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Tourism Sector Opposes 15% VAT Plan

The increase of the Value Added Tax to 15 percent would be disastrous for Greek tourism, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) said recently in response to conflicting statements made by government officials in regards to the possible imposition of a single VAT rate...
Posted On 01 Feb 2010
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SETE President Nikos Angelopoulos
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SETE’s 2009 Overview Not A Pretty Picture

Greek tourism seems to be headed in the same direction it always has, the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Nikos Angelopoulos, said last month while addressing Greek journalists at the association's 2009 overview.
Posted On 01 Jan 2010
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SETE's General Director Yiorgos Drakopoulos presented the main topics of the Greek tourism 2020 study during the press conference.
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SETE Looks Ahead For Greek Tourism

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) recently announced that it is preparing the study "Greek Tourism headed for 2020," which will include the strategy for building a new development model for Greek tourism. The sole sponsor and supporter of this initiative is...
Posted On 01 Nov 2009
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PM Chairs Meeting On Tourism

The results of the 2009 tourism season were higher than expected, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos said after having attended a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis with representatives of the tourism sector on 1 September.
Posted On 01 Oct 2009
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Drop in Arrivals Slows in July

The number of foreign tourists that arrived at Greek airports fell to eight percent in the January-July period down from 9.6 percent recorded during the first six months of the year, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
Posted On 01 Sep 2009
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Arrivals Down, Jobs Lost

International arrivals to Greece were reduced close to 10 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2008, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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SETE Clarifies Tourism Data Terms

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises recently clarified the confusion created on the use of the terms "tourism revenue" and "turnover index for tourism."
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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Dominique Ferraris, (Accor group); Brigitta Papastavrou, (Agrotima); Jean-Pierre Martinetti (Cite De La Culture Et Du Tourisme Durable - Paca); and Yiorgos Drakopoulos (SETE) during the workshop.
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Greece Takes French Lesson On Tourism

An initiative taken for the first time in Greece by an embassy that represents one of the most developed tourism countries in the world deserves many congratulations, said Nikos Angelopoulos, president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, in reference to a recent...
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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SETE To Discuss Development Models Of Economy

The effectiveness of the development models of the economy will be analyzed at the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises' eighth annual Tourism and Development conference scheduled for 19-20 October.
Posted On 01 Aug 2009
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SETE Prepares Greek Gastronomy Study

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) is preparing a study on the development of "Greek Gastronomy" as a product and its integration in the tourism marketing plan of Greece.
Posted On 09 Jul 2009
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Foreign Arrivals To Greece Drop

International arrivals at major airports of Greece for the first five months of 2009 showed a decrease of 8.85 percent over the same period of 2008, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises recently announced.
Posted On 01 Jul 2009
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SETE Briefs The IMF On Greek Tourism

Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently announced that it would regularly include an assessment of the Greek tourism performance in its future scheduled visits.
Posted On 01 Jul 2009
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Tourism Among Priorities On PM’s Agenda

The government's goal is the preservation and support of Greece's tourism product's potential and everyone should aim to transform the global crisis into a national opportunity, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said during the 17th general assembly of the Association for Greek...
Posted On 01 Jun 2009
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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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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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During the conference, Member of Parliament Angela Gerekou, responsible for tourism issues for PASOK party, questioned the zoning law for tourism drawn up by the Ministry for Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
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Job Cuts in Tourism Sector

The economic crisis has already affected tourism occupations as enterprises are planning layoffs and pay cuts, according to Christos Polyzogopoulos, president of the Economic and Social Council of Greece.
Posted On 01 Apr 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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Georg Mayer of German-based Deuromedia Technologies (right) suggested that Greek hoteliers could provide in-room infotainment offers at a low package price that would include extensive international television, video on demand, Internet, etc.
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Hotels Called to Upgrade Technology

Greek hotels must adapt to the needs of the 21st century customer, whose habits and demands in regards to technology have increased over the past, according to conclusions of the first Hotel Experience Day conference held recently in Athens. It was held under the auspices of the...
Posted On 01 Jan 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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