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Greece among most popular Gay Tourism hotspots for 2013

“Talk of the Eurozone crisis has not deterred LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) travelers who have pushed Greece up the rankings to appear in the top ten most desired gay destinations globally,” according to Out Now Business Class (www.OutNowBusinessClass.com), the...
Posted On 10 Sep 2012
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Greece Falls Out Of Favor With Gay Tourists

“Gay and lesbian tourists, who for years flocked to the islands of Mykonos and Lesbos, have removed Greece from their list of favorite destinations because of discrimination,” a survey by Amsterdam-based OutNow Consulting said recently. According to the OutNow Global LGBT2020...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greek National Tourism Organization Secretary General Yiorgos Koletsos (right) speaking at the presentation of the Technopolis “Summer 2011” program. From left: City of Athens Technopolis Governing Board Chairman Efrosyni Doxiadi, Athens Mayor Yiorgos Kaminis and Technopolis Managing Director Konstantinos Bitzanis.
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Athens Every Week Events In City Summer Program

The Mayor of Athens has embraced the Athens Every Week program and contributes to the tourism policy of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, part of which is the development of urban centers to city break destinations, according to the Greek National Tourism Organization’s secretary...
Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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“Athens Rainbow Week” is scheduled to coincide to Athens Pride (archive photo). Also, until we went to press, sources confirmed that for the first time since its organization (2005), this year's Athens Pride will be held under the auspices of the City of Athens.
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Greece Makes Slight Attempt To Attract Gay Market

“Athens Rainbow Week could be a magnet for gay tourists abroad with the appropriate exposure and promotion of the event, from both international media and travel agencies/tour operators but we can not say that such a promotional targeted effort has been made,” according to the...
Posted On 01 May 2011
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At Helexpo’s press conference, the president of the Greek National Tourism Organization, Nicolas Kanellopoulos (third from left) informed journalists that the Athens Every Week program would increase visits to the Greek capital, as now “visitors will have many reasons to come to Athens.”
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5th Summer Holidays Expo Next Month In Athens

“The organization of this year’s Summer Holidays Expo in Athens aims to play a catalytic role in strengthening the tourism industry and become a meeting point for the Greek family during the period of summer vacation planning,” Helexpo’s president Paris Mavridis said last month...
Posted On 01 Apr 2011
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With the closing of two hotels in Omonia (Acropol and Fashion House 2) and the risk of two more vacant buildings added to downtown Athens, Athens Mayor George Kaminis requested from the Education Ministry to consider using the two buildings as student halls of residence, reports said.
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Pilot Program May Help City Center Hotels Bounce Back

Athens Mayor George Kaminis held a meeting last month with Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos at City Hall and discussed opportunities for the development of tourism in the Greek capital, according to a press release issued by the ministry.
Posted On 01 Mar 2011
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Athens’ Hotels See Improved Figures For October

Hotel occupancy in October 2010 may have dropped 4.4 percent, compared with the same month in 2009, but it was considered an improve­ment as in September 2010 the hotel room occupancy rate was down 9.2 percent, according to the Athens-Attica Hotel Association.
Posted On 01 Jan 2011
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“Despite problems, the Greek capital has enormous potential and if destination Athens was promoted correctly to foreign markets the city would have a fast recovery,” President of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association Yiannis Retsos said during the association’s 41st Annual General Assembly.
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Athens’ Hotels See Low Revenue In 2010

Athenian hoteliers saw a 6.7 percent drop in hotel occupancy this past September, along with a 9.2 percent decrease in the revenue per available room in five-, four- and three-star hotels, President of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association Yiannis Retsos said last month during his...
Posted On 01 Dec 2010
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13 new promotional videos (in English, German and Russian) are available on the “You in Greece” website and consist the new tourism promotional campaign of Greece abroad.
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Online Tourism Campaign Goes Public

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is going through changes, as it will operate as an agency for the promotion of Greece abroad, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos told Greek journalists.
Posted On 01 Nov 2010
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