BookOnlineNow Appoints Elena Klouda as Head of Sales & Business Development

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BookOnlineNow has appointed Elena Klouda as its new Head of Sales and Business Development. Based in Athens, BookOnlineNow is a travel technology company, created to offer a best-in-class online booking engine and direct booking optimization tools and solutions to hotel partners. Elena Klouda Elena has 15 years of experience in various fields of the travel […]

Greek PCO Sissi Lygnou Elected to IAPCO Council

By admin 24 Φεβρουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Sissi Lygnou, CEO of AFEA Travel and Congress Services, was elected as a new member of the IAPCO Council at the recent General Assembly that took place virtually this year. IAPCO is the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers and represents professional organisers and managers of international and national congresses, conventions and special events.

IATA’s Chief Economist Brian Pearce to Retire

By admin 19 Φεβρουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Brian Pearce. Photo source: airlines.iata.org The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that its chief economist, Brian Pearce, will retire from the organization in July. A recruitment process has been launched to find a successor in time for a smooth transition. Pearce joined IATA in 2004. Since then he has built IATA’s evidence-based economic […]

Rhodes Hotel Managers Association Elects New Board of Directors

By admin 15 Φεβρουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Rhodes, Greece. Photo source: Visit Greece The Rhodes Hotel Managers Association has announced its new Board of Directors, following elections that took place after its general assembly earlier in February. According to an announcement by the association, voter turnout for the election was high while the process was held under strict protection measures to prevent […]

Les Roches Appoints Dimitrios Diamantis as Executive Academic Dean

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Dimitrios Diamantis Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, one of the world’s leading hospitality business schools, has appointed Dimitrios Diamantis as its Executive Academic Dean. Until now responsible for post-graduate and MBA degree programs, Dimitrios will oversee all of the institution’s academic courses, including Bachelor programs. He will also

Simon Press Takes Over as Exhibition Director of ‘Travel Forward’ Event

By admin 26 Ιανουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Simon Press Travel Forward, the travel technology event co-located with WTM London and part of the WTM Portfolio, has announced two new senior appointments. Richard Gayle is stepping down as Exhibition Manager after more than three years in that role and Simon Press will take over as Exhibition Director from January 2021. Simon Press has […]

CLIA Announces MSC Cruises’ Pierfrancesco Vago as its New Global Chairman

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CLIA Global Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises, has been appointed to a two-year term as Global Chairman of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). He will assume his position immediately. Vago served as CEO of MSC Cruises from 2003 to 2013, during which time the company experienced over 800 percent […]

Former Greek Deputy Tourism Minister Appointed Professor at Aegean University

By admin 13 Ιανουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Manos Konsolas Manos Konsolas, a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Dodecanese, was recently appointed as Professor at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of the Aegean. The Greek MP had served as Greece’s Deputy Tourism Minister from July 2019 until the government reshuffle that took place in early January 2021. Konsolas has […]

Ancient Greek Experience Group Appoints Angelos Samolis as Sales Manager

By admin 8 Ιανουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Athens-based travel agency Ancient Greek Experience (A.G.E. Group), has appointed Angelos Samolis as its new sales manager. Ancient Greece Experience started its operation two years ago with the aim to introduce international travelers to Greece’s ancient history and modern side. Angelos Samolis Angelos has more than two decades of experience in the travel industry, having

Sofia Zacharaki Steps in as Greece’s New Deputy Tourism Minister

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Sofia Zacharaki Sofia Zacharaki has been appointed Greece’s deputy minister for tourism education and special forms of tourism in a government reshuffle announced earlier today. Born in Athens in 1976, 45-year-old Zacharaki has completed English language studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and postgraduate studies in Comparative Pedagogy and