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Marine Tourism in the forefront once more

Marine Tourism in the Forefront Once More

Yet another tourism minister has announced that marine tourism and yachting are very important pieces of the Greek tourism product. During the recent New Year's reception of the Association of Greek Yacht Owners, Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia added that this was a...

Posted On 01 Feb 2007

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Patras Vies for Race Track Approval

Last month, Greek President of the Republic Carlos Papoulias signed a presidential decree that stipulates the technical specifications required to create and operate a professional race track in Greece.

Posted On 01 Feb 2007

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Government’s Strategic Marketing Advisor Presents Plan

Last month, the tourism ministry's contracted strategic advisor, a group of three companies: PRC Group, MRB Hellas and THR Asesores en Turismo, Hoteliera y Recreacion S.A., presented marketing plans in the first of three working meetings.

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

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Eurobank Conference on Increasing Competitiveness

Spain and Turkey are considered Greece's main international competitors by Greek hoteliers due to their lower prices and better promotion by tourism organizations reported an EFG Eurobank study of hotel enterprises throughout Greece carried out August through October 2006.

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

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Returning Greek Citizens Permitted Entry Using Old Passports

Returning Greek Citizens Permitted Entry Using Old Passports

Greek citizens who left Greece by December 31, 2006 with their old passports will be allowed reentry into the country despite the fact that their old passports are no longer valid as of the first of this month.

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

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Source: Expedia Partner Services Group

Expedia Promotes Benefits to Greek Hoteliers

Expedia, the world's leading online travel provider, is holding ten workshops in major cities throughout Greece. This initiative to help promote tourism in Greece and improve hotel competitiveness is a result of an agreement made between Expedia and the Hellenic Hotel Federation.

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

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Piraeus Theoxenia Hotel

Piraeus Theoxenia Holds Official Opening

The Piraeus Theoxenia Hotel, which opened in September 2006, is the new addition to the Theoxenia Palace Hotels luxury chain.

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

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Greek Tourism Minister Fanny Palli-Petralia snipped the ribbon at the opening ceremony with Giorgos Karachristos, MACT S.A.'s president and managing director, the exhibition organizer.

ITS Athens Makes a Good First Attempt

The International Tourism Salon - Athens 2006, the first attempt to establish a much-needed truly international tourism exhibit in the country's capital city, did relatively well and received strong support from Greece's leading tourism organizations.

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

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Greece's new ad campaign,

WTM Mirrors Success of Global Tourism

The World Travel Market (WTM) held in London last month was the perfect venue to present Greece's new advertising campaign with the message "Explore your senses in Greece."

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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At the press conference given by the tourism minister: Yiannis Vermisso, journalist; Haris Kokossis, special secretary to the tourism development ministry; Maria Gianni, the ministry's secretary general; George Kalantzis, the minister for Macedonia and Thrace; Greece's minister for tourism development, Fanny Palli-Petralia; Aristotelis Thomopoulos, Helexpo's president; Thanassis Economou, secretary general for the Hellenic Tourism Organization.

Philoxenia Hangs On

Aristotelis Thomopoulos, president of Helexpo, the organizer of the Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition, says this year's fair, the twenty-second, saw an increase in visitors and exhibitors (additional exhibitors this year included those to the new special section for spa...

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Crete’s Major Tourism Project Gets Green Light

The ministry of environment approved the environmental study for a major tourism development project in Lassithi, Crete. The developer, London-based Minoan Group, formerly Loyalward Ltd. had initially signed a contract with the Ecclesiastical Foundation of Panagia Akrotiriani...

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Accessible Tourism Workshop Held in Athens

The European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) held its first International Workshop in Athens. The program included presentations on good practices and discussion sessions on accessible tourism in Europe, with a focus on ENAT members' activities and work to promote and...

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Greece Featured on NBC’s Travel Cafe Show

Greece will be featured on the popular Travel Cafe show of the American television network NBC that is hosted by Chuck Henry, the well-known television news co-anchor.

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Greece and Turkey Sign Tourism Agreement

Last month, the Greek Minister of Tourism Fanny Palli-Petralia and her Turkish counterpart, Attila Koc, signed a memorandum on tourism cooperation. The agreement signed on Ms Palli-Petralia's second visit to Turkey will make travel between the two countries easier, encourage...

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Tassos Pappas, president of the Greek chapter, with Brenda Anderson, CEO of SITE International, as she signs the founding document.

Greek Chapter of SITE Holds Opening Ceremony

Last month, the official opening ceremony for the Greek chapter of the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) was held. Brenda Anderson, CEO of SITE International, and Carolyn Dow, executive director of SITE Europe and past SITE President, attended the opening and...

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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youtravel.com

New Hotel Booking Website Up and Running

A new on-line resort and hotel booking site, youtravel.com, was launched last month. So far 25,000 rooms are available in destinations including Greece, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Malta, Cyprus, Tunisia, Portugal, Morocco, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, Dominican Republic and Dubai.

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Galileo Signs Agreement With Galileo Hellas

Galileo, a leading global distribution system (GDS) and subsidiary of Travelport, renewed its long-term distribution agreement with Galileo Hellas, the government-owned travel distribution company, to distribute Galileo GDS to the Greek and Cypriot markets.

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Demand for Shared Leisure Real Estate on the Rise

The purchase of shared leisure real estate is expected to double in the next five years, with the main markets being Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific was the key message of the third annual European conference on leisure real estate held in Athens last month.

Posted On 01 Dec 2006

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Fanny Palli-Petralia, Minister of Tourism

Fanny Palli-Petralia

Every country's economic development is supported by its dynamic sectors, its competitive advantages, as well as the model it has chosen to face the challenges of the future.

Posted On 01 Nov 2006

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Dimitrios C. Lambadarios

The Philoxenia exhibition, now in its 22nd year, has become an institution for Greece, which has been organised successfully for all these years and is an event of great significance for the Greek tourism industry.

Posted On 01 Nov 2006

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