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Greece’s Tourism Minister Presents a Bill of Tourism to Ministerial Council

2020-12-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Navagio Beach

A new from the Ministry of Tourism was presented this week by the Minister of Tourism Haris Theocharis.

Tags: Greece laws, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism, Tourism Minister of Greece, Zakynthos Shipwreck

A Word or Two About Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary and Other Bean Counters

2020-12-04 by Phil Butler

World Travel & Tourism Council

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary still thinks sustainable tourism is business as usual.

Tags: air travel, airline industry, budget airlines, budget travel, COVID-19 measures, COVID-19 Travel Advisory, future of air travel, Ryanair, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel

Why Ernst & Young and Capital Link Get Greece All “COVID” Wrong

2020-10-02 by Phil Butler

Ernst & Young’s (EY) recent Attractiveness Survey for 2020 revealed Greece as a favorable invesment market. But, not so fast!

Tags: capital flows, Capital Link, COVID-19 Greece, Ernst & Young, Greece, Greece investing, Greece sustainability, sustainable tourism

TUI Cruises Big Mein Schiff 6 Sneaks Into Port at Heraklion

2020-09-19 by Phil Butler

TUI Cruises

TUI Cruises’ Mein Shiff 6 steams into Heraklion’s port virutally unnotticed. The German company manages to become the first to redux cruising in Greece.

Tags: all inclusive, Crete citizens, Crete cruises, Crete ports, Crete tours, Fritz Joussen, German cruise line, Greece hotels, Greece restaurants, Greek cruises, Greek spas, Heraklion cruises, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 6, sustainable tourism, TUI

Malta Will Offer 30 Scholarships for Sustainable Travel

2020-09-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Julia Farrugia Portelli

Malta has launched a continuous effort towards climate-friendly travel through 30 scholarships aimed at mitigating climate change.

Tags: climate friendly, education, environmental studies, Malta, sustainable, sustainable tourism

Greece Moves to Ban All Single-Use Plastics by July 2021

2020-08-29 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece is advancing on plans to ban single-use plastics by July, 2021. A new law targets unsustainable practices.

Tags: Greece, Greek sustainability, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, single-use plastics, sustainability, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism

Greece Divvying Up Tourism Recovery Funds Before COVID-19 Is Done

2020-08-20 by Phil Butler

Manos Konsolas

Greek tourism stakeholders met earlier this week via teleconference to mull over the best ways to tap into €27.5 billion euros in EU rescue funding.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, EU recovery funds, Greece tourism, Greece travel, HAPCO, Lithuania travelers, Manos Konsolas, POX, Santorni, SEEN, sustainable tourism, travel agents, UK quarantine, Yiannis Retsos

Here We Go: TUI and Greece to Set “Strategic” Partnership

2020-06-30 by Phil Butler

Amalfi Beach

Tourism Μinister Haris Theocharis will announce a special agreement with the largest travel organizer in the world, TUI Group.

Tags: Alexei Mordashov, All-inclusive, Harry Theoharis, Sustainable Crete, sustainable tourism, Thomas Ellerbeck, travel industry, TUI, TUI Crete, TUI Group

SETE Chief & Greek PM Agree: Greece Needs “Mature” Tourism Strategy

2020-06-27 by Phil Butler

SETE President Yiannis Retsos

Greece’s PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SETE President Yiannis Retsos discussed creating a 10-year strategic tourism development plan.

Tags: Greece economc, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, local economy, Next Generation EU, SETE, sustainable tourism, tourism, Visit Greece, Yiannis Retsos

TUI Group Names Charlotte WWiebe Sustainability Director

2020-02-28 by Argophilia Travel News

TUI Group

TUI Group has just named Charlotte WWiebe Sustainability Director, taking over the role from Jane Ashton, who leaves the company in March.

Tags: Charlotte WWiebe, sustainability, sustainable hotels, sustainable tourism, TUI, TUI Group

Sustainable Tourism May End Up With a Regulatory Solution

2020-02-06 by Phil Butler

Tourist throng

The private sector cannot be counted upon to provide a truly sustainable solution for tourism. It seems clear lawmakers will need to step in.

Tags: Environment, global warming, Hilton, Okinawa, PhocusWire, sustainability, sustainable business, sustainable tourism, tourism trensds, Travel Mole, world tourism

A View on Dolphin Capital Plans for Greece’s First Luxury Floating Hotel

2019-12-13 by Phil Butler

Azzam Superyacht

According to news from GTP, Dolphin Capital Partners (Dolphin), hospitality real estate investors and developers just revealed plans to offer a luxury experience at sea with the launch of the first floating hotel in Greece. While many are heralding the Dolphin’s entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, the question of sustainable tourism practice looms large. The news […]

Tags: Amanzoe Resort, cruise news, Dolphin Capital, Dolphin Capital Investors (DCI), Greece cruising, Greece sustainable, Kilada Hills Golf Resort, Miltos Kambourides, Santorini sustainability, sustainable tourism

Boiling Seas of Earth Cruises Half Price on Black As Soot Friday

2019-12-03 by Phil Butler

Cruises news

A candid look at the most unsustainable form of vacationing, cruise lines that seem to have no intention of tidying up their acts.

Tags: Andy Stuart, cruises, greece cruises, Greek harbors, Harry Sommer, Norwegian CEO, Norwegian Cruise Line, Santorini cruises, Skift, Skift News, sustainability, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel

Lookout Greeks: Sustainability Iceberg Right Ahead!

2019-11-24 by Phil Butler

Titanic Hotels

Read on and find out how Greece is about to ram a gigantic sustainability iceberg if business and the public do not wise up.

Tags: all inclusive, ANVR, Blue Bay Travel, Bluesun Hotels and Resorts, Classic Collection Holidays, CNN, GNTO, Greece resorts, Greece tourism, GTP, hotels, Minister Theoharis, resorts, sustainable, sustainable tourism, Tourism Minister Theoharis, Travel Foundation, TUI resorts

Is the Greece Tourism Ministery Behind Donkeys On Sustainability?

2019-11-11 by Phil Butler

Santorini donkey

Greece tourism ministry says sustainable tourism is a Non-negotiable priority. But, are Greece’s officials negotiating growth?

Tags: Dr Ioannis Pappas, Godfrey Baldacchino, Greece tourism ministry, Harry Theoharis, Michael Romanos, OECD, overtourism, Philoxenia – Hotelia, Santorini cruises, Santorini Island, Santorini sustainability, Santorini tourism, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism

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