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Hellas Jet Gets Operator’s License

Cyprus Airways subsidiary, Hellas Jet, picked up an air operator's license for Greece but is still waiting on a commercial license. Although the airline had hoped to begin flights on June 23, as we go to press there has been no further announcements as to when flights will begin.

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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Each presentation is considered a unique spectacle that illustrates the various cultures of Greek regions

Dora Stratou Performances Underway

In the idyllic surroundings of Philopappou Hill, opposite the Acropolis, in the Dora Stratou garden-theatre, regional cultures come to life during the warm Athenian summer nights.

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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The course will be open all year around and includes clubhouse catering, a golf academy, practice facilities and a double-ended 300-yard covered driving range with short game area and two practice putting greens.

New Crete Golf Course Opens July 5

Greece's newest golf course opens this month on the island of Crete. Owners say it is the most challenging golf course in Greece and one that will be meticulously maintained. The course takes in the typical ancient landscape of Crete and will host many of the visitors that come...

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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Grecotel Kos Imperial Thalasso Complete

Greece's biggest hotel chain, Grecotel with 24 Grecotel Resorts and affiliated City hotels, placed the finishing touches on its Grecotel Kos Imperial Thalasso luxury resort complex recently.

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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Aliki Vavouri, Blue Flag program director for the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature; Giannis Amoiridis, Greek regional authorities’ representative; Makis Apergis, head of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature; and Ektor Verikios, representative of Alpha Bank, which sponsors the society's Blue Flag program.

Another Record Year for Blue Flag Awards

Two recent very notable announcements allow Greece to boast as perhaps being the country with the world's best and cleanest swimming waters in the world. It began last month when the country was awarded a record 373 Blue Flags this year for its clean beaches and safe swimming...

Posted On 01 Jul 2003

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Deputy Development Minister Dimitris Georgakopoulos and Greek Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos.

A Common EU Tourism Policy Possible and Likely

The informal meeting last month of EU development ministers and tourism officials on the island of Crete laid the foundations for drafting a common tourism policy in the European Union by proposing specific measures on tourism promotion and communication.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Myconian Collection Conference Center.

New Conference & Exhibition Center Ready in 2005

By mid 2005 the Athens Mitropolitiko Conference & Exhibition Center should be open and operating, says Takis Koumanis, president of the Association of Greek Organizers of Exhibitions and Conferences. He suggests that the total cost of the project would reach 146 million euros.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Representatives of the associations who are members of the Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises during their recent general meeting.

POET Holds General Meeting

Leading members of Greece's tourism community attended the recent general meeting of the Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (POET) held in Athens.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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View from Myconian Collection of up-market hotels on Mykonos.

Tourism Sector Hopes For Last-minute Bookings

The tourism sector had best hope for a barrage of last-minute bookings if Greece's consumers' federation is correct in its forecasts. Four out of every 10 Greeks will not take summer holidays this year, mainly to save money, while most of those who do go away will stay in their...

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Ilias Bakis, general manager of Batek; Alexandros Maniatopoulos, chairman of Batek; and Beate Kuszewski, head of World of TUI Cars during an award ceremony where Batek earned TUI's excellence in service award.

Europcar Earns TUI Excellence Award

Greece's rent-a-car specialist, Batek, which runs the Europcar franchise here, picked up TUI's 2002 "Best Service" award recently. Germany's TUI said Europcar offices in Greece were Europe's best thanks to their excellent cooperation and excellent quality of service.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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HATTA Sides With Traveling Public

An Athens court recently ruled in favor of an injunction brought by the Hellenic Association of Tourism and Travel Agents against the Media & Travel Group, which distributes Travel Card, advertised as offering discount accommodation in over 300 hotels throughout Greece.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Amphitrion opens new office in Santorini.

Amphitrion Opens New Office On Santorini

One of Greece's leading travel companies, the Amphitrion Group of Companies, continued its expansion activities recently with the launch of a new branch office on the island of Santorini.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Mari Daskalantonaki, president of the Tourism Research Institute, says she expects to see a substantial drop in employment within Greece’s tourism sector this year.

Pessimism Prevails In Tourism Sector

Greece's public sector tourism leaders continue their attempts to support tourism sector moral in the face of what appears to be a very difficult year for the sector.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Europe Embraces Internet as Greece Waits in the Wings

With about one-third of the European population connected to the Internet, the popularity of low-cost carriers and the emergence of dynamic packaging, the European online travel market is finally taking hold. Led by the U.K., France and Germany, travel e-commerce reached 7.6...

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Additional Reservation System for Superfast and Blue Star Ferries

Along with their own booking systems for domestic and international ferry routes, Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries now have their routes on the FORTHcrs reservation system. An agreement between Attica Enterprises, which controls both above mentioned ferry lines, and the...

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Acropolis Rally 50th anniversary

Thousands Worldwide Will Watch 50th Anniversary Acropolis Rally

This year's 50th anniversary of Acropolis Rally marks the 6th round of the 2003 World Rally Championship and the biggest annual motor sport event in our country.

Posted On 01 Jun 2003

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Prime Minister Costas Simitis showed that government realizes the importance of tourism to the country's economy by attending and opening the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises's annual meeting.

Prime Minister Believes SETE Could Be the Tourism Industry’s Link with Government

Prime Minister Costas Simitis told the 11th annual meeting of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) last month that he realized the strong euro, the universal economic slowdown and the Iraq war have adversely affected Greek tourism. He also said that he favored SETE...

Posted On 01 May 2003

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Tourism Promotion Campaign Underway

The Hellenic Tourism Organization said it would begin its 7.3-million-euro tourism advertising campaign abroad this month. The organization's president, Yiannis Patellis, said that the campaign's theme would very much resemble that of last year and announced that Greece had...

Posted On 01 May 2003

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Branko Krasojevic, president of Yugoslav Travel Agencies Association (Serbia, Montenegro) with his executive board member, Arsenije Janevski, Radisav Stancovic, director of the Yugoslav Travel Agencies Association. All three took time to attend the signing ceremonies of the Balkan federation agreement and were on hand at the new federation's stand for most of Panorama.

Balkan Federation Agreement Signed

The Federation of Travel and Tourism Agencies Association in the Balkan Region is now a reality. During last month's Tourism Panorama the final signatures from seven presidents of 10 Balkan country travel agency associations entered the cooperation agreement.

Posted On 01 May 2003

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Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos (center) inaugurated Panorama 2003. To his right is Anastasia Kanellopoulou, secretary general of the Ionian Island Prefecture, which was the honorary Greek destination this year, and to his left is Georgios Kalofolias of the Kalofolias Group, organizer of the fair.

Holidaymakers Flock to Panorama 2003 Tourism Fair

In the midst of yet another international crisis, and a slow economy, Greeks took full advantage of this year's Panorama tourism fair, the eighth, in hopes of finding some special deals and domestic holiday possibilities this year. Exhibitors said they were truly surprised at the...

Posted On 01 May 2003

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