travel Experience For The Traveler

“The future of travel is likely to be shaped by technological innovations, which reduce stress, uncertainty and chaos,” according to a global industry study, commissioned by travel technology partner Amadeus, that reveals how new technologies and social change will combine to...

Posted On 01 Mar 2012

, By GTP editing team

Minister Wants Out Of Schengen Visa Procedures

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos recently highlighted the importance of free movement of tourists around the world and underlined the need to change the Schengen visa procedure in order for it “to stop being a burden on tourism.

Posted On 01 Mar 2012

, By GTP editing team

Opinions Vary On 2012 Greek Tourism Growth

“Tourism went well this year,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos said during an interview to the Greek press in late December.

Posted On 01 Feb 2012

, By GTP editing team

HATTA Calls Meeting To Improve Downtown Athens Image

The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) called a sudden meeting last month to focus on the image of downtown Athens and discuss the negative impact of the city’s tourism. The purpose of the meeting was to examine interventions to improve the image of the...

Posted On 01 Jan 2012

, By GTP editing team

Travelport Holds Workshop For Travel Agents On Crete

Travelport, a broad-based business services provider to the global travel industry, held a workshop last month for travel agencies in Rethymno, Crete, to brief travel agents on the company’s new tools and solutions.

Posted On 01 Dec 2011

, By GTP editing team

Hoteliers Criticize Restaurant VAT Hike

The increase of the VAT for restaurant services in Greek hotels from 13 to 23 percent (a 77 percent hike) would reduce the competitiveness of the country’s tourism product, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said recently in an announcement.

Posted On 01 Sep 2011

, By GTP editing team

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

, By GTP editing team

GNTO Mismanagement Report Goes To Justice

The report on the mismanagement of the Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) funds for the 2008-2009 period was delivered to Parliament to investigate the criminal liability of the politicians who were in charge of Greece’s tourism sector at the time.

Posted On 01 Jul 2011

, By GTP editing team

At the 18th MITT exhibition Russian tourism professionals told Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis (second from left) that until March a significant increase in bookings to Greece had been recorded compared to 2010.

Greece To Make Visa Services Easier For Russians

The Greek Government has undertaken extensive initiatives to facilitate the arrival of Russian tourists to Greece and visitors from countries such as India and China, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said at the 18th Moscow International Travel and Tourism...

Posted On 01 May 2011

, By GTP editing team

Olympic Air announced last month that together with Aegean Airlines it would appeal against the decision of the European Competition Commission that blocked their plans to merge.

Olympic Air To Appeal Merger Rejection, Halts Routes

Olympic Air announced last month that together with Aegean Airlines it would appeal against the decision of the European Competition Commission that blocked their plans to merge. The commission had said that such a merger would monopolize the Greek market.

Posted On 01 Apr 2011

, By GTP editing team

Greece In Trouble Over E.U. Travel Agent VAT Rules

Greece is among the eight Member States that were referred to the European Union’s Court of Justice for failing to properly implement E.U. VAT rules for travel agents, the European Commission announced in late January.

Posted On 01 Mar 2011

, By GTP editing team

The Greek Union of Civil Aviation Pilots called an emergency press conference after the European Commission blocked the merger plan between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines. When the merger was first announced, the union had submitted an 80-page documented memorandum to the E.U., and developed the 199 reasons why the union was against the merge.

E.U. Bans Olympic Air-Aegean Airlines Merger

The European Commission blocked a mega merger plan between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines last month on the grounds that a monopoly would be created in Greek air travel.

Posted On 01 Mar 2011

, By GTP editing team

Olympic Air-Aegean Airlines Merger Hit Obstacles

The European Commission will decide whether or not to approve the merger between Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines on 12 January 2011, according to European Commissioner for Competition, Joaquin Almunia. The merger was expected to receive approval by 7 December 2010.

Posted On 01 Dec 2010

, By GTP editing team

Dinos Frantzeskakis President, Hellenic Association of Airline Representatives

Dinos Frantzeskakis

On behalf of our members, I would like to extend a final farewell to two prominent industry personalities, who will not be with us at this year's exhibition: Anastasios Stylianopoulos and Panagiotis Zerzivilis. We will all miss them greatly.

Posted On 01 Nov 2010

, By GTP editing team

« First ‹ Previous 100 101 102103104 105 106 Next ›Last »

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from the author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts of texts published in this page and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Greek Travel Pages – gtp.gr and / or GTP Headlines - news.gtp.gr with appropriate and specific direction (hyperlink) to the original content. All photographs appearing on this site are not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

© 1998 – 2022 International Publications Ltd. - Terms