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Minoan Flying Dolphins Takes Delivery Of New Highspeed

Minoan Flying Dolphins has taken delivery of the first of three Highspeed ferries built by the Australian firm Austal. The Greek flag was raised on the vessel Highspeed 2, which began to service routes in the Aegean last month.
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Doucas Tours Increases Share Capital

Thessaloniki- based Doucas Tours intends to keep its position as one of Greece’s biggest and best travel companies. Earlier this year, the company began plans for a complete reorganization so as to keep up to date with the rapid changes in competition. Reorganization plans should...
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Alpine offers Bachelor Degree in international hospitality and tourism management as of October 2000.
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Alpine Offers Bachelor’s Degree

The Alpine Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management has been authorized by the UK’s Bournemouth University to offer students a degree course in international hospitality and tourism management as of this October.
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Arrivals To Crete Down

Tourist traffic to the island of Crete this year will drop by 10 percent, predict Cretan travel agencies. They add that arrivals could drop even further next year. Crete Travel Agent’s Association President Manolis Papakaliatis said tour operators continue to pressure his members...
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Greece’s Tourism Surplus Shrinks

Recent Eurostat figures for 1998 show that Greece’s tourism sector posted a surplus balance in its tourism sector of 288 billion drachmas.
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Greece was awarded 327 “European Blue Flags” for 2000.
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Greece Again Earns 327 “European Blue Flag” Awards

Greece proves once again that its beaches and bathing waters are among the best in Europe. Like last year, the country was awarded 327 “European Blue Flags” for its clean, environmentally rich beaches from the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe.
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Korean Air, Delta, Air France And Aeromexico Create Sky Team Alliance

Yet another new alliance of strong international airlines greets the market this month. Local representatives from Korean Air, Delta, Air France and Aeromexico are ready to visit Greek travel agents and inform them on the new “Sky Team” alliance created by the four airlines.
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies’ president, Yiannis Evangelou, opened the first of a number of seminars that center on travel agency problems in the marketplace.
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Coastal Shipping Takes Front Seat At Travel Agency Seminar

The prospects for cooperation between travel agencies and the transport industry were raised at the first public discussion recently hosted by the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agencies (HATTA). Last month the association launched the first in a series of one-day...
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises President Spiros Kokotos; the association’s vice president, Nikos Angelopoulos; and the association’s manager, George Dracopoulos.
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Tourism Industry Unhappy With State Tourism Policies

Spiros Kokotos, president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), called the tourism press corps together last month to reiterate industry complaints that the government was not doing its best to confront tourism problems.
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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National Tourism Organization Secretary General Evgenios Yiannakopoulos; Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis; and National Tourism Organization President Yiannis Stefanides.
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Tourism Policy Makers Create “Readiness 2000” Package

A package of measures aimed at increasing the level of tourism services offered in Greece was announced recently by Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis. The package, called “Tourism Readiness 2000", is seen as a positive measure and one that provides tourists with some...
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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A note by the publisher

Because of domestic cabotage -when sea transport is open only to Greek companies- Greece “lost the cruise business”, said Gerasimos Strintzis when his new Blue Star 1 ferry was launched last month. Pericles Panagopoulos of Superfast Ferries reminded that in free international...
Posted On 01 Jul 2000
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EU Approves Proposal To Include Tourism In Constitution Revision

The European Union is studying Greek proposals for the European tourism industry following submissions made by Greek Euro-MP Costis Hadjidakis, who heads the European Parliament’s regional transport and tourism policy committee.
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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Extended Hours for Greek Museums and Sites

The Greek Culture Ministry last month announced extended visiting for the country’s main museums, archaeological sites and national monuments. Opening hours for visitors from May 10 until June 30 are from 0800 to 1900 hours daily, except Mondays for some (Acropolis, Olympia,...
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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Programs for Athens Festival 2001 To be Ready in September

Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis promises to have the complete Athens Festival program for 2001 ready, complete with with confirmed dates and times, by the fall. The minister says this very up-marker Greek cultural program could be very effective for enticing visitors,...
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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Evgenios Yiannakopoulos, the Hellenic Tourism Organizatio’s secretary general; deputy development minister Alexandros Kalafotis; Nikos Christodoulakis, development minister and deputy development minister Milena Apostolakis at their first press conference after recent elections.
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New Strategy Plan for Tourism Sector

At a recent press call, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said his ministry was, preparing an “Olympic tourism package" that will address several areas of the industry, including existing infrastructure and the quality of tourist services. He stated it would be a...
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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A note by the publisher

Το GTP από το 1975 δημοσιεύει κάθε μήνα τα δρομολόγια της Ελληνικής ακτοπλοΐας. Από το 1994 η σύνταξη και σελιδοποίηση γίνεται ηλεκτρονικά με AS400 και δίκτυο προσωπικών υπολογιστών. Από το 1996 το GTP κυκλοφορεί την ειδική έκδοση Greek Travel Routes (GTR), σε σχήμα αεροπορικ...
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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Vassilis Minaidis (center), president of the Panhellinic Hoteliers Federation, told Panorama professional quests that the government should provide investment incentives and subsides toward the construction of new high-standard hotels in “new” tourism districts of Greece.Up until now, the federation had made it know generally that it did not want to see any more hotels built.
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Biggest And Best Tourism Panorama

This year’s domestic fair, Panorama 2000, held last month at the Peace & Friendship Stadium, proved to be the biggest, the best and the most successful to date. “It was not only the size and the well-designed stands that made this year’s fair so impressive,” said one seasoned...
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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APG Hellas, GSA for Scenic Airlines, invites Greek public to visit the Grand Canyon.
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APG Hellas Takes On Scenic Airlines

APG Hellas, GSA for Scenic Airlines, invites Greek public to visit the Grand Canyon.Now the general sales agent in Greece for U.S.-based Scenic Airlines, APG Hellas invites the Greek public to visit the Grand Canyon aboard the leading aerial sightseeing carrier in world.
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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Kipriotis Kos International Convention Centre will host this year's ABTA's annual conference.
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Kipriotis Conference Center To Host ABTA Conference

With Greece’s largest conference center to date, the Kipriotis Group on the island of Kos will host the Association of British Travel Agents’ (ABTA) annual conference, to be held October 27-31. Greece was chose over several of its Mediterranean competitors including up-and-...
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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Elatos Resort & Health Club organized new holidays' programs for the summer season.
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Elatos Presents Summer Special

Greece’s premier Alpine resort, the Elatos Resort & Health Club, has organized new programs for the summer season. One innovative, for the Greek market, program includes a seven-day family holiday that promises a breath of fresh air.
Posted On 01 Jun 2000
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