The Greek – American Luxury Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop 2021 opens its virtual doors on Monday, October 25, 2021.
The workshop, focusing on the US market is another step of Tourism Media & Events towards enhancing the luxury tourism in Greece, as part of the Virtual Greek Tourism & Gastronomy Workshops organized in 2021.
The Greek – American Luxury Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop 2021 is held with the ultimate goal of attracting high-income tourists to Greece. It is commonplace that the American market is one of the most dynamic markets of incoming luxury travelers to Greece.
The event which will be concluded on October 27 – after the completion of hundreds of B2B pre-arranged virtual meetings – is part of a course of successful online events which aim at the promotion of the Greek tourism product in key foreign markets.
The event takes place under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, the Intercultural Group for UNESCO, and the Greek Embassy in Washington.
A strategic partner is USTOA ( the United State Tour Operators Association) in which Tourism Media & Events has adhered an Associate Member.
The main Sponsor of the event is the Greek National Tourism Organization.
The Honored Region is the Region of South Aegean and the Honored Destination is the Municipality of Piraeus (Destination Piraeus).
The sponsor of the event is the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”.
In general, the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, combined with the effects of the health crisis in the tourism sector, makes it necessary to adapt to the new reality and create positive conditions for Greek tourism in the after-covid era. Therefore, all 2021events will take place online through a leading, specially designed, professional platform.
The next event for the promotion of luxury tourism in Greece will take place in the Benelux countries on November 18-20, 2021.
The Greek Luxury Tourism Workshops are addressed to tourism companies and public bodies that are interested in promoting their services and products around luxury tourism.
100-120 local travel agents and 10-15 distinguished media participate from the touristic American market, ensuring the maximum possible publicity of the event.
For the success of the events, the experienced executives of the organizing company Tourism Media & Events join forces with local PR companies, ensuring the participation of the most important professionals of the local market.
At the beginning of the online events, a webinar is held for all participants with presentations of destinations and gastronomic products of Greece.
At the beginning of the online event, there will be a webinar for all participants with presentations of Greek destinations and gastronomic products. The events continue with the holding of pre-arranged meetings over 2-3 days, during which all participants will have the opportunity to present their proposals to travel agents and tour operators, or specialized professionals in imports and agriculture operating in the American market.
