Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises
Giannis Retsos – The goal of 15 billion euros for 2022 is achievable
Travel receipts for our country will reach 10 billion euros in 2021 while for 2022 the goal of 15 billion euros is achievable.
The above assessments were expressed by the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Giannis Retsos, speaking yesterday at the Conference: Greek Tourism, a national affair.
The energy cost of Greek tourism is on the table – Highland hotels and coastal shipping affected
Hotels mainly in the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, food service, coastal shipping and air transport are affected by the increased energy costs, which "undermines" the viability of many units of the aforementioned sectors.
SETE: Alarm for continuous operation hotels
The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) is sending a danger signal for the hotels of continuous operation, but also the tourist units in urban and mountainous destinations as these companies are losing the support of the COOPERATION (SYN-ERGASIA) program.
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Counting the cost of the Thomas Cook affair
The Greek government is set to announce measures to support the local tourism industry, which has been dealt a major blow by the collapse late on Sunday of British tour company Thomas Cook.
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New video promotes Greece as summer destination
Discover Greece have released their latest video promoting the country as a tourism destination.
The project is part of a new campaign launched by Marketing Greece, a tourism marketing organization founded by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).
Organizers hope to engage social media users with the hashtags #OhMyGreece and #unlockthefeeling
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New video promotes Greece as summer destination [video]
Discover Greece have released their latest video promoting the country as a tourism destination.
The project is part of a new campaign launched by Marketing Greece, a tourism marketing organization founded by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).
Organizers hope to engage social media users with the hashtags #OhMyGreece and #unlockthefeeling
Athens facelift on the cards
An initiative to spruce up Athens and transform it into a leading European destination was unveiled Thursday by This Is Athens & Partners, a group created by the City of Athens, Aegean Airlines, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) and Athens International Airport (AIA).
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Tourism sector group: 2015 will be record-breaking year for Greece
The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) on Thursday announced that 2015 expected to witness the arrivals of roughly 26 million tourists and related tourism revenue worth more than 14.5 billion euros, both record-breaking figures.
Cap controls, referendum ‘shock’ take their toll on tourism sector
A “cloud” over Greece’s all-important tourism sector is quickly turning into a midsummer’s “squall” due to capital controls, closed banks and political uncertainty reaching unprecedented post-war levels.
SETE advises hoteliers to delay signing contracts with “drachma clause”
A déjà vu feeling brings back memories of 2012 as a number of major foreign tour operators are asking for drachma clauses to be included in contracts for the 2016 tourism season. Worried about the uncertainty in Greece, a number of operators want clauses to also contain clauses regarding a possible hotel tax hike, insisting that any additional taxes should be covered by hotels.