“Greek Tourism: New Facts & Future Challenges”

Monday, 17 October 2016

19.30 – 20.00      Welcome Cocktail

20.00 – 22:00      Official Dinner

                            Keynote Speech

                           ” Prospects of the Greek economy and

                             the contribution of tourism to economic growth”

      Yannis Stournaras, Governor, Bank of Greece

 

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

09.00 – 09.30        Registration – Coffee

09.30 – 09.40        Opening Speech

Andreas A. Andreadis, Chairman of the BoD, SETE

09.40 – 09.50        Welcome Address

                              George Tziallas, Secretary General for Tourism Policy 

                               and Development

09.50– 10.20         Keynote Speech

                              “The best way forward for Greece: Capitalising on tourism.

                              The role and contribution of the EU.”

                              Margaritis Schinas, Chief Spokesperson of the European Commission

 

10.20 – 11.30       “Greek Tourism: Potential & Challenges”

10.20 – 10.40         A. The potential of Greek Tourism (PwC – REMACO[1])

                               Leonidas Papaioannou, Senior Manager PwC     

10.40 – 11.30         B. Discussion

Kostas Bakoyannis,Regional Governor of Central Greece

Stavros Benos, President, Diazoma

Yiannis A. Retsos , President, Hellenic Hotel Federation

Eftichios Vassilakis, Vice President, Aegean Airlines

Konstantinos V. Vassiliou, General Manager, Head of Group Corporate & Investment Banking, Eurobank

Moderator            Eva Antonopoulou, Journalist

 

11.30 – 12.00         Coffee Break

 

12.00 – 13.30       ” The backbone of Greek economy:

Greek tourism and its links with the other productive sectors”

Grigoris Christopoulos, Chief Commercial Officer
Business Segment, ΟΤΕ Group

Aris Kefalogiannis, Founder & CEO, Gaea Products SA

George Vilos, Executive Director of Commercial &

 Business Development- Fraport Greece                        

Moderator             Nikos Filippidis, Journalist

 

13.30 – 15.00        Official Lunch

“From crisis to recovery : the plan towards

 equitable and sustainable growth”

 Yiannis Dragasakis, Deputy Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

 

 

15:00-15:30         “360^o  promotion strategy for Greece. Challenges & Roadmap”

                               Alexis Galinos, CEO, Athens Development and

                               Destination Management Agency (ADDMA)

                               Ioanna Papadopoulou, Director, Communications & Marketing,

                               Athens International Airport

                               Iossif Parsalis, General Manager, MARKETING GREECE 

                               Agathi Plota, Representative of EDEE (Association of Greek

                               Advertising and Communication Companies) &

                                Managing Director, Tribal Worldwide Athens

Moderator              Maria Theofanopoulou,  President & CEO of Danae Travel and Media Group

 

15:30-15:45       “Financing tourism projects: Mapping the new conditions”  

                              Spyros Venetsanos, Assistant General Manager, Head of   Structured

                              Finance,  Group Corporate & Investment Banking, Eurobank

15:45-16:00         “Create an experience guests will write home about”

                       Andreas Gerakanakis, Indirect Sales Manager

                       Hewlett Packard Enterprise

16:00-16:15         “Intelligent Hospitality Solutions”

                       Dimitris Bakakos, Sales Director Space Hellas

16:15-16:30         “Digital Transformation of the Hospitality Industry”

                       Spyros Timotheatos, Business Development Senior Manager,

                       Fixed & Mobile, ΟΤΕ group 

16:30-17:00         Q & As

[1] The presentation took place in the context of the study“Strategic Tourism Plan and Human Resources Development ” prepared on behalf of INSETE financed by resources of the NSRF 2007 – 2013