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Greece: Where the Official Tourism Message Gets Mixed Up

2021-12-07 by Phil Butler

Vassilis Kikilias

Some Greek hoteliers are scared Winter 2021 will bring disaster. Others applaud record bookings. Greece now seems confused.

Tags: Greece 2021, Greece hotels, Grigoris Tasios, Hotel occupancy, tourism, Vasilis Kikilias

Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios Praises Tourism 2021 Effort

2021-09-15 by Argophilia Travel News

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Greece’s tourism performance this year was a pleasant surprise, according to Hellenic Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios.

Tags: 2021 tourism, Greece 2021, Greece coronavirus, Greece hotels, Grigoris Tasios, hotels, Hotels in Greece

Greece’s Hoteliers Say Tourism Numbers May Reach Half of 2019 Levels

2021-09-08 by Argophilia Travel News

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Hellenic Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios said this week foreign arrivals to Greece are approaching half of 2019 numbers.

Tags: Greece 2021, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, Greek hotels, Grigoris Tasios, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, SETE

Greece’s All Powerful Tourism and Hospitality Leaders to Resurrect Evia

2021-08-30 by Phil Butler

Elevated Theoharis

With wide swaths of Greece burnt to a crisp, and COVID still rampaging across the country, some Greek leaders seem to think they are gods.

Tags: Agioi Taxiarches Church, Alexandros Vassilikos, Athens protests, Evia Island, Evia wildfires, Fr. Ioannis Siafleki, global warming, Greece COVID-19, Greece tourism, Greece wildfires, Grigoris Tasios, Harry Theoharis, Kokkinomilia, tourism

Dear Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Feel Free to Blame Failure on Cosmic Rays Now

2021-07-27 by Phil Butler

More fumbling from Greece’s leadership may indicate some form of cosmic mind control ray is making them just this dumb.

Tags: Amber Plus List, COVID-19, Greece Summer 2.0, Greece vaccines, Grigoris Tasios, Halkidiki Hotel Association, Hines, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, quarantine hotels, Ronn Torossian, Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis, TUI, “Blue Freedom”

Greece In Prayer Mode Over 2021 Tourism Dice Roll

2021-05-21 by Phil Butler

Agia Pelagia Beach

The reality of Greece’s 2021 tourism restart begins to sink in. Chances are, this season will end up no better than 2020.

Tags: "Blue Freedom", Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Crete beaches, Fraport, Fraport AG, Fraport Greece, Grigoris Tasios, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, hotels, Mitsotakis administration, SETE, TUI, Yiannis Retsos

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