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Vasilis Kikilias

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

Greece’s Kikilias With the Latest “Ahem” Provocation

2021-10-22 by Phil Butler

Yeah right

Greece’s new tourism minister is different from the old one, he’s taller. The narrative is the same, the goals the same, and the piper too.

Tags: budget tourism, Crete all-inclusive, Crete tourism, Euphoria Resort, Kikilias, Rhodes, sustainability, tourism, TUI, Vasilis Kikilias, Wilderness Travel

Greece Hospitality Decisionmakers Fist Bump “Sustainability” Some More

2021-10-14 by Phil Butler

Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias

Greek hoteliers and hospitality stakeholders have been pumping sustainability for all it’s worth for years now. And there’s no sign of letup.

Tags: Alexandros Vassilikos, Greece 2.0, HCH, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, SETE, sustainability, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism, Vasilis Kikilias

We’ll Soon See the Effects of Greece’s “All or Nothing” Tourism Strategy

2021-06-07 by Phil Butler

25th August Street

As Greek officials continue a blame game, hoteliers and other businesses will very soon tell the tale on the all or nothing tourism scheme.

Tags: amber list, American tourists, Do Not Travel, Greece, Greece COVID-19, Greece hotels, Marios Themistokleous, Mykonos vacations, Tourism in Greece, tourism industry, UK tourists, Vasilis Kikilias

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