New Board of Directors for SETE

By admin 25 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

0share The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) held elections on Thursday, June 25, during its 28th annual general assembly and elected its new Board of Directors for a 3-year mandate. PresidentYiannis A. Retsos (Electra Hotels and Resorts) 1st Vice PresidentGrigoris Tasios (President, Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (POX)) Vice PresidentsEftihios Vassilakis (Hertz

Greece Needs to Change its Tourism Model, PM and SETE Agree

By admin 25 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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SETE President Yiannis Retsos. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SETE President Yiannis Retsos on Thursday both underlined the need to establish a 10-year strategic plan to further develop the country’s tourism model with a focus on sustainability. Speaking during the 28th General Assembly of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) in Athens, Retsos referred to

Road Tourism to Greece Generates €1.8b in 2019

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Incoming road tourism from Greece’s neighboring countries accounted for 9.6 million arrivals, 38.2 million overnight stays and 1.8 billion euros in revenue in 2019, according to data released by INSETE, the Greek Tourism Confederation’s (SETE) research body. More specifically, inbound tourism by road accounted for 30.6 percent of all arrivals to Greece in 2019,

SETE Chief: Time is Ripe for Greek Tourism Product Upgrade

By admin 12 Ιουνίου 2020 No comment

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Kostas Vasiliou, Deputy CEO of Eurobank and Yiannis Retsos President of SETE. The time is ripe for Greece to upgrade its tourism product and to invest in a new future learning from the weaknesses as these emerged in the aftermath of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This was the key takeaway of a discussion this week […]

SETE Slams Misleading Reports About New Greek Tourism Campaign

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The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) on Saturday shot down claims relating to the recently announced new campaign for the promotion of Greek tourism – “Greek Summer is a state of mind”. SETE released a statement following “defamatory and unprecedented lies” that circulated in the media which claimed that the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) directly […]

HAPCO Calls for Support to Restart MICE Industry

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Photo Source: @HAPCO The Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO) recently called on Greek and international authorities and organizations to support and promote the MICE industry in its efforts to recover from the Covid-19 crisis and make a strong comeback once the pandemic subsides. The association estimates that since the start of the crisis,

Greek Tourism Industry Welcomes Restart Support Measures

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Greek tourism stakeholders welcomed sector support measures announced on Wednesday by the government describing these as a first step in the right direction to recover lost ground after the Covid-19 health crisis. Yiannis Retsos, SETE SETE President Yiannis Retsos Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Yiannis Retsos expressed his satisfaction with the

Greece Welcomes EU Guidelines to Safely Restart Tourism post-Coronavirus

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Photo source: European Commission The Greek government and tourism sector on Wednesday welcomed the framework of guidelines and recommendations for tourism and transport in the EU presented by the European Commission to help member states cope in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Greek government “Organizing such a common European framework has not been

Covid-19: Greek Tourism Bodies Ready to Submit Proposals for Health Rules in Hotels

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Proposals for the creation of protocols for the seamless and safe operation of hotels during the post-coronavirus period will be submitted on Monday, May 11, to the Greek Tourism Ministry, an announcement by the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) and the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels said on Wednesday. SETE and the hotel chamber underlined that they […]

SETE Says Health Protocols Highest Priority for Next-day Travel

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The recovery of Greece’s tourism sector in the aftermath of Covid-19 is dependent on uniform health protocols which will set safe travel standards and define the terms of hotel and tourism-related business operations, according to the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). In a letter sent on Monday to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, SETE and the 13 […]