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2nd Athens Half Marathon: Registration Open!

Registration for the 2nd Athens Half Marathon to be held on 31 March 2013 is now open! The running event will start in front of Syntagma Square and the Greek Parliament and finish at Zappeion Megaro.
Posted On 18 Feb 2013
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Ring in the New Year in Athens!

The City of Athens will ring in the New Year on Monday, 31 December 2012, at the Apostolos Pavlos & Herakleidon pedestrian walkway in central Athens, together with all of the Athenians and guests who choose to celebrate New Year's Eve in the Greek capital.
Posted On 30 Dec 2012
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Athens Art Network
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Greek Artists Launch Project To Upgrade Patision Avenue

This Sunday, the Athens Art Network non profit organization will launch a project that aims to strengthen the cultural identity of the longest avenue in Athens, Patision, through ongoing artistic activity.
Posted On 14 Dec 2012
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Christmas In Athens 2012 Events

Musical events, art events, educational programs, workshops for children and adults, storytelling, theater, animators, clowns, acrobats, jugglers and carols are just some of the many surprises that await Athenian citizens from 11 December 2012 until 5 January 2013!
Posted On 05 Dec 2012
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Carousel, archive photo.
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A Christmas Carol at Technopolis

What does Techopolis have in store for the festive season? Something is happening at Gazi… Some saw Santa Claus giving directions to elves... Others saw a floating carousel... Meanwhile, Christmas flavors are filling the air... Techopolis is getting ready to tell it’s own...
Posted On 04 Dec 2012
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Tourists gathered in front of the Parliament building on Syntagma Square and wait to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Athens. According to the Tourism Ministry, the city’s tourism development will include a strategy that will extend to neighborhoods throughout the city and not be not limited to the historic center.
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Efforts For Athens’ Tourism Promotion Announced

The Tourism Ministry and the City of Athens in early September announced a twofold effort that will address the tourism disincentives of the city center and see to the creation of new infrastructure to attract visitors.
Posted On 10 Sep 2012
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Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis and Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni speaking to the press after their meeting last month.
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Athens Center On Ministry’s Priority List

The Tourism Ministry and the City of Athens last month said they would join forces and soon announce measures aimed for the tourism development of the Greek capital, which sees its arrivals tumbling year by year.
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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Athens’ Hoteliers Call For Immediate Attention Of City Center Image

“The hotels in Athens are collapsing,” was the comment of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association in a recent announcement in regards to the city’s hotel performance for the month of November 2011. Αccording to data from the association, the average hotel occupancy in Athens-Attica...
Posted On 01 Feb 2012
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Former La Mirage hotel, Omonia Square.
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Former Hotel In City Center To Become Student Dorm

The former La Mirage hotel that overlooks Omonia Square is to be converted into a student hall of residence, according to a recently announced joint initiative by the Environment Ministry, the City of Athens and the Hellenic Air Force pension fund that owns the premises.
Posted On 01 Dec 2011
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Omonia Square is currently not one of Athens' most attractive features in the city center as nearby streets and alleys are considered crime magnets especially when night falls. According to press reports, a small improvement has been noticed in the city center as police patrols have indeed increased but “there is still a long way to go.”
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Safety Needed First For Downtown Athens

“The primary issue is to restore order and to consolidate a sense of security to those who are in central Athens, whether they are tourists, businessmen or permanent residents, and then everything else will fall into place,” the president of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association...
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Athens Tourism Strategic Plan Goes Public

“We intend to highlight the elements of the city that remain attractive and interest Greek and foreign visitors, which contribute to the upgrading of the tourism experience in Athens and bring immediate benefits to the local economy,” the president of the Athens Tourism and...
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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Greek Capital Sees Poor Customer Satisfaction

The city of Athens continues to attract visitors despite the serious problems experienced in 2010, according to the Athens-Attica Hotel Association’s latest study on customer satisfaction and performance of hotels in Attica. The study was presented at the association’s 41st...
Posted On 01 Dec 2010
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During the workshop, ATEDCo’s President Katerina Katsabe made particular reference to the strategic action plan of the City of Athens that aims to promote Athens as a city break and conference tourism destination. However, Marianna Tsigaridis, licensed tourist guide (photo), asked her what exactly was being done to solve the city’s problems. “It’s embarrassing for me to explain to tourists why Greece gives the impression of a third world country with garbage and stench in the street and near the monuments,” she stressed.
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The Role of Women In Tourism

“Based on statistics presented by Eurostat, women make up 56 percent of those employed in the hotel and restaurant sector among the European Union member states... Greece ranks low with only 44 percent,” Athens Economic and Tourism Development Company (ATEDCo) President Katerina...
Posted On 01 Sep 2010
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Athens' Bences Online Competition Launced
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Athens’ Benches Online Competition Launched

The City of Athens and non-governmental network The World of Athens recently launched an international online competition, whose theme is Athens’ benches. The competition’s aim is to improve the quality of life in the Greek capital.
Posted On 01 Apr 2010
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Athens Mayors that attended the 1st Athens Mayors Meeting, organized by The World of Athens, signed a declaration on the establishment of the “Athens of the World Network.”
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Athens Mayors Hold First Meeting In Greek Capital

The first meeting of the mayors of Athens, marks the beginning of one of the most appealing efforts of the organization World of Athens, said the organization's President Tatiana Karapanagioti at a special event held within the context of the 1st Athens Mayors Meeting at Athens...
Posted On 01 Feb 2010
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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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City of Athens Officially Takes On the ICG’s in 2009

The 43rd International Children's Games in 2009 has been officially taken on by the City of Athens as an agreement was signed recently between the Mayor of Athens Nikitas Kaklamanis and the president of the International Children's Games (ICG) Committee, Torsten Rasch.
Posted On 01 Jan 2009
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ATEDCO Becomes Official Tourism Organization

The Athens Tourism and Economic Development Company (ATEDCO) recently became an official member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and sealed its role as an official tourism body of the city.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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Will the demand for travel to Athens develop?
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Positive Tourism Trend to Athens Continues

A recent study shows that tourists to Greece's capital spend more money, visit more sites and keep hotels more profitable, and it appears that the trend will continue.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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