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World Travel Market (WTM) 2008 – ExCeL London – UK

This up coming Monday November 10 till 13, the entire worldwide travel and tourism industry will be participating in the World Travel Market at the ExCel in London as it has become an industry standard.

Its funny when you think of it – every year just before this major event, World Travel Market, a war breaks, we have a devaluation of currency, we have 9/11, we have to deal with an epidemic, or the entire banking system is at the verge of total collapse.

We spend mega tons of brain power, investigating, analyzing, strategizing and all these bold and powerful words that end in -izing, on how and what will happen and what do we do.

Unless the world stops turning, a meteor hits earth or we are invaded by little green Martians from outer space – we have to understand that this is the international business environment we have to work in and that people will travel, go on vacations and need all the services the travel and tourism industry has to offer.

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If we want the business, we have to show it – now!!!

Every so often something happens and we say “the world will not be the same anymore”.

The great crash of 1929, WWI & II, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Nagasaki – Hiroshima, 9/11 and all of this is just in the past 90 years.

Well my friends, the world is the same, we simply forget. “History repeats itself” with a different twist every time. The key thing is to be prepared.

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Travel

The day after Philoxenia 2008 – Thessaloniki

As always, Thessaloniki was wonderful. Its food, entertainment, people, etc. The only thing that was a set back were the works being undertaken for the construction of the metro, but that is progress.

But one minute – lets focus here. The purpose of the trip to Thessaloniki was to participate in the exhibition Philoxenia 2008: 24th International Tourism Exhibition and secondarily to have a good time.

Well – we only had a good time.
Its like setting up tables for a gala diner  – and nobody comes – as if everyone was in some sort of conspiracy. The only event that people participated was the opening ceremony by the Minister of Tourism, Aris Spylotopoulos and the HATTA prize giving activity. That was IT.

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Travel

PHILOXENIA 2008: 24th International Tourism Exhibition Thessaloniki

Night falls over Athens just before the major travel and tourism international exhibition of Philoxenia in Thessaloniki. This will be the 24th Philoxenia and the 18th for Travelling.

Every year participants and exhibitors, drop what they are doing and take the plane, car or train and head for Thessaloniki.

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Travel

Mykonos Hotels, Book a hotel in Mykonos

Myconos Island, Cylades Greece

Mykonos is an island in the complex of islands called Cyclades on the east coast of mainland Greece. About 50 years ago Mykonos was discovered by the jet set and ever since it remains in the hearts of any one who is some one, from all over the world. Mykonos cannot be described using words. The picture above gives you just a gimps of what its all about. The night life is out of this world. There is a place for every one – young, old, family, singles, straight, gay, etc. And when we talk about service and quality – they invented the words.

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Travel

UNWTO – ONLINE GLOBAL PHOTO COMPETITION – “OUR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS”

UNWTO launches its 2008 Photo Competition around this year’s World Tourism Day (WTD) theme: “Tourism Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change”. This competition is part of the year-long campaign highlighting the call for action towards a climate neutral planet.

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Hotels in Athens Greece

Acropolis Athens Greece

Athens is the largest city and capital of Greece. As of the 2004 Olympic Games, Athens has significantly improved its infrastructure – new airport El. Venizelos (AIA), new metro, new tram, new Suburban rail, Buses, Electric railway, Railways, highways and ferry connections. You can get around – and as if all that was not enough, the taxi in Athens is probably the cheapest taxi worldwide. The same picture is with telecommunications – land lines, mobiles, Internet. Even the Acropolis, the symbol of Athens, has been restored / maintained.

If you have a long time to come to Athens, the picture of Athens has significantly changed. I can dare say that you will be surprised.

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Travel

Greece Live Ships Map – Aegean, Ionian Sea – Vessel Traffic System

Greece - Live Ships Map

This tool is fantastic!!! I am not going to beat around the bush, its a Live Ships Map of the Ionian and Aegean Sea and Ionian Sea – Greece.

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Greek Island hopping – Domestic Sea Schedules – Ferries Schedules

Greek Island Domestic Sea SchedulesWhen you think of Greece, the things that come to your mind are: the Acropolis, Olympic Games, the Greek Gods and Greek Mythology, Santorini, Alexander the Great, Socrates, Plato, Homer, Odyssey, Hippocrates and medicine, Greek food, olive oil and naturally the Greek Islands.

When you think of Greek Islands you would never imagine that they are over 2000!!! Woooow!!! You need a life time (at least) to visit them all.

Not all of them are inhabited. I would even say that the vat majority are totally uninhabited. Totally unspoiled, untouched – perfect for vacationing.

The way to go to most of these islands is by private boat, sailing, etc. but most people who come to Greece go to the islands were you have the Greek color, tradition, sites etc.

These are: Santorini, Mykonos, Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Zante, Kefalonia, Ithaca, Kos, Ios, Naxos, Paros, Lefkas, Patmos, Lesvos, Spetses, Hydra, Tinos – these are more well known Greek Islands.

The less known but beautiful Greek Islands are: Folegandros, Amorgos, Fourni, Skiathos, Skopelos, Kalymnos, Kimolos, Kissamos, Koufonissia, Kythira, Milos, Sifnos, Serifos, Anafi, Donoussa and many many many more.

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Education Travel

HeartLine Cruise to Turkey and the Aegean Islands to fight heart disease

Cristal of Louis Cruise Line

A group of well educated people, all with the same concerns, put their forces together to inform about heart disease and ways to prevent it. Probably you have heard this many times, but you haven’t heard of doing it in style – with a cruise to Turkey and the Aegean Islands.

Humanity suffers from various diseases but the one which we work on getting, is the heart. This takes time and effort – the basic elements which contribute to heart disease are: stress, eating habits, life style, smoking, etc., etc., etc.

We all know that, but we don’t take the time to actually let this information seep in and work on it. So the people of HeartLine (that is what they call the organization) decided to take a more hands on approach – and that is to persuade people to go on a cruise and tell them about how to change their life style and while on the cruise they can actually implement all what is said. Just to show them how easy it is.