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Philoxenia 2017 Tourism Expo to Host Conference on Asian Market

Greece’s potential as a destination for the Asian market will be the focus of a conference to be held during the Philoxenia 2017 tourism expo in Thessaloniki.
Posted On 25 Oct 2017
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Rhodes Hosts Environmental, Science and Technology Conference ‘CEST2017’

Rhodes from August 31 to September 2 will host the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2017).
Posted On 28 Aug 2017
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‘Building Sustainability in EU Tourism’ at GTSC European Regional Meeting on Nov 23-24

Join us at the GTSC European Regional Meeting on November 23-24 to learn from founders, directors, and CEOs on how to best manage your destination or enterprise following sustainable tourism standards.
Posted On 23 Sep 2016
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Syrian refugee parents Afeesh and Rasha hug their daughters shortly after landing on the Island of Lesvos, Greece. Photo © UNHCR/I.Prickett
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ITB Berlin Brings Refugee Issue into the Spotlight

One of the international travel industry’s major events, the ITB Berlin 2016, to take place in Germany on March 9-13, will cast the spotlight on one of the most controversial issues impacting the industry right now: the refugee crisis.
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
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SETE Appoints New General Manager

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) has announced the appointment of Alexandros Lamnidis as new general manager. He replaces George Drakopoulos, who has left the association after 20 years in service.
Posted On 09 Jan 2014
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SETE Reelected On UNWTO’s Committee of Affiliate Members

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) was reelected for the ninth time in a row on UNWTO’s Committee of Affiliate Members at the 20th Session of the General Assembly in Livingstone, Victoria Falls. The tenure of the committee is two years and begins in January 2014.
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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SETE Starts First Phase Of Greek Gastronomy Project

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) recently announced the start of the first phase of a three-year project that sees gastronomy united with the marketing of Greek tourism.
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Greek Tourism Discussed At ITB Berlin Convention

“Greece is still one of the most popular destinations for German holidaymakers and at the same time a European challenge,” it was mentioned at a session on Greek tourism during the ITB Berlin Convention on Friday, 8 March.
Posted On 09 Mar 2013
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Greek Tourism To Be Discussed At ITB Berlin Convention 2013

The importance of tourism in Greece will be discussed in a session of the ITB Berlin Convention, which will take place in parallel with the ITB Berlin 2013 trade show next week, 6-10 March.
Posted On 01 Mar 2013
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SETE Calls For Synergies To Promote Greek Gastronomy

If Greek tourism professionals, restaurant owners and local producers developed synergies and worked together, Greece’s gastronomy could contribute an additional 500,000 arrivals to Greece, one billion euros to the country's GDP and 50,000 new jobs.
Posted On 12 Feb 2013
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Greek Gastronomy Takes Center Stage

Since its foundation, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) undertakes initiatives for the quality improvement of the products and services tourism portfolio of our country. The development of the study “Gastronomy in the marketing menu of Greek tourism” in 2009 is...
Posted On 16 Jan 2013
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SETE Awaits Progress Of Ministers On Tourism Issues

Recent data showed that incoming tourism to Greece increased last year (10 percent increase in arrivals and revenue) but nothing guarantees that the same will happen in 2012, the general director of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), George Drakopoulos, said at...
Posted On 01 Feb 2012
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Record Foreign Arrivals Expected In Greece This Year

Foreign arrivals to Greece this year are expected to reach, if not surpass, some 16.5 million, the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, informed Prime Minister George Papandreou during a meeting held in late August. So far,...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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IMIC 2011, entitled “Valuing the food experience,” aimed to raise awareness and understanding about the growing importance of food in tourism for all stakeholders: the destination, tourism related businesses and local producers.
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Authentic Local Greek Cuisine Attracts Tourists

The importance of the food experience for the traveler was focused on at the seventh International Meetings and Incentives Conference (IMIC), which took place last month at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center.
Posted On 01 Mar 2011
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E-Tourism & Travel Distribution in Southern Europe & Mediterranean conference, was first of its kind in Athens.
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E-Tourism Trends Presented To Greek Market

The “E-Tourism & Travel Distribution in Southern Europe & Mediterranean” conference was the first of its kind in Athens and attracted renowned names from the e-travel world and presented the current challenges and trends in the travel market.
Posted On 01 Mar 2011
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SETE’s general director George Drakopoulos (far left) presented the “Greek Tourism 2020–Proposal for a new development model” to a massive audience at the Hotel Grande Bretagne last month.
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SETE Promotes Fresh Model For Greek Tourism

“The proposal for a new development model for Greek tourism is basically a policy proposal primarily aimed at bringing about a major mentality change,” President of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) Nikos Angelopoulos said at the presentation of the “Greek...
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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Tourism professionals, prefects and mayors attended the 6th IMIC’s opening ceremony. Front row/far right: Key tourism figures Athens-Attica Hoteliers Association President Yiannis Retsos and General Secretary of Tourism Yiorgos Poussaios.
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IMIC 2010 Touches Important Tourism Issues

Advice to create proposals that sell, branding in the economic downturn, key issues for the incentive and meeting industry and suggestions for an improved promotion of the Greek tourism product were among issues discussed at the 6th International Meetings and Incentives...
Posted On 01 Mar 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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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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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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