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Speakers and guests at the tourism development conference included Loukas Douvas, general manager of the Attica Hoteliers Association; Georgos Dracopoulos, general manager of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises; Georgos Tsakiris, president of the Attica Hoteliers Association; and Aris Spiliotopoulos, N.D. Party member of parliament.

Tourism Development Depends On You

If we want the Greek tourism sector to develop at a satisfactory pace, we in the private sector must take it upon ourselves to do so, said speakers at the recent "The Need to Create a Tourism Development Strategy" conference held last month in Athens.

Posted On 01 Jan 2004

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Giorgos Tsakiris, President, Attica Hoteliers Association

Giorgos Tsakiris

October 2003 to August 2004, just 10 months before the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens; a global event that marks the future direction of Athens, both economically and socially. The Athens-Attica area, however, even with the recent radical renovation of most hotel...

Posted On 01 Nov 2003

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Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos (right).

Government Talks of Tourism Reforms

Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos told journalists last month that the government hoped tourism would soon become "the basic economic factor in our country's economic and social development."

Posted On 01 Nov 2003

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Hoteliers Blame Overnights Drop on New Hotels

The recent increase in new hotels in the Attica area is responsible for the reduction in overnights by member units of the Attica Hoteliers Association, according to the Academy of Tourism Research and Studies.

Posted On 01 Oct 2003

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City of Athens Awards 10 Best Greek Beaches

In an effort to promote Greek beaches as some of the cleanest and most beautiful in the world, the City of Athens awarded what the public considered the country's best beaches. Voting was on an international basis through the Internet site www.thalassa. gr. Votes came from 45...

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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The coverage of Grande Bretagne's recent stylish publication.

Grande Bretagne Does It with Style and Finesse

Sometimes, not often, publications receive promotional material that makes the reader sit up and take notice. Over the years Greek Travel Pages has received carloads of various Greek tourism-related brochures and publications from both home and abroad. Last month the publication...

Posted On 01 Sep 2003

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Akis Tsohatzopoulos was the special speaker at the ceremony for the Xenios Zeus Awards created by the Hellenic Tourism Organization. Ten Greek personalities famous abroad were awarded for their assistance in promoting Greece outside their country.

Six New Tourism Promotion Programs Announced

The Hellenic Tourism Organization announced six tourism promotional programs worth five million euros where, for the first time, the private sector is invited to participate. Five of the programs, announced earlier this year, are worth 1.5 million euros and will center on...

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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Greek Hotel Sector Improves Financial Picture

There are a plethora of complaints coming from Greece's hotel sector regarding difficult times, desperately low room rates and a severe drop in business. Perhaps so. Figures released recently by the ICAP Data Bank, however, tell a different story. These figure show that 2001 was...

Posted On 01 Apr 2003

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SETE’s board member, Georgos Vernicos; the association’s president, Stavros Andreadis and past president Spyros Kokotos during the association’s year-end summation of Greece’s tourism sector.

Grave Concern For 2003 Tourism Industry

Members of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises expressed grave concern for Greece's tourism industry this year. The association's president, Stavros Andreadis, said that after last year's drop of about 5% in overall arrivals, coupled with international events, this year...

Posted On 01 Feb 2003

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Georgos Tsakiris, the newly-elected president of the Attica Hoteliers' Association, with his new secretary general, Yiannis Retsos, during their first press call.

Convention Bureau Top Priority For New Attica Hoteliers’ Association Board

A convention and visitors bureau for Athens, that's the top priority for the new board of directors of the Attica Hoteliers' Association. Already, the board has the support of the Attica Regional Authority. The next step is to convince travel-related associations in the region to...

Posted On 01 Jan 2003

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Tourism Secretary General Dimitris Georgarakis, Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos, Deputy Development Minister Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, and Hellenic Tourism Organization Chairman Yiannis Petellis.

Development Minister Agrees To Formation Of Private Company To Promote Greece

Once again, the Hellenic Tourism Organization was unable to get its tourism advertising program off the ground as scheduled. Instead of last October, the organization got its 31-million-euro (10.6 billion drachmas) program for 2002 off the ground in mid January with television...

Posted On 01 Feb 2002

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Attica Enterprises Opens Germany-Sweden Route With Yet Another New Super-fast Ferry

Superfast IX, for the moment the newest vessel in the Attica Enterprises' fleet, last month began service on the new Germany-Sweden route between the port of Sodertalje, in the greater Stockholm area and the port of Rostock, Germany. The new service represents the second stage of...

Posted On 01 Feb 2002

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Tourism Research Institute Chairman Vassilis Minaides with the institute's Professor Panagiotis Pavlopoulos. The institute released two studies last month, one on tourism 2002 and one on winter tourism possibilities.

Still No Master Plan For Greek Tourism

Greece can expect to see a 5- percent increase in tourist arrivals next year based on the double premise that the global economy recovers from the current uncertainty and the government takes steps to boost the industry, according to a study released last month by the Tourism...

Posted On 01 Jan 2002

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Strong Response For Olympic Games Attica Promotion

Twelve companies have applied to participate in the Hellenic Tourism Organization's competition for the promotion of Attica in view of the 2004 Olympic Games. The organization said it was pleased with the strong response.

Posted On 01 Oct 2001

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Greek Marinas Go Private

Three of the Greek capital’s most popular marinas are about to go private. Last month, just two days after it handed over the operation and upgrading of five state-owned beaches in the Attica basin to the private sector, Hellenic Tourism Properties (ETA), announced plans...

Posted On 01 Sep 2001

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Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis

Athens No Longer Considered A Saturated Area For New Hotel Units

Some 20 new hotels with a total capacity of some 5.000 beds and costing an estimated 100 billion drachmas are expected to be built in Attica over the years leading up to the 2004 Olympics, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said last month.

Posted On 01 Dec 2000

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Temes Senior Open Golf Tournament Hands Out 70 Million Drachmas

Ninety of the best senior golf professionals in the world (three are Greek) arrived in Athens last month to play a tournament that hands out some 70 million drachmas to winners. The tournament will be televised over 20 television stations around the world and be seen by some 140...

Posted On 01 Oct 2000

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Plan For The Reorganization And Upgrading Of Greek Marinas

State-run marinas in Attica and Thessaloniki will be reorganized and upgraded to the high standards seen elsewhere in Europe, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis announced recently.

Posted On 01 Oct 2000

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Major State Investment Program For Tourism

Athens could soon acquire a theme park, an aquarium, a marine research park and more marinas as part of a major two-year investment project by the Hellenic Tourism Organization's new real estate subsidiary, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said last month.

Posted On 01 Oct 2000

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Attica Region Secretariat Launches Tourism Promotion Campaign

Under the title "Attica Athens Hellas, the Multiple Choice Destination," and complete logo, the local authorities of the Attica Region Secretariat launched its first common tourism promotion campaign.

Posted On 01 Mar 2000

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