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Vasileios Xenikakis, president of the Mont Parnes Casino, explains changes being made to the casino complex.
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Mont Parnes Completes First Phase of Major Renewal

At a press call last month, executives from the Mont Parnes Casino complex outlined the many changes that have taken place and that are underway at the complex. Owners intend to invest more than 110 million euros in renewal projects.
Posted On 01 May 2005
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Lufthansa
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Lufthansa Buys Out Swiss

The supervisory board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the board of directors of Swiss International Air Lines AG late last month approved the business model jointly developed by both companies for the takeover and integration of Swiss into the Lufthansa Group.
Posted On 01 Apr 2005
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Tour Operators Upbeat On Travel to Greece

Greece has to pursue deep institutional and qualitative changes in its tourism industry so as to become one of the world's most popular destinations, Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said during a recent meeting with members of Europe' biggest and most influential tour...
Posted On 01 Apr 2005
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ETTFA Goes Global

The travel exhibition industry will soon be speaking with a stronger voice as ETTFA - the European Tourism Trade Fairs Association - goes global.
Posted On 01 Apr 2005
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Athens to Host Europe Corporate Games

From November 4 to 6 of this year, Athens will host the Europe Corporate Games. The festival includes 16 athletic events with the participation of thousands of executives from more than 150 companies throughout Europe.
Posted On 01 Apr 2005
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Continued Difficulties for Athenian Hoteliers

Hoteliers in the Athens area continue to face painful economic problems and some even face extreme difficulty when it comes to paying running monthly expenses. They say the strong investment in modernization carried out prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics, in conjunction with...
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Greek 60 Million-euro Tourism Promotion Campaign Well Underway

Greece's tourism promotion campaign steams ahead in both Europe and the USA. The first phase of the 60-million-euro campaign has been completed and the second phase is now in full force.
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Greece’s Major Tourism Markets Depend on Internet Use

Germany and the UK, two markets that make up more than half of all arrivals to Greece each year, have become very dependent on online travel. The German online travel market alone has multiplied in the past two years, outpacing the rest of Europe, according to a new report...
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Aristidis Kalogeropoulos, president of the Hellenic Tourism Organization, introduces Greece's new tourism promotion campaign. He also announced a program for domestic tourism with the slogan
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Record Tourism Promotion Campaign Underway

Greece's spending on tourism advertising will reach record highs in 2005, approaching 60 million euros. Tourism Development Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos announced last month that of the 31.8 million euros promised, Athens will fork out another 28 million euros for supplementary...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Greece Presents New Image
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Greece Presents New Image

Last month, during the 20-odd tourism exhibitions held across Europe, well over a million Europeans were among the first to view the new image of Greece.And at the recent Valantiebeurs fair held in Utrech, Holland, a survey during the same showed that the Dutch not only...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Regional authorities made a joint appeal for a reduction in usage charges at Athens international airport.
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Regional Authorities Now Urge for Lower Athens Airport Fees

The municipal authorities of the Saronic Gulf tourist islands of Aegina, Poros, Hydra and Spetses last month made a joint appeal for a reduction in usage charges at Athens international airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, which they said would encourage more charter flights to the...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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The new, innovative aquarium on Crete may not look as in the above photo but it does promise to impress.
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Seaworld Opens On Crete this Spring

Seaworld, a new, innovative aquarium, promoted as the largest and most modern in the Mediterranean, opens on Crete early this year. Four thousand sea creatures, currently being kept in fish traps by the Fish Farming Institute, will be transferred to the 32 tanks that are ready at...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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BITTM, a strictly outbound, business-to-business travel exhibition, promises strong outbound travel contacts.
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Beijing Tourism Fair Promises Strong Outbound Travel Contacts

This year's Beijing International Tourism and Travel Market (BITTM), which takes place in Beijing April 20-23, is proving to be the premiere event of 2005 for world travel brands serious about increasing their market share from China.
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Steven Freudmann, chairman of the Institute of Travel and Tourism.
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Implementation of Announced Tourism Development Measures Imperative

Europe's tourism specialists seem to be coming around to the view that the era of Greek improvisation is over and that a long-term strategy is evolving. "In 2005, you will see the first recovery signs, but the significant rise will come in the next few years when the results of...
Posted On 01 Dec 2004
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The entrance to Greece's WTM stand was continually crowded with visitors and although the pavilion this year was the best and most modern we've seen, some visitors said the could not understand the meaning of
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WTM Signals New Start for World Tourism

There were no unpleasant surprises at his year's World Travel Market held in London last month. On the contrary, the tourism fair was again extremely well organized and and a pleasant experience for most. As well, it was a pleasant surprise to see a new, modern pavilion created...
Posted On 01 Dec 2004
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Haris Kokkosis, President, Hellenic Tourism Organization
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Haris Kokkosis

Greece boasts one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, boasts 40 centuries of cultural heritage and is a safe and friendly destination for all tourists. With the latter in mind, our basic aim is the quality improvement of our tourism product along with the development of...
Posted On 01 Nov 2004
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Global Tourism Megatrends

Global megatrends that are about to revolution-ize the tourism industry at the dawn of the third millennium were released recently by the director of Tourism Control Intelligence (France and USA), Michael Nowlis. Of the many tendencies foreseen are that the cruise industry will...
Posted On 01 Nov 2004
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Special guests at the official opening of the new Zorpidis storefront offices in downtown Athens included Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos.
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Zorpidis Expansion Continues with New Athens Office

For anyone walking into the new downtown Athens offices of Zorpidis Travel Services it's difficult to imagine that there's a tourism crisis. Besides bustling with activity, the office permeates a feeling of success. It will be hardly surprising to see the office expanded within a...
Posted On 01 Nov 2004
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Nikolaos Giannis, president and chief executive officer of the Port of Piraeus, during a Athens Business Club 2004 seminar on nautical tourism.
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Piraeus Port Improvements Phenomenal

Ioannis Tzoannos, general secretary for the ministry of merchant marine, told guests during an Athens Business Club 2004 seminar on nautical tourism that he would like to see a close cooperation with the new tourism ministry. In particular he said he would like the simplification...
Posted On 01 Oct 2004
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Athens 2004 Olympic Games, could push the number of foreign visitors.
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Athens 2004 Games Ensure Tourism Boom

The promotion of Greece and the heavy investment in infrastructure that has taken place, thanks to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, could push the number of foreign visitors from around the 13 million mark expected this year up to 18 million in 2010, according to an Alpha Bank...
Posted On 01 Oct 2004
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