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Professor Harry Coccossis, CEO of the Tourism Development Company; Krinio Kanellopoulou, member of Parliament for the New Democracy party; Nikos Michalopoulos, vice-prefect of Ilia; Petros Alivizatos, president of the Tourism Development Company; Yiorgos Kontoyiannis, under-secretary for employment and social protection; and Pantazis Chronopoulos, mayor of Zacharo. Mr. Alivizatos spoke of the company's plans for Kaifa to become an Eco Family Adventure Park that will offer mild recreational activities. Only bicycles or other means that are friendly to the environment will be permitted on the grounds.
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Kaifa Woods Gets Facelift

In an attempt to restore the natural environment that was damaged by the destructive fires of 2007, a reforestation campaign in the woods of Kaiafa was recently held by the Tourism Development Company in cooperation with the Olympia Forestry and volunteer groups.
Posted On 01 Mar 2009
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Mykonians expressed their sorrow for the tragic death of 20-year-old Australian Doujon Zammit on their island by organizing a protest. Doujon’s violent and inane death sparked anger throughout Greece.
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Crisis Management Committee Arranged

After the recent homicide of an Australian tourist who was beaten to death, allegedly by a Greek bouncer on Mykonos, Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos convened an emergency meeting with officials from other ministries in the framework of setting up a Crisis Management...
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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Austrian Tour Operators in Laconia

Some 25 Austrian tour operators and media members headed by Niko Papamike, representative of a Vienna-based tour operator, and Ioanna Rafalia, press and public relations officer of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) in Austria, visited Gythio recently, hosted by...
Posted On 01 Jun 2008
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Managing Director of Athens Tourism & Economic Development Company, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, spoke at the conference on behalf of Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis. He outlined the structure and purpose of the new Athens Convention Bureau.
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Fourth Annual HAPCO Conference Focuses on New Athens Convention Bureau

The Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO) recently held its fourth annual two-day conference on "The Environment, Synergy and Crisis Management in Conference Tourism" at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, where much emphasis was placed...
Posted On 01 Apr 2008
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Theodore Mantzios, district sales & marketing manager Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, N. Africa & Balkans of Thai Airways; Kelvin Wong, general manager Greece, Balkans & Cyprus of Singapore Airlines; Paulo Yoshikawa, general manager passenger sales Greece/Cyprus of Lufthansa; Kyriakos Reres, president of the Archaeological Receipts Fund; Panayiotis Dimitriou, sales manager Greece, Balkans & Cyprus of Singapore Airlines; Christos Papadiotis, key account manager of Lufthansa; Philip Nordfeldt, general manager of Austrian Airlines in Greece and George Trikalinos director of Archaeological Receipts Fund.
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Star Alliance Plants Olive Trees in Ancient Olympia

Star Alliance recently took an initiative to plant some 3,000 Greek olive trees in the prefecture of Ancient Olympia. Representatives of nine of the 17 members of the Star Alliance network - Austrian Airlines, Air New Zealand, ANA-All Nippon Airways, bmi (British Midland...
Posted On 01 Jan 2008
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Gerassimos L. Fokas President, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels
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Gerassimos L. Fokas

With reference to the recent catastrophic fires that affected Peloponissos and Evia, as President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels I would like to send a message and extend an invitation; a challenge to the government and the business tourism community.
Posted On 01 Nov 2007
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New Tourism Minister Meets Representatives

Newly-appointed Tourism Development Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos recently met with representatives from various sectors of the tourism industry. The meeting was to discuss key concerns of all the representatives, which arose from the devastation caused by the recent fires to...
Posted On 01 Nov 2007
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Aegean Airlines Shows Environmental Sensitivity

Aegean Airlines recently announced its contribution to the victims of the recent fires through a donation of one million euros. This amount goes towards the funding of projects aimed at the regeneration of the areas affected by the tragedy. The amount has been deposited into a...
Posted On 01 Oct 2007
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Former Tourism Development Minister Meets President of WTTC

Former Tourism Development Minister Fanni-Palli Petralia, met the president of the World Travel and Tourism Council, Jean Claude Baumgarten, who recently visited Greece.
Posted On 01 Oct 2007
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Specific and targeted promotion in response to the recent fires in Kefallonia.
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Financial Aid for Promotion of Kefallonia

The decision to provide the island of Kefallonia with an additional 40,000 euros for its advertisement campaign came from Tourism Development Minister Fanni-Palli Petralia recently in response to the recent fires on the island.
Posted On 01 Sep 2007
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Tourism Arrivals Exceed Expectations

The number of foreign visitors arriving by air from January to August was up 8.4 percent, reported the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP). This increase is more than double compared to Greece's competitors in the Mediterranean. At the end of July, Croatia's...
Posted On 01 Oct 2006
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Dimitrios Georgarakis

I believe this year's "Philoxenia" will grow to be an important event for Greek tourism, in spite of the particularly unfavorable international circumstances that cause reasonable concern in the country's tourism sector.
Posted On 01 Nov 2001
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