Dear friends and colleagues!

From December 3-7, 2018, the 28th annual medical exhibition Healthcare – 2018 was held in Moscow within the framework of the international scientific-practical forum “Russian Health Care Week”.

For more than 5 years, the participation in the exhibition has been an important part of the company’s development process, which allows the acquainting of customers and specialists with new products. We also pay great attention to the personal communication of our representatives with customers and dealers.

For more than three decades, this event has remained the main event in the field of health care for specialists from Russia, Belarus and foreign countries.

As usual the fair was held at Expocentre Moscow, Russia.

3rd International Exhibition for Medical and Wellness Services, Health Improvement and Medical Treatment

About the exhibition:

The 3rd International Exhibition for Medical and Wellness Services, Health Improvement and Medical Treatment – MedTravelExpo 2019 will be held from 2 to 6 December in Moscow.

The MedTravelExpo international trade show is part of the Russian Health Care Week. The Week is the largest series of health care and medicine related events in Russia and the commonwealth of Independent States. It also includes international trade shows (Zdravookhraneniye, Healthy Lifestyle and Apteka) and many more associated events.

MedTravelExpo is showcases products for health improvement and health resorts, innovative methods for medical assistance. The trade show brings together the medical community and promotes the Russian health and spa resort business and medical tourism.

Participation in MedTravelExpo allows:

• to showcase the latest, unique, and innovative technologies and methods of treatment and rehabilitation to a wide medical community of Russia and EE countries
• to develop relations between health resorts, medical centres, medical tourism agencies, trade unions, heads of HR departments and insurance companies
• to attract investments to the health and spa sector
• to find new forms of promotion
• to settle cross sectoral issues and find new partners
• to promote medical and health tourism

Exhibition sections:

• Health and spa resorts
• General and specialiσed clinics and medical centres
• Beauty clinics
• Medical tourism agencies
• Centres for reproductive medicine
• Alternative medicine clinics
• Dental clinics

The concert of George Dalaras for Greece drew excellent reviews and extensive publicity.

More than 40 articles in the written and electronic press of Russia have been published so far for the Concert of George Dalaras in Moscow, the first major event in Greece to celebrate the Year of Tourism Greece-Russia. During the concert that took place in the Concert Hall of the Patriarchal Church of the Savior, George Dalaras captivated an audience of about 1500 people which consisted of Russian Government Officers, tour operators, travel agents, representatives of 16 Russian cities and expatriates. Also present, heads of organisations of the Russian Federation and Greece, representatives of the Church of Greece, agents of the economic and tourism industry, as well as representatives of the Russian media, journalists and foreign correspondents.

Minister of Tourism Mrs. Elena Kountoura welcomed the event – which was initiated by the ministry – and stressed that the Year of Greek-Russian Tourism has begun, a great celebration for both countries, marking the beginning of a series of top festivities and joint activities.

The main sponsors of the concert were: Aegean Airlines, the Mouzenidis group and supporters were the Hotel Owners Association of Rhodes and Rodos Palace.

It is emphasised that the concert was widely covered by the largest media in Russia. Indicative of the impact of the event on the Russian public is the praise of one of the most renowned Russian critics, Mr. Vadim Ponomariov, who described the concert as “the appearance of a great maitre, an act of high art”, expressing the hope that new similar collaborations will emerge in Russia soon.

In an event that followed at the Greek Embassy in Moscow for the Year of Greek-Russian Tourism, Mr. Dalaras thanked the Ministry of Tourism and GNTO for the initiative and support.

The Greek artist was congratulated for his excellent performance by the Deputy Minister of Culture responsible for tourism, Ms. Alla Manilova, who attended the event. Representatives of Russian tourism also praised the contribution of high-level organisations to highlight the traditional and modern culture of Greece to Russia and the Russian public.

The Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 Ceremony, scheduled for March 13, has been postponed. The new date i set for Friday, June 12, as announced by the organising company Ethos Media SA.

“From today and for the next 4 weeks,” it is mentioned in the announcement “following the suggestion of the National Public Health Organisation, our conference activity must be suspended so that we can ensure that our events are not, unwittingly, a means of dissemination of COVID-19 disease.

In this context, the Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 Ceremony, scheduled for March 13, 2020, is postponed and will take place on a new date, Friday, June 12, at the same location, the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso Hotel.

All entries and reservations WILL NORMALLY APPLY for the new date. For any additional information or clarification, the Ethos Events team is at your disposal on a daily basis.

Thank you in advance for your participation and support. We will be happy to meet up close, at the awards ceremony institution for Greek hotels & tourism businesses “.

Until February 14, 2020, hotels and tourism businesses in the country will be able to submit their candidacy for the Greek Hospitality Awards event, which rewards excellence in the field of Greek Hotels, Tourist Offices and Rooms for rent.

The Greek Hospitality Awards are under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), the Association of Tourism and Travel Agencies in Greece (HATTA) and the General Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises (GEPETET).

The Awards are organised for the 6th consecutive year by ETHOS EVENTS in collaboration with Tourism Media & Events, the financial & business portal banks.com.gr and the magazine MONEY.

Special Advisor to the Greek Hospitality Awards is the Journalist Mr. Haris Digrintakis.

The Jury consists of prominent personalities from the business, university and tourism sectors:

This year, 96 categories of awards will be presented in the following 4 thematic sections:

1. BEST GREEK CITY HOTELS
2. BEST GREEK RESORTS
3. BEST GREEK HOTEL FACILITIES
4. SPECIAL AWARDS

With the TOP PRIZES to be the following:

Top Greek Hotel 2020

“Top Greek Resort 2020”

For detailed information you can visit the official website hospitality.ethosawards.eu as well as the social channels Facebook, LinkedIn, twitter and YouTube.

Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 are organised this year with innovations, strengthening their presence in the international competition of travel agents and opinion makers of the tourist market. The Awards of Greek hotels and tourism companies return for the 6th year.

The online platform will open on January 7 to accept the candidacies of the leading Greek companies in the tourism industry.

The institution of the Greek Hospitality Awards comes to reward excellence in the field of Greek Hotels, Tourist Offices, Rooms and other companies related to the Tourism sector, through a process in which the Evaluation Committee and the public both vote, with a percentage rating of their votes 60/40.

Those wishing to apply for the Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 can be informed of the award criteria and fill out the application form by Friday 14 February 2020 on the website hospitality.ethosawards.eu.

The ceremony includes the top awards:

“Top Greek Hotel 2020”

“Top Greek Resort 2020”

This year, 96 categories of awards will be presented in the following 4 thematic sections:

1. BEST GREEK CITY HOTELS
2. BEST GREEK RESORTS
3. BEST GREEK HOTEL FACILITIES
4. SPECIAL AWARDS

Indicative of the dynamics of the Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 is the fact that the winners of the awards for another year will be sent to the Tour Operators Association of Russia (ATOR), the Association of Tourist Agents of Great Britain (ABTA), the Association of Tourist Offices of Germany and all of the Arab Tourism Offices which are participating in Greek Tourism Workshop 2020 in Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Lebanon.

The Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 are organised by ETHOS AWARDS and Tourism Media & Events, in collaboration with the financial & business portal banks.com.gr and the magazine MONEY.

Special Advisor to the Greek Hospitality Awards 2020 is the journalist Mr. Haris Digrintakis.

For detailed information you can visit the official website of the conference http://www.hospitality.ethosawards.eu/ as well as the social channels Facebook, LinkedIn, twitter and YouTube

Greece’s alternative tourism is being promoted in the Netherlands. On April 16, 2019, The Hague hosts for the first time the alternative tourism of Greece, at the 1st Greek Alternative Tourism Workshop Hague 2019 in the emblematic space of Madurodam.

Greek entrepreneurs in the tourism market are joining forces with public bodies.

The goal is to effectively promote Greece as an ideal tourist destination all year round to professionals in the Dutch tourism market from Hague, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

The promotion of the enriched tourist product of our country will take place through B2B meetings with specialised travel agents and tour operators from the Netherlands who represent an audience that wishes to travel all year round.

Why in the Netherlands

Greece is one of the most popular destinations for outings from the Netherlands.

2018: record decade of arrivals from the Netherlands to Greece (924,434 visitors, an increase of 18.9% compared to 2017).

Dutch culture

• Value for money options.
• Love for nature and adventure.
• Repeaters 1/3 of Dutch tourists visiting Greece.
• Direct flights to destinations in Greece throughout the year.

In 2017, 82% of the population traveled on vacation (2.82 trips per person on average).

50% of trips are made abroad and 1/3 of them to Mediterranean destinations.

Twice a year the Dutch choose alternative forms of tourism.

(Sources: EOT Benelux – 21/01/2019, NBTC-NIPO Research – 2017, Griekenland.net).

The 1st Greek Alternative Tourism 2019 is organized in The Hague in the Netherlands by AVIAREPS in collaboration with Tourism Media & Events, with the support of EOT, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the Hellenic-Dutch Business Association (HEDA).

It is addressed to Tourism Enterprises and Public Bodies that are interested in promoting their services and products around alternative tourism in the Dutch market.

Tourism Media & Events, in these difficult times for Greece and its tourism industry, does not give up but instead intensifies its efforts, helping our country to climb to an even higher position on the world tourist map.

At the same time, it seeks to highlight the strong gastronomic advantages of Greece, while strengthening the export activity of its companies.

Taking into account the new data, remaining always faithful to the vision for the development of Greek tourism all year round and the promotion of Greek gastronomy, for the period 2020-2021, we inform you that the new dates of the events of Tourism Media & Events are as follows:

1st Greek Alternative Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop in Copenhagen (Denmark • 30/09/2020)
1st Greek Alternative Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop in Paris (France • 06/10/2020)
2nd Greek Alternative Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop in Warsaw (Poland • 15 / 10/2020)
1st Greek Alternative Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop in Brussels (Belgium • 25/11/2020)

Greek Alternative & Gastronomy Workshops 2020 is aimed at Tourism Businesses and Public Bodies interested in promoting alternative tourism services and export companies which want to penetrate or strengthen their presence in key European markets.

European markets are participating in alternative tourism, with 75-85 local tourism agents and tour operators, and in the agri-food sector, 30-35 buyers such as importers, wholesalers, retailers, foodservers and deli stores.

For the success of the events, the experienced executives of the organising company Tourism Media & Events join forces with official bodies of Greece but also with PR companies that ensure the participation of the most important travel agents of each local market.

At the beginning of the events, press conferences will be held with representatives of large and specialised local media from each country, seeking the maximum publicity of the participants, while the Workshops will be preceded by wine and olive oil tastings.

Afterwards, participants will have the opportunity to present their proposals for alternative tourism to travel agents and tour operators at B2B meetings and to promote their products and gastronomic proposals to specialised professionals, importers, wholesalers and store chain managers.

The events end with a dinner with Greek cuisine, which will seal the Workshop giving the opportunity to all attendees for further networking.

GNTO participates in the events, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Rural Development, the embassies in the respective countries and the Intercultural Group for UNESCO.

We wish all of you and your families health, good strength and of course WE STAY HOME!

The preparations of the Greek Alternative Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop 2020 continue at an intensive pace, while at the same time the number of companies that will participate is expanding, so that 35 days before the first event there are only a few places left due to the high interest.

This is because for the first time 2 of the most dynamic sectors of Greece, Alternative Tourism and Agri-Food, are presented in 4 strategically important markets in Europe, Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris), Poland (Warsaw). ) and Belgium (Brussels).

It is underlined that these are exclusively professional events which aim at the promotion of Greece in the absolute alternative and gastronomic destination.

In particular, the Greek Alternative & Gastronomy Workshop 2020, is addressed to Tourism Enterprises and Public Bodies that are interested in promoting their services and products around alternative tourism.

At the same time, it is targeting export companies that want to penetrate or strengthen their presence in key European markets.

These are 2 parallel events that aim to highlight the alternative tourism product of Greece and strengthen the exportable Greek food and beverages.

European markets are involved in alternative tourism, 75-85 local tourism agents and tour operators in each market, and in the agri-food sector, 30-35 buyers including importers, wholesalers, retailers, foodservers and deli stores.

For the success of the events, which aim to extend the tourist season of Greece as well as the promotion of Greek products, the experienced executives of the organising company Tourism Media & Events – who specialise in the organisation Workshops – join the official bodies of Greece but also with PR companies that ensure the participation of the most important travel agents of each local market.

At the beginning of the events, press conferences will be held with representatives of large and specialised local media from each country, seeking the maximum publicity of the participants, while the Workshops will be preceded by wine and olive oil tastings.

Following the events, participants will have the opportunity to present their proposals for alternative tourism to travel agents and tour operators in B2B meetings, on the one hand, and to promote their products and their gastronomic suggestions to specialised professionals, importers, wholesalers and store chain managers in neighbouring areas.

The events of the Greek Alternative Tourism & Gastronomy Workshop 2020 are completed with an evening dinner with Greek cuisine, which will seal the Workshop giving the opportunity to all attendees for further networking.

GNTO participates in the events which are under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Rural Development and the Intercultural Group for UNESCO.

The Polish EOT Service gave a strong presence at the 1st Greek Alternative Tourism Workshop, which took place with a large sponsor EOT on October 29, 2019 at the emblematic castle Forteca in Warsaw and aimed at promoting alternative forms of tourism that Greece offers to its visitors.

From the Greek side, the Municipality of Volos, the Tourist Organization of Halkidiki, the SitiaGeopark, the Lesvos Geopark and the PsiloritisGeopark, as well as representatives of Greek hotel units and alternative and thematic tourism companies participated in the works of the Workshop.

During the event, Polish participants were informed about the tourist product of areas such as Volos, Pelion and Halkidiki, while at B2B meetings they had the opportunity to learn about the dozens of alternative activities offered by participating Greek destinations and businesses.

In addition, they watched the promotional videos of EOT, which were shown on the main stage of the event, and the special promotional publications of the Organization for thematic tourism in Greece were procured.

The event was attended by the Ambassador of Greece to Poland, Mr. Michael Daratzikis, who after thanking the Head of the EOT Service of Poland, Ms.NikolettaNikolopoulou, for her contribution to the organization of the meeting, pointed out the importance of developing cooperation between such initiatives. two countries, both economically and politically and culturally.

For her part, Ms.Nikolopoulou expressed her belief that this Workshop will give a significant impetus to the professional cooperation of Polish and Greek entrepreneurs in the field of alternative tourism and underlined the multiple options that our country has to offer Polish visitors 365 days a week. time, emphasizing that Greece is a destination that constantly has to offer its visitors new experiences and activities, which explains why many tourists visit it repeatedly. .

The Workshop ended with an official dinner, during which the invited Polish travel agents, T.Os and journalists had the opportunity to try selected Greek dishes and fine Greek wines, while they also participated in the raffle of prizes offered by the event’s sponsors. .

The highly successful event, which was also held under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, the Greek Embassy in Poland, the Hellenic-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Investment, the Hellenic Cultural and Educational Group for UNESCO and was supported by Aegean Airlines, brings together of intense interest in the Polish tourism market, with the participation of the important T.Os “TUI Poland”, “Plus Wakacje” and “Mouzenidis Poland”, representatives of leading websites selling tourist products in Poland (“travelplanet.pl”, “fly.pl”). »,« E-sky. pl “,” fly4free.pl “) and” Aegean Airlines Poland “, as well as journalists from major Polish media (” WiadamosciTurystyczne “,” Rzeczpospolita “,” Viva! “,” Polska Press “,” Business Traveler Magazine “,” Read & Go “etc.)

The presence of Polish companies in the tourism industry, which specialize in alternative forms of tourism and the MICE market, was also numerous.