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Offers In For Attica Beach Properties

Hellenic Tourism Properties called on the three consortiums that had bid for 10-year concession contracts for five state-run Athens beaches to improve their offers, both in the line of the lease fees and improvement works promised.
Posted On 01 Jul 2001
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Tourism Institute Says Tourism Arrivals Will Drop This Year

Private sector tourism professionals say we are in for a bad year, but the government's tourism organization insists that we'll see another increase in arrivals this year. The end result will most likely be somewhere in between.
Posted On 01 Jul 2001
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Hellenic Tourism Organization's secretary general, Evgenios Yiannakopoulos.
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Kandor Report Outlines Greece’s Tourism Disadvantages

A strong seasonal character, uneven geographical distribution, low per-capita spending of tourists and the absence of international hotel chains appear to be the disadvantages of the Greek tourism industry, according to an annual report.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis
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Athens No Longer Considered A Saturated Area For New Hotel Units

Some 20 new hotels with a total capacity of some 5.000 beds and costing an estimated 100 billion drachmas are expected to be built in Attica over the years leading up to the 2004 Olympics, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said last month.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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SETE's president, Spyros Kokotos (second from left), lashed out at government for failing to create a long term tourism strategy.
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Greece Lacks Long-term Tourism Strategy And Policy

The biggest problem facing Greek tourism is the lack of a long-term strategy and policy, said Spyros Kokotos, president of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, during the 16th Philoxenia tourism fair. Mr. Kokotos added that the present government has failed to...
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Visitors to Philoxenia were more than impressed with the newly-designed Greek Travel Pages' stand.
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Philoxenia’s Last Stand

During opening ceremonies, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis declared that a total of 596.2 billion drachmas in financing from the EU's Third Structural Fund would be funnelled into the industry between now and 2006.
Posted On 01 Dec 2000
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Hellenic Tourism Organization Chairman Yiannis Stefanides and Kalymnos Mayor Dimitris Diakomihalis, and Epaminondas Nikas, president of the Hellenic Alpine Club, promote rock climbing as an alternative form of tourism.
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Kalymnos Hosts International Meet

Greece's potential as a unique destination for rock climbers was explored last month by climbers from 11 countries during the Kalymnos 2000 International Rock Climbing Meeting organized by the Kalymnos municipality, the Hellenic Alpine Club and brother European organizations.
Posted On 01 Nov 2000
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Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis and Hellenic Tourism Organization's general secretary, Evgenios Yiannakopoulos, announce EU-funded measures to boost the competitiveness of small-size and medium-size tourism enterprises.
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Tourist Enterprises Get EU Funding For Modernization

A total of 596.5 billion drachmas will be absorbed by the Greek tourism sector over the next five years with help from the Third EU Structural Fund and corresponding private investment, says Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis. Much of the funds will aim at bringing these...
Posted On 01 Nov 2000
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Yiannis Stefanides Chairman, Hellenic Tourism Organization
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Yiannis Stefanides

Philoxenia, for years now, consists of one of the most important institutions for our tourism. This importance has been steadily strengthened in the conscience of all sectors of the tourism industry. The fair has become a fertile plain where all professionals of the trade have...
Posted On 01 Nov 2000
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Evgenios Yiannakopoulos, Secretary General Hellenic Tourism Organization
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Evgenios Yiannakopoulos

With the opportunity of 25 years of Greek Travel Pages circulation, which coincides with this year's Philoxenia, I would like to stress GTP's contribution to the information sector, and particularly its useful character for tourism consumers.
Posted On 01 Nov 2000
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Tourism Arrivals Up Over Last Year

Arrivals to Greece during the first half of this year proved to be on a scale expected by local analysts. Arrivals to the Dodecanese resort island of Rodos, from Athens, rose by 32% to 277,308 in the first six months of the year, compared with 1999, the Civil Aviation Authority...
Posted On 01 Oct 2000
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ABTA 2000

Greece and Great Britain are linked by a binding friendship and by cooperation. The relationship between the two countries, particularly regarding the tourism sector, is even stronger when we consider that about 2.5 million British tourists visit our country each year.
Posted On 01 Oct 2000
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Temes Senior Open Golf Tournament Hands Out 70 Million Drachmas

Ninety of the best senior golf professionals in the world (three are Greek) arrived in Athens last month to play a tournament that hands out some 70 million drachmas to winners. The tournament will be televised over 20 television stations around the world and be seen by some 140...
Posted On 01 Oct 2000
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Plan For The Reorganization And Upgrading Of Greek Marinas

State-run marinas in Attica and Thessaloniki will be reorganized and upgraded to the high standards seen elsewhere in Europe, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis announced recently.
Posted On 01 Oct 2000
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Greek Tourist Enterprises Enters New Phase

After sitting quietly since its inception some two years ago, the holding company formed to manage the Hellenic Tourism Organization's extensive list of properties seems ready to enter a new phase. At a recent press call to present the company's new chairman, Stefanos...
Posted On 01 Oct 2000
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Major State Investment Program For Tourism

Athens could soon acquire a theme park, an aquarium, a marine research park and more marinas as part of a major two-year investment project by the Hellenic Tourism Organization's new real estate subsidiary, Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said last month.
Posted On 01 Oct 2000
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Dinos Arvanitis
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Greece And The Travel Industry Loses A Man Of Ideals

On September 19, Greece's travel trade professionals paid their last respects to one of the industry's most well-known and well-liked travel and tourism pioneers, Dinos Arvanitis.
Posted On 21 Sep 2000
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More And More Greeks Head For The Hills

This year, a substantial number of Greek holidaymakers headed for the mountains during the peak July-August vacation period instead of heading for the beaches. "An increase in mountain tourism has been seen in the past few years, even during the summer months," says Thimios...
Posted On 01 Sep 2000
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Tourism Organization Continues Inspections

The Hellenic Tourism Organization last month continued its inspections of tourist resorts and businesses around the country. The organization's secretary general, Evgenios Yiannakopoulos, said that in a single week last month 51 inspectors checked 309 hotel units, 139 tourism...
Posted On 01 Sep 2000
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Structural Changes Planned For The Hellenic Tourism Organization

The executive infrastructure of the Hellenic Tourism Organization changes this month, according to recent statements by Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis. Basic changes expected include the placement of a tourism secretariat under the development ministry. The new...
Posted On 01 Sep 2000
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