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Greek-Turkish Culture And Tourism Cooperation

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos and his Turkish counterpart Ertugrul Gunay signed last month a joint declaration for cooperation in culture and tourism during the first meeting of the High-Level Greek-Turkish Council for Strategic Partnership. The meeting took...

Posted On 01 Jun 2010

, By GTP editing team

Athens Hotels Show Low Occupancy In Q1

Athens hotel revenue decreased by seven percent during the first quarter of 2010 with the average revenue per available room shaped at 49.46 euros, according to official statistics of the Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association in regards to hotel occupancy for the first quarter of...

Posted On 01 Jun 2010

, By GTP editing team

Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos and General Secretary Alexandros Vasilikos. During the press conference, Mr. Retsos said that the areas around Omonia Square are defined as some of the most dangerous places in Europe.

Athens Hotel Revenue Expected To Take A Plunge

As a destination Athens is deteriorating and losing any grounds it had intended to gain and this ultimately cannot be considered a result of the global economic crisis, according to Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos.

Posted On 01 Apr 2010

, By Nikos Krinis

Omonia Square, Athens.

Athens City Center In Need Of Face-Lift

If we want to upgrade Athens, we need to set down some rules and faithfully follow them, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos recently said in an interview to the Greek press when asked about the problems at the one end of the historic center of Athens—the Omonia Square...

Posted On 01 Mar 2010

, By Nikos Krinis

Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos; Culture and Tourism Deputy Minister Angela Gerekou; President of Xenia Exhibitions-Conferences Tassos Koumanis; and Athens-Piraeus super-prefect Constantina Bay.

Athens Hotel Industry In Free Fall

Athens hotel bookings have been in "free fall" as of December 2008, which translates to a 12 percent decrease up until September 2009 and an eight percent drop in the average price per room, stressed the President of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association Yiannis Retsos at the...

Posted On 01 Jan 2010

, By Nikos Krinis

Olympic Air Grabs Last Agones Grammes Routes

The operations of the nine remaining state-subsidized air routes (24 in total) to remote Greek islands were awarded to Olympic Air at the price of 5,220,527 euros, the Civil Aviation Authority announced in late November 2009.

Posted On 01 Jan 2010

, By GTP editing team

Attica Hotel Revenue Down in Jan-Sep 2009

Hotels in Attica saw their average hotel occupancy rates drop by 13.62 percent, 9.26 percent and 9.25 percent in five-, four- and three-star hotels respectively during the first nine months of 2009, according to recently announced figures of the monthly study of GBR Consulting.

Posted On 01 Dec 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Sofia Iordanou (Qatar Airways), Fay Founta (Kronos Holidays), Alexandros Michalopoulos (Qatar Airways), Thanassis Cavdas (GTP), Takis Fountas (Kronos Holidays) and Fairouz Ampasi (Qatar Airways).

Qatar Airways: New Athens Flight To Doha

Qatar Airways recently announced its second daily non-stop flight from Athens to Doha, which would gradually integrate into the existing flight schedule from Athens by March 2010.

Posted On 01 Dec 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Athens Not So Expensive After All

Athens may not be among the most expensive cities in the world but it is a middle-ranking one, according to the recent study "Prices and Earnings-2009 edition" published by Swiss banking group UBS. The study compared the purchasing power of citizens in 73 cities around the globe.

Posted On 01 Oct 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

The interior of the World of Athens sphere.

Athens Sphere Attracts Thousands

The first World of Athens roadshow, part of a series of international events of an extensive advertizing campaign for the promotion of Athens, took place at Potters Fields Park in London on 22-25 May.

Posted On 01 Jul 2009

, By GTP editing team

Στους προγόνους μας πήρε 10 χρόνια για να κατασκευάσουν τον Παρθενώνα, σε μας χρειάστηκαν 33 χρόνια για να στεγάσουμε τα μάρμαρά του…

Το Σάββατο 20 Ιουνίου 2009, 33 χρόνια μετά τον πρώτο διαγωνισμό για την ανάθεση του έργου, το νέο Μουσείο της Ακρόπολης, το πολιτιστικό όραμα αρκετών Ελλήνων αλλά και ξένων που εμπράκτως έχουν αγωνιστεί για το όραμα αυτό, άνοιξε τις πύ...

Posted On 01 Jul 2009

, By Maria Theofanopoulou

Kandia's Castle Hotel.

Nafplio To Welcome Kandia’s Castle

This spring the 5-star Kandia's Castle Hotel will be inaugurated on Kandia beach in Nafplio. Designed with a unique architectural style, which combines a castle appearance (handcrafted stone) with the natural environment, Kandia's Castle offers modern and luxurious facilities and...

Posted On 01 Apr 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

A travel office in downtown Athens damaged during the difficult weeks of December. Such images circulated globally and tarnished the image of the Greek capital. Photo: Christos Mathioudakis

Athens Hotel Occupancy Tumbles in December

Overnight accommodation in Athens saw a 25.9 percent drop in all hotel categories in December 2008 when compared with the year before, the Athens-Attica Hoteliers' Association said recently.

Posted On 01 Mar 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

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.

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

, By Nikos Krinis

Acropolis Frames TV Award: Greece's winning entry at the New York Festival's International Television Programming & Promotion Awards 2009 comprised a

Athens Enters ABTA Members’ Handbook 2009

The competitive advantages of Athens can be found in this year's edition of the Association of British Travel Agents Members' Handbook, according to the Athens Tourism & Economic Development Company (ATEDCO).

Posted On 01 Mar 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Cruise Ships Request Anchorage at Faliriko Delta

The Association of Passenger Ship Owners recently requested the development of port infrastructure for cruise ships in the area between the Peace and Friendship Stadium and Faliriko Delta.

Posted On 01 Mar 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Geert Hogeveen, Regional Solution Specialist-Microsoft Advertising; Anant Joshi, Director, Partnerships and Sales Engineering-EyeBlaster; Anita Geiger, APS Marketing Lead CEMEA-Microsoft Advertising; and Adda Kirkili, Business Development and Operations Director-ThinkDigital. Ms. Kirkili presented the study of Dr. Sigala and stressed that in regards to the online display of a destination, Greek enterprises tend to operate with a

Greece Holds Low Profile Online

Online advertising can offer the best exposure for Greek tourism as it is international, targeted and efficient concluded the MSN Travel and Tourism Day conference that took place recently in Athens.

Posted On 01 Mar 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos promises to meet the expectations of Greek citizens in regards to the tourism development of the country.

Cabinet Reshuffle Changes Tourism Minister

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis recently proceeded with a government reshuffle whereas the up until now tourism minister, Aris Spiliotopoulos (now education minister), was replaced by New Democracy Member of Parliament for Evia, Kostas Markopoulos.

Posted On 01 Feb 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Crisis Management Committee Has First Meeting

The Crisis Management Committee, set up last summer by former Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos, had its first meeting during December's outbreak of violence after the fatal police shooting of a Greek teenager.

Posted On 01 Feb 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

ABTA Says Greece Not Only “Sea and Sun”

Tour operators have improved holiday offers to Greece and promote a wide variety of packages such as adventure travel, spa, island tours, city breaks and wedding packages to show that there is much more to Greece than just beaches, according to this year's "2009 Travel Trends...

Posted On 01 Feb 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

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