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Greek Cruise Shows Positive Results In 2012

Last year was a positive year for Greek cruise and growth is expected to continue in 2013, according to data released recently by the Hellenic Ports Association (ELIME) on cruise passenger traffic in Greece’s most important ports.
Posted On 04 Feb 2013
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Celebrity Reflection Docks In Piraeus For First Time

Piraeus Port was the stop-over port of the Celebrity Reflection on Saturday, 10 November, during the ship’s itinerary in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Celebrity Reflection is the fifth in Celebrity Cruises five-ship Solstice Class series.
Posted On 12 Nov 2012
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Queen Elizabeth (c) Steve Dunlop
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“Queen Elizabeth” Welcomes Greek Travel Agents

Greek travel agents from Athens were introduced to Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth cruise ship when she recently docked at Piraeus Port. The Queen Elizabeth is the newest “Cunarder” that joined the fleet in October 2010.
Posted On 21 Oct 2012
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Cruise Update Seminar at Posidonia 2012.
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Cruise Update: Cabotage Lifted In Greece, But More To Be Done

State protectionism is a stumbling block that discourages the potential growth of Greece’s sea tourism, according to heads of international cruise sector bodies, senior officials from Greece’s port authorities and cruising industry who attended the Cruise Update Seminar held on...
Posted On 01 Jul 2012
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Record Foreign Arrivals Expected In Greece This Year

Foreign arrivals to Greece this year are expected to reach, if not surpass, some 16.5 million, the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, informed Prime Minister George Papandreou during a meeting held in late August. So far,...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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Greek Cabbies Suspend Strikes, Bookings Canceled

Some 20 percent of bookings to Greece were canceled for the mid August-October period during the three-week strike of Greek taxi owners and drivers, press reports said last month. Tourism professionals stressed the taxi strike cost Greek tourism 250,000-300,000 bookings and...
Posted On 01 Sep 2011
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Ruby Princess Introduced At Piraeus

Amphitrion Group of Companies, Greece’s representative for Princess Cruises, hosted an event in late May and presented the Ruby Princess to Greek media representatives while it docked in the Piraeus Port.
Posted On 01 Jul 2011
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Greek cruise seemed to be on the up during the first three-months period of 2011 compared to 2010 figures, according to Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Chairman and CEO Yiorgos Anomeritis.
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Greek Cruise Arrivals Increase In Q1

Greek cruise seemed to be on the up during January-March 2011 as cruise ship arrivals in Piraeus Port increased by 5.1 percent and passenger arrivals increased by 58.1 percent, compared to 2010 figures, according to Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Chairman and CEO Yiorgos Anomeritis.
Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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Louis Cruises - Majesty
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Louis Moves Its “Majesty” To Piraeus

Louis Cruises recently announced that its luxurious Louis Majesty would now perform cruises in the Aegean Sea next summer from Piraeus, Greece.
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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New Greek Cruise Ship Fees Unfair, GEPOET

If the increase of port charges are passed on to the consumer, cruise passengers would most likely cancel their bookings and prefer other locations because the Greek product will have become too expensive, according to the General Pan-Hellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises...
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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The captain of the Panama-flag cruise ship Fantasia showing the controls on the ship’s deck to Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis when the ship docked at Rodos Port last month. Mr. Nikitiadis recently held a meeting with Greek cruise tourism professionals and discussed the need for the improvement of cruise ship passenger services in Piraeus and various ports in Greece. He also informed that the government is planning to expand the cruise tourism season to the winter months.
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New Year Brings Abolition Of Cabotage

“A new era begins for Greek tourism and cruise in our country with the arrival of 2011,” Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister George Nikitiadis said last month after welcoming the Panama-flag cruise ship Fantasia to Rodos. Fantasia was the first cruiseship to approach Rodos Port...
Posted On 01 Feb 2011
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Revamp Planned For Piraeus Port

The Piraeus Port Authority will proceed to a full upgrade of its services in 2011 in order for international cruise companies to respond in 2012 to the lifting of the cabotage restrictions for non-European Union-flag cruise ships, the port’s president and CEO, Yiorgos Anomeritis,...
Posted On 01 Dec 2010
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Prime Minister George Papandreou gave his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao the grand tour of the Acropolis during the latter’s visit to Athens in early October.
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Greek Government Opens Door To Foreign Investors

Prime Minister George Papandreou signed 13 agreements last month in Athens with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that cover sectors of shipping, commerce, culture and tourism. This was the first official visit to Greece by a Chinese head of state in 24 years.
Posted On 01 Nov 2010
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According to figures from the Greek coast guard, there was a light increase of passenger traffic during July-August period.
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Summer Passenger Traffic Produces Slight Increase

Passenger traffic during July and August at the three major ports of Athens (Piraeus, Lavrion and Rafina) did not reach desired expectations despite tempting ticket discounts made by shipping companies to attract passengers, the Greek press said recently.
Posted On 01 Sep 2010
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On 4 May tourists were in for a surprise once they approached the Acropolis and saw huge banners hung over the walls with the slogan “Peoples of Europe, rise up” in Greek and English. Some 200 members of labor union PAME had violated the gate at the Acropolis during the morning hours and staged a takeover in protest of the government’s austerity measures. Photo: Α.Νikolopoulos/EUROKINISSI
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Ministry Slams Acropolis Takeover By Leftist Unionists

While a hard battle is fought throughout the world to recover Greek tourism, this move is at the least irresponsible, the Culture and Tourism Ministry recently said in regards to the takeover of the Acropolis by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE)-affiliated labor union PAME.
Posted On 01 Jun 2010
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On 26 April, protestors prevented some 970 Spanish tourists from boarding the Maltese-flag cruise ship, Zenith. The tourists were to board the ship for a 7-day cruise but instead departed the next morning (after a 12 hour delay).
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Greek Seamen Reject Cabotage Abolition

Lifting cabotage restrictions would mean the end of Greek-flagged cruise shipping and the funeral of Greek sailors, Antonis Dalakogiorgos, head of the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO), recently told the media.
Posted On 01 Jun 2010
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PM Chairs Meeting On Tourism

The results of the 2009 tourism season were higher than expected, Tourism Minister Kostas Markopoulos said after having attended a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis with representatives of the tourism sector on 1 September.
Posted On 01 Oct 2009
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Piraeus Prefect Yiannis Michas shows the audience the prefecture's 2009 promotional campaign that flaunts the slogan
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Piraeus Prefect Discusses Tourism

The Piraeus Prefecture recently held a meeting that focused on tourism and ways to deal with the economic crisis in the areas and islands within its jurisdiction.
Posted On 01 Jul 2009
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Fewer Ferry Routes and Higher Fares Affect Tourism

Fare increases in conjunction with route cuts had a negative impact on traffic to the Aegean and Ionian islands.
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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Alexandroupolis Harbor to be Privatized

Shipping giants Dubai Ports and Maersk Lines have expressed an interest for the Alexandroupolis harbor, which seems to be the next Greek port to be privatized after foreign investors took over the management of Greece's two biggest ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, in regards to...
Posted On 01 Oct 2008
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