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Ancient Olympia Meet to Explore Intercultural Dialogue

Achieving intercultural dialogue will be the subject of an international conference to be held at Ancient Olympia on September 1-6 under the title: “The Need for a Constructive Dialogue Between Peoples and Cultures and the Olympic Idea”, e-typos reports.

Posted On 28 Aug 2015

, By GTP editing team

Philippeion at Olympia

Archaeological Site of Olympia

Olympia, the sanctuary of Zeus and birthplace of the Olympic Games, lies in a verdant valley of the western Peloponnese at the confluence of the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos. A landscape of great natural beauty, the whole valley was in ancient times thickly wooded and full of wild...

Posted On 09 May 2014

Greek Museums, Sites To Operate On Extended Hours This Season

Thirty-three of Greece’s most popular museums and archaeological sites will extend their hours from this April and remain open from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week, according to the Greek Culture Ministry.

Posted On 28 Feb 2014

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Greek Tourism Minister Briefs President On Berlin Talks

“The first messages we have received are extremely encouraging. The effort is mainly to restore the image of the country,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni told President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias, today, 13 February.

Posted On 13 Feb 2013

, By GTP editing team

Stolen Antiquities from Olympia Recovered

The artefacts that had been stolen last year from the Olympia Museum of Ancient Olympic Games were recovered on November 24. The valuable antiquities are now safely kept in the Ancient Olympic Games Museum of Olympia and will be put back on display next week, along with the...

Posted On 26 Nov 2012

, By News archives

Visitors Ignore Museums and Archaeological Sites

Museum visits in Greece dropped during the first four months of the year, according to recent figures released by the General Secretariat for the National Statistical Service of Greece.

Posted On 01 Sep 2008

, By Nikos Krinis

Olympic Flame's lit ceremony at Ancient Olympia

Olympic Flame Arrives in China

Greece handed the Olympic flame to China, the host of the 2008 Games, on March 30 at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens. Beijing Games Organizing Chief and Beijing Communist Party Secretary Liu Qi received the flame and said: "In 130 days the 2008 Beijing Olympics begin and we and...

Posted On 01 May 2008

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Ancient Olympia-Beijing via the Silk Road

Ancient Olympia to Beijing via the Silk Road

Danae Tezapsidou and Vassilis Mesitidis are the two young Greeks in the team of cyclists that will attempt the bike ride from Ancient Olympia to Beijing via the Silk Road in order to mark the 2008 Olympic Games in China. The ride began from ancient Olympia last month and...

Posted On 01 Apr 2008

, By GTP editing team

Ancient Olympia

Memorandum of Cooperation for Ancient Olympia Signed

Tourism Development Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos recently signed a memorandum of cooperation with Mayor of Ancient Olympia Giorgos Aidonis and National Metsovian Polytechnic University Rector Konstantinos Moutzouris to launch a pan-Hellenic student competition for the design of a...

Posted On 01 Apr 2008

, By GTP editing team

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.

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

, By GTP editing team

Greek Olive Oil

Chinese Magazine Honors Greek Olive Oil

Chinese magazine "You Are What You Eat" recently published a six-page article on Greek food and beverages, with emphasis on Greek olive oil, in its September issue. The article followed a road trip of the magazine's journalist around Greece where he visited Athens, Peloponissos...

Posted On 01 Nov 2007

, By GTP editing team

Amalia Hotel in Syntagma, Athens.

Amalia Group Revamps Image and Tourism Strategy

With refurbishment at Amalia hotel now completed and refurbishment of Amalia hotels around Greece well under way, the group looks to the future. It considers its role and strategy in the tourism sector through the eyes of an organization that has been in the industry since the...

Posted On 01 Oct 2007

, By GTP editing team

Ancient Olympia's archeological site was in danger from the uncontrolled fire.

International Concern for Impact of Fires on Greek Tourism

The recent fires in Greece have destroyed over 1,900,000 hectares of land, claimed over 60 lives and destroyed dozens of villages. The loss of value of a number of tourism-related companies stocks on the days of the fires show how, according to the international press, the fires...

Posted On 01 Oct 2007

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GTP continues its 31 years of participation in all major exhibitions in Greece and Europe.

Panorama Welcomed Consumers

Although this year's Panorama welcomed a barrage of new visitors, the number of tourism professionals to the fair appeared minimal when compared with past years. Most said the venue, Expo Athens, Anthoussa, was too far away for them.

Posted On 01 Jun 2006

, By GTP editing team

Pausanias Route Created for Peloponissos

Agrotouristiki SA, the state corporation for alternative tourism development, is setting up a network of municipalities in the central Peloponnese that follow the route of ancient geographer Pausanias, and thus promote the region as a model "ecoagritourism" zone.

Posted On 01 Feb 2006

, By GTP editing team

PameVolta it is constantly exploring new routes in an attempt to make each and every bike excursion an unforgettable experience. Besides the city tour, the company offers suggestions for relaxing bike rides to the seaside or adventurous mountain biking.

City Cycling Tours Now Available

For locals or visitors to really get in touch with a country, its culture and landscapes, then there is no better way than by bicycle. Cycling vacations come in many shapes and sizes. They range from relaxing city and country tours to biting mountain tours. Greece now has them...

Posted On 01 Jul 2005

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George Chrissanthakopoulos, sales manager for TUI Hellas and Christos Constantinidis, director of corporate services for TUI Hellas, announce new sports-related tourism agreement.

Sports Tourism Moves to the Forefront

Sports tourism agreements appear plentiful of late with major companies like TUI Hellas taking more interest in the sector, and with the government ready to create a World Athletics Museum.

Posted On 01 Jul 2005

, By GTP editing team

Diana Panagiotopoulou, La Greca Travel.

La Greca Celebrates 40th Anniversary

La Greca Travel in downtown Athens this year celebrates 40 years of quality service to Greece's travel sector. The office, opened in 1965 by Diana Panagiotopoulou and her husband, gradually became well respected for its quality intensive services, which was no easy feat in the...

Posted On 01 Feb 2005

, By GTP editing team

Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos in the ministry's tourism presentation room at Zappeio announces new tourism promotion campaign ideas.

Tourism Minister Flaunts New Tourism Exhibits

Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos called Greece's tourism leaders to a double launch and a reception last month at Zappeio Hall. The minister presented tourism promotion plans for after the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and the new tourism exhibition stands within Zappeio...

Posted On 01 Aug 2004

, By GTP editing team

A Four-year Cultural Plan Announced

Greece's cultural ministry recently announced four-year cultural activity plan in view of 2004 Athens Olympics. The project is called the Cultural Olympiad and will include large-scale events. The cultural ministry has formulated a budget of some 35 billion drachmas for the...

Posted On 01 Oct 2000

, By GTP editing team

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