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Barometer: Greek Hoteliers Confident For 2013 Tourism Season

Greek hoteliers overall remain optimistic for 2013 with significant improvements expected in occupancy while expectations on room rates vary depending on the type (city or resort) of hotel, according to the latest tourism barometer report conducted by GBR Consulting on the...

Posted On 30 Apr 2013

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Thessaloniki To Host B2B Travel Event In April

Greek hoteliers will have the opportunity to come in contact with travel agencies from abroad at the second B2B Travel Event to be held 8-9 April 2013 at the Capsis Hotel in Thessaloniki.

Posted On 01 Mar 2013

, By GTP editing team

Although domestic tourism is in a continuous drop, incoming tourism to Greece seems to be looking at a recovery as the number of foreign tourists is seen to be increasing by 10 percent compared with last year.

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Coastal Shipping Problems Trouble Greek Island Hoteliers

Greek ferry connections will not be reduced this year, the secretary general of the shipping ministry, Athanasios Bousios, assured Greek hoteliers at the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels’ Board of Directors meeting held yesterday, 27 February.

Posted On 28 Feb 2013

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Tourists in Athens

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Greek Hotels In Favor Of Shops Opening On Sundays

Greek hoteliers in Athens and Thessaloniki are in favor of the government's intention to allow the optional opening of Greek retail shops on Sundays as it would benefit city break tourists on holiday in the country. Sunday opening is a long-standing taboo in Greece.

Posted On 14 Dec 2012

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Yiannis Retsos, President Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers

Philoxenia 2012 greeting. This year’s tourism season has proved rather rough and difficult, yet challenging for the Greek Tourism sector. As up to the end of June, the state of the market was worrying, the outlook seemed gloomy and the rest of the season highly unpredictable,...

Posted On 01 Nov 2012

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Greek Hoteliers Give Negative Economic Outlook In Survey

Greece was the least optimistic in Europe as 59 percent of Greek hoteliers from large properties said they believed the economy would get worse, according to the “Mid-year TripAdvisor Industry Index” report released recently by leading travel website TripAdvisor.

Posted On 01 Sep 2012

, By GTP editing team

Greeks expected not to travel this summer.

Greeks Expected To Stay Home This Summer

The prolonged recession of the Greek economy and the country’s unpopular austerity measures that have included tax hikes, salary and pension cuts, high income tax payments and soon the second instalment of the infamous “haratsi” (special property tax) will most likely keep Greeks...

Posted On 01 Aug 2012

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TUI Sparks Panic With Drachma Warning To Greek Hoteliers

“In recent months, one of the reasons we got into this situation was the misinformation and the fact that markets made reckless movements without taking data and results under consideration,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos told US business TV channel CNBC last...

Posted On 01 Dec 2011

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Hoteliers Cautious On Tourism Residential Accommodation

Greek hoteliers consider the tourism residential accommodation a necessary measure but under certain conditions, according to a survey carried out recently by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.

Posted On 01 Sep 2011

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Greek Hoteliers To Unite And Attract Luxury Tourists

Greek hoteliers are planning to design a new tourism package, gain a leading role in luxury tourism and attract visitors of high income, the Greek press said last month.

Posted On 01 May 2011

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Hoteliers Upset With TripAdvisor Website

Occasional hotel reviews on the TripAdvisor website with unfavorable comments that do not correspond to reality have caused problems for Greek hoteliers, according to the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.

Posted On 01 Oct 2010

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Online Bookings Can Support Tourism

The key role of online reservations and strategies for the development of the global tourism industry in the coming years was recently presented to Greek hoteliers at a workshop organized by Xenia Exhibitions-Conferences.

Posted On 01 May 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Fotis Kokotos, Elounda S.A. Hotels and Resorts; Elisavet Kalpidou, legal consultant; and Andrew Pozniak, travel industry leader in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and African markets, Google.com. Ms. Kalpidou emphasized that one of the negative aspects of social media is that it is almost impossible to control the content on blogs. She explained that as many hoteliers expressed their discontent to the fact that some hotel owners pose as customers and post fictitious comments on blogs in order to lure in more clientele.

Hoteliers Enlightened On Social Media

Greek hotels do not take advantage of today's technology, according to the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises' Ideas & Action Council (SID) forum held recently titled "Internet Social Media: On-line Travel Communities."

Posted On 01 Jan 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Greece's stand at ITB 2007

ITB Berlin Showed Mixed Picture for Arrivals to Greece

German bookings data for holidays in Greece so far this year give a mixed picture, officials said at last month's ITB international travel show in Berlin, one of the world's largest.

Posted On 01 Apr 2007

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Hoteliers Against New Subsidies

Hoteliers are voicing strong opposition to a clause in the new investment incentives law that provides for subsidies of at least 15 percent for the construction of new hotels in Athens and Thessaloniki.

Posted On 01 Feb 2007

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WTM 2005

WTM Participants Foresee Double-digit Tourism Increase for Greece

Greek tourism is expected to record a back-to-back rise in 2006 following this year's bumper season, which saw an estimated 10 percent increase after years of decline, according to tourism professionals who visited last month's World Travel Market held in London.

Posted On 01 Dec 2005

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A number of government ministers paid a visit to this year's Panorama, including the tourism minister, the labor minister and the development minister. The latter, Dimitris Sioufas, spent quite some time discussing tourism and the flow of information to professionals with GTP's sales and advertising manager, Thanassis Cavdas.

Sleek Presentations at Panorama 2005

The record number visitors to the Greek capital's annual domestic tourism fair, Tourism Panorama, which was opened this year by Deputy Minister for Tourism Development Anastassios Liaskos, saw sleek presentations by a good number of the country's regional prefectures.

Posted On 01 May 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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Hoteliers Back to Basics

Hundreds of flights a day seen during the first 20 days of the month of August have been bringing plane-loads of Olympic visitors to Athens, especially during the days leading up to the launch of the Olympic Games. But it's still too early to confirm whether predictions - that...

Posted On 01 Sep 2004

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2004 Tourism Picture Remains Clouded

When compared with last year, the drop in tourism arrivals this year is expected to reach anywhere between less than 1% to as high as 10%. It all depends on whom you listen to. Tourism revenue, again according to whom you listen to, will drop from 5% to as high as 15% against...

Posted On 01 Jun 2004

, By GTP editing team

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