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Grecotel Creta Palace Hosts Olive Tourism Event in Rethymno

2018-11-07 by Phil Butler

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Last month in Rethymno Grecotel Creta Pallas hosted the “World Olive Day: Expanding Olive Oil Tourism in Crete,” to bring more olive lovers and businesses to the island.

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Crete City of Rethymno Hosts Olive Oil Marketing Meet

2013-09-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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An interesting cross-border collaborative effort in between Crete and Cyprus is being held in the city of Rethymno on Crete Oct. 1. An all important workshop to “Promoting marketing of oil” will see formulators, mills, merchants and producers discuss how best to collectively upgrade their products. Organized by SEDIK, the Region of Crete and the […]

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