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With Sea Level On the Rise Greece Envisions a Thousand Cruise Ships

2021-11-07 by Phil Butler

Piraeus Port Authority-PPA/OLP-COSCO Shipping

What will it take for Greece’s decision makers to stop paying lip service to sustainable tourism for the future?

Tags: Cosco, cruise news, cruise pollution, GNTO, greece cruises, Jet2, overtourism, Piraeus Port Authority, Pireaus Port, PPA, Santorini overtourism, sustainable tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM, Yu Zenggang

Greece’s Vassilis Kikilias Inks Deal With Jet2 at WTM

2021-11-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias signed a deal with Britain’s Jet2.com to increase available air passenger seats to Greek by 600,000.

Tags: Flights to Greece, Greece, Greece tourism, Jet2, Jet2Holidays, tourism news, Vassilis Kikilias, WTM

Greek Islands Take Home ‘Wanderlust’ Most Desirable Destination Award

2021-11-05 by Argophilia Travel News

The Greek Isles

The Wanderlust Travel Awards 2021 name the Greek islands Most Desirable Region (Short Haul) at WTM in London.

Tags: Dimitris Fragakis, Greek Islands, travel awards, Wanderlust, Wanderlust Travel Awards 2021, WTM

Olympic Holidays to Become Greek Island Hopping Gurus

2019-11-08 by Phil Butler

Andros Island

Olympic Holidays is all set to launch guided group land tours and new island-hopping itineraries in Greece next year.

Tags: Andros, Clare Tobin, Explore Travel, Greece, Greek Isles, Inntravel, Karpathos, Olympic Holidays, Percy Jackson, Poros, Spetses, WTM, WTM 2019

Greece Tourism Minister Takes on Sales Role at WTM

2019-11-06 by Phil Butler

Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis says Greece is expected to break records in tourism in 2020. Where’s the sustainable tourism in

Tags: Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, GNTO, Greek Reporter, Harry Theoharis, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism, WTM, WTM 2019, WTM London

Santorini’s Caldera Yachting Wins ‘Best in Luxury’ Award at WTM London 2018

2018-11-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Caldera

Caldera Yachting, a Santorini-based company offering luxury yachting services, has received the silver award in the “Best in Luxury” category at the 2018 International Travel and Tourism Awards.

Tags: Caldera Yachting, GNTO, Greece, Greece yechting, Santorini, Santorini tours, WTM, WTM 2018, WTM London, yachting

Azerbaijan Asks Travelers to “Take Another Look” at WTM

2018-11-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Azerbaijan Tourism Board

This week at the World Travel Market (WTM) the Azerbaijan Tourism Board has launched its ‘Take another look’ marketing campaign as part of a new strategy to rebrand the country and to increase inbound tourism by 2023.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Tourism Board, Azerbaijan travel, Caucasus, Caucasus tourism, ski tourism, WTM, WTM London, WTM London 2018

Russia Tour Association wins coveted WTM award

2014-11-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russia tour operators

News from WTM London, the Association of Tour Operators Russia (ATOR) has the World Travel Market 2014 World Travel Leaders Award for its promotion of tourism in Russia.

Tags: Russia tour agents, Russia tourism, Russia travel, tour agents, tour operators, tours, WTM

Turkey Tourism at WTM #takemetoturkey

2014-11-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Turkey tourism

At the World Travel Market (WTM) in London this week, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s exhibit at stand EM1000-1050 reveals the ever increasing diversity of tourism experiences in Turkey.

Tags: #takemetoturkey, tourism, Turkey tourism, Turkey Travel, WTM

Catch the “Blogger of the Future” @ World Travel Market 2014

2014-08-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

World Travel Market banner via Facebook

World Travel Market 2014 is intent on showing the future of blogging via the WTM Blogging Progamme. A two part blogging session, run by Melvin Boecher (Traveldudes.org) and Keith Jenkins (VelvetEscape.com), is to follow WTM’s first ever Blogger Speed Networking event on Thursday 6 November.

Tags: bloggers, blogging, Reed Travel Exhibitions, travel bloggers, travel fest, travel show, World Travel Market, WTM

Q & A With Sion Rapson of the World Travel Awards

2014-06-05 by Phil Butler

Recently I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Sion Rapson (at left), and industry expert of merit who has helped the world recognize excellence in the travel industry immeasurably. Rapson, Director of Global Business for the distinguished World Travel Awards, spoke candidly before and after a Q & A for Eye for Travel. The full interview and some added takeaways are cited below, followed by a brief summary.

Tags: airline awards, Athens events, destination awards, hotel awards, ITB, Sion Rapson, tourism, travel awards, travel events, World Travel Awards, WTA, WTM

A New Cold War Nightmare: The Big Tourism Slump to Come

2014-04-21 by Phil Butler

Russia tourism report

Already the conflict between west and east over Ukraine is having its negative effect on travel. 2014 was shaping up as a very positive year for Europe travel, but with fewer Russians planning trips abroad, the upcoming May holidays will be the first tourism casualties of a new Cold War detentes. A just now emerging travel industry, can ill afford a slippage of bookings.

Tags: CIS, Cold War, Europe travel, Putin, Russia, Russia tourists, Russia TV, Russian bookings, Sights of Athens, Ukraine, WTM

Greek National Tourism Organization Partners with WTM Latin America

2014-04-07 by Phil Butler

Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni - Courtesy Ms.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has partnered with Word Travel Market (WTM) Latin America 2014 in an effort to boost tourism this year. The collaboration is expected to drive some 18 million tourists to Greece this year.

Tags: Brazil, GNTO, Greece, Olga Kefalogianni, Panos Livadas, Visit Greece, WTM

Serbia Wins Chinese Welcoming Award

2013-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Serbia

The National Tourism Organisation of Serbia was awarded a Chinese marketing destinations award the “Chinese Tourists Welcoming Award” at the COTTM travel fair in Beijing.

Tags: China travel, China travelers, COTTM, Serbia hospitality, Serbia tourism, Serbia travel, WTM

If Sochi Were Disney World Headlines Would Read: “Mickey Wacked by Russian Mob”

2013-04-03 by Phil Butler

The Russia reality, Putin with Olympic officials

On Monday the WTM Vision Conference in Moscow kicked off and already tourism figures for Russia emerge as a big topic. According to new research, Russia’s poor image in the western world drastically affects inbound tourism form American and western Europe as well. If Sochi were Disney World Mickey would have already been whacked by the mob.

Tags: Adler, bad press, Black Sea tourism, Black Sea vacations, Crimea tourism, Olympic Games, Russia propaganda, Russia tourism, Russia travel, Russia vacations, Russian government, Russian mob, smear campaigns, Sochi, Sochi resort, Sochi travel, Vancouver Olympics, West propaganda, Western Press, WTM

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