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Formula One Racing In Greece

Greece is considering building a Formula One racetrack to tune up the country's vital tourism industry. However, the venue for the track is causing some problems for government leaders.
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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Lufthansa and Aegean Sign Cooperation Agreement

With the beginning of the winter schedule on October 30, Athens-based Aegean Airlines becomes a partner with Germany's Lufthansa. The airlines will offer code-sharing within their networks whereby flights of both airlines can then be combined and booked via worldwide reservation...
Posted On 01 Apr 2005
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Attica Holdings announced late last month that it had reached an agreement for the acquisition of more than 6.7 million shares of Minoan Lines.
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Superfast Purchases 10% of Minoan Lines

Attica Holdings (Superfast and Blue Star Ferries) announced late last month that it had reached an agreement with an Italian company, represented by Romano Artioili, for the acquisition of more than 6.7 million shares of Minoan Lines. The purchase represents 9.51% of the share...
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Athens Promises Tourism and Economic Development Agency

Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis last month submitted a proposal before City Council to establish a tourism development agency, in cooperation with the private sector, as part of efforts to raise the Greek capital's profile as a year-round tourist destination.
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Car Launch Presentations Reach Greece

Greece, the birthplace of the Games, was chosen to host the worldwide presentation and launching of BMW’s new series 3 models. The event took place on the “Athens Riviera” (Astir Palace Vouliagmeni) and was targeted exclusively for the sales network of the company.
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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New GNTO Offices for North Amercia

Tourism Development Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos announced a major Greek tourism promotion drive in the U.S. market on the first day of a tourism workshop organized by the Hellenic-American Chamber of Tourism. "The U.S. is a high-priority market for us, especially now that we...
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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New Athens Festival Program Announced

Two of the "Three Tenors" will perform at separate events this summer at Greece's annual Hellenic Festival, organizers announced last month.
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Germans Opt for Cheaper Destinations

It appears that Germans have turned away from Greece as a holiday destination and have headed to cheaper destinations outside the euro zone. Greek tourism professionals say the move has been going on since 2002 and to a great extent is due to the condition of the German economy...
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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No Increase in Arrivals from Greece’s Main Markets

Vassilis Minaidis, president of the Panhellenic Hoteliers Federation, is not overly optimistic for tourism to Greece this year. "At the very best, foreign arrivals to our country this year should increase by some 3-5%," he says. This increase, however, is hardly enough to cover...
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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Institute of Tourism Research Study Shows Economic Importance of Tourism Sector

The reduction of the current account deficit by nearly 2 billion euros during the first 11 months of 2004 underscores the leading role the service sector, or at least part of it, can play toward balancing Greece's international transactions, according to the latest report of the...
Posted On 01 Mar 2005
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New Possibilities for Greece’s Ecotourism Sector
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New Possibilities for Greece’s Ecotourism Sector

A step taken last month by the Greek government opens new possibilities for the country's Ecotourism sector. Ecotourism, a sub-category of sustainable tourism, is considered the fastest growing market in the tourism industry, according to the World Tourism Organization, with an...
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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Aktina and Marine Tours initiate merge.
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Two of Greece’s Biggest Travel Agencies Initiate Merge

Two of Greece's major travel enterprises took the plunge last month and started off the new year with a merger announcement. Panagiotis Zerzivilis of Aktina Travel and Giorgios Economou of Marine Tours said they merged their consolidation departments and formed a new company...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Annual ABTA Report Promotes Greece and Athens City Breaks

Positive remarks for Greece in general and Athens in particular were included in the recent annual report of vacation preferences formulated by the Association of British Travel Agents. For 2005 vacation possibilities, the association reminded members of the efforts carried out...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Alexis Caniaris, managing director of the fair's organizer, Europartners; Chrissa Karka, Exclusive Travel's welcome desk supervisor; and Chris Nicolaides, chairman of the fair's organizing committee.
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Athens Hosts First Luxury Travel Show

Luxury travel is an industry in its own right representing 3% of elite travelers worldwide who account for 20% of total annual travel expenditures. This segment of tourism is expanding at an increasing rate and shows no sign of slowing down.
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Diana Panagiotopoulou, La Greca Travel.
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La Greca Celebrates 40th Anniversary

La Greca Travel in downtown Athens this year celebrates 40 years of quality service to Greece's travel sector. The office, opened in 1965 by Diana Panagiotopoulou and her husband, gradually became well respected for its quality intensive services, which was no easy feat in the...
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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Louis Cruise Lines Brings Yet Another Cruise Vessel to Piraeus

Louis Cruise Lines announced the purchase of the cruise ship "Seawing" from My Travel Group plc, in response to the surge in demand for cruises from Piraeus.
Posted On 01 Feb 2005
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