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SETE's president, Nikos Angelopoulos, expressed his frustration and disappointment towards the attitude of Emporiki Bank, which he said would not accept checks issued by tourism businesses, suggesting that thy are not creditworthy. In a release Emporiki Bank denied this and expressed its support for the tourism sector.
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SETE Sees a Gloomy Tourism Season

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises painted a black picture at a press conference last month and called on to the government for additional measures to support the tourism industry.
Posted On 01 May 2009
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HATTA Calls For United Stance Against Crisis

The economic crisis dominated this year's general assembly of the Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies that recently took place.
Posted On 01 May 2009
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During the inauguration of the third Tourism & Property Show, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos requested from Greek hoteliers and rooms-to-let owners to reduce price correlation between foreign and Greek tourists.
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Conference Sheds Light on Greek Tourism

Discussions that concerned the impact of the economic crisis on Greek tourism—according to conclusions from international exhibitions ITB and MITT—highlighted this year's third International Tourism & Property Conference.
Posted On 01 May 2009
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The president of KEDKE Nikitas Kaklamanis commented that the abolition of the sojourn tax has been a timeless request of hoteliers,
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Sojourn Tax Reduction On Hold

No provisions will be brought to parliament for approval of the reduction of the sojourn tax—imposed on private businesses that operate in tourist regions—before consultations are held with municipal authorities, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos recently told the president of...
Posted On 01 Mar 2009
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Tassos Koumanis (center), founder and president of Xenia Exhibitions-Conferences. On his left is Kostas Konstantinidis, chairman IMIC advisory board, and on his right is Tassos Pappas (CITE), president SITE Greek Chapter.
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5th IMIC Offers Survival Strategies

The need for Greece's tourism policy to improve drastically was the main point of this year's 5th International Meetings and Incentives Conference (IMIC) titled "Selling Destinations, Venues and Services: Supplier Perspectives - Buyer Demands," which took place recently in Athens.
Posted On 01 Mar 2009
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Aristotelis Thomopoulos, president of Helexpo, stressed that reservation cancellations in Thessaloniki in December reached over 50 percent due to the riots that took place throughout the country.
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SETE Gives 2008 Overview

The president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Nikos Angelopoulos, recently called for urgent measures to support and strengthen the tourism sector in order to minimize the losses that are expected in 2009.
Posted On 01 Feb 2009
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Fotis Kokotos, Elounda S.A. Hotels and Resorts; Elisavet Kalpidou, legal consultant; and Andrew Pozniak, travel industry leader in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and African markets, Google.com. Ms. Kalpidou emphasized that one of the negative aspects of social media is that it is almost impossible to control the content on blogs. She explained that as many hoteliers expressed their discontent to the fact that some hotel owners pose as customers and post fictitious comments on blogs in order to lure in more clientele.
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Hoteliers Enlightened On Social Media

Greek hotels do not take advantage of today's technology, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises' Ideas & Action Council (SID) forum held recently titled "Internet Social Media: On-line Travel Communities."
Posted On 01 Jan 2009
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Nikos Angelopoulos President, Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
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Nikos Angelopoulos

If we want to track the prospects of Greek tourism toward its expected development in size, but also with regards to the dynamics of size, we must evaluate the elements within the national and international economic environment.
Posted On 01 Nov 2008
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SETE Sets Tourism Challenges

Tourist destinations that will play a prominent role in the future are those who will strive to develop strong marketing actions and introduce new technologies, was the outcome of the seventh annual Tourism & Development Conference of the Association of Greek Tourism...
Posted On 01 Nov 2008
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Nikos Aggelopoulos, President of Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
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Tourism Ministry Joins Forces With SETE

Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos and the president of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, Nikos Aggelopoulos, recently decided to work together on issues in relation to tourist traffic data and marketing strategies.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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Andreas Andreadis, vice-president of SETE and president of the Hellenic Hotel Federation, made reference to the common real estate tax (ETAK) and sojourn tax that are imposed on the hotel industry. In regards to the federation's aim to lift the sojourn tax, Mr. Andreadis noted that their aim is not to deprive finances from local government, but to find a fair competition model for all.
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Government Not Taking Tourism Seriously

Because government fails to enact in unison the tourism sector fails to perform at an acceptable level, says the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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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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Request for Development Law Reform

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and the Research Institute for Tourism recently expressed to the secretary of economy and finance, Yiannis Papathanasiou, the tourism sector's need for an immediate reform of the development law.
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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SETE to Hold Tourism Conference in the Fall

The Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises is to hold its seventh annual Tourism & Development Conference on 6-7 October.
Posted On 01 Sep 2008
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Limo Services for Taxis Not Rent-a-car Offices

Transport Minister Costis Hatzidakis recently expressed his intention to give taxi owners the opportunity to provide limo services, all of which caused a major uproar within the Greek Car Rental Companies Association.
Posted On 01 Aug 2008
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SETE Calls for Ministry Coordination

Newly elected chairman of the board of directors of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Nikos Aggelopoulos (Aldemar Hotels & Spa), recently called for better coordination of tourism-related ministries and unification for the sake of sustainable tourism...
Posted On 01 Jul 2008
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MP Questions Validity of Tourism Movement Statistics

Member of the Greek Parliament with PASOK for Corfu, Angela Gerekou, recently questioned the tourism development ministry, the ministry of economy and finance and the ministry of development about the serious problems that appear in the statistics collected by the Greek National...
Posted On 01 Jun 2008
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Samos Airport
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Greek Airports Receive Aesthetic Improvements

The Hellenic Ministry of Transport and Communications (YME) and the Tourism Development Ministry held a joint press conference recently to reveal the process to aesthetically improve peripheral airports in Greece following a memorandum sent to YME by the Association of Tourist...
Posted On 01 May 2008
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HATTA's new Board of Directors during their first official meeting at the association's offices.
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HATTA Elects A New Board of Directors

The Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA) recently held its annual general assembly and voted for its new board of directors. The general assembly was attended by a plethora of members from the travel sector, tourism industry dignitaries, travel...
Posted On 01 May 2008
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Greece Shifts Two Positions on TTCI

The Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (SETE) and the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) jointly announced Greece has shifted up two positions on the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) released annually by the World Economic Forum. Greece has moved...
Posted On 01 Apr 2008
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