Corfu Deputy Mayor at HATTA General Assembly
tourism
19 Jan 2018
/ 14:00
Corfu Deputy Mayor for Tourism and Education, Vassilis Kavadias, attended the HATTA (Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies) general assembly in Athens on 16th January.
Mr. Kavadias had meetings with the President of FedHATTA, Lysandros Tsilidis, and the President and Vice-President of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents), Zane Kerby and Robert Duglin. They discussed the upcoming visit of a group of American agents to Corfu following the World Tourism Conference in Athens on 19th April. The Americans expressed great interest in our island, especially regarding its special events and wedding ceremonies.
During his visit to Athens, the deputy mayor also met with representatives from Ryanair and Aegean and they discussed strategies for collaboration between the municipality and the two companies. This was followed by a meeting with journalists from Kathimerini and Naftemporiki newspapers as well as representatives from Travelling News, to whom Mr. Kavadias presented the Corfu Tourism Promotion programme for them to promote.
Finally, the deputy mayor presented the Tourism Promotion programme to the Vice-President of the Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT), Aggeliki Hondromatidou, and they discussed how they could work together to implement it. They also talked about collaborating on the Greek Sports Conference, which will take place in Corfu, and the Corfu Food and Wine Festival on 13th May.
During his visit to Athens, the deputy mayor also met with representatives from Ryanair and Aegean and they discussed strategies for collaboration between the municipality and the two companies. This was followed by a meeting with journalists from Kathimerini and Naftemporiki newspapers as well as representatives from Travelling News, to whom Mr. Kavadias presented the Corfu Tourism Promotion programme for them to promote.
Finally, the deputy mayor presented the Tourism Promotion programme to the Vice-President of the Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT), Aggeliki Hondromatidou, and they discussed how they could work together to implement it. They also talked about collaborating on the Greek Sports Conference, which will take place in Corfu, and the Corfu Food and Wine Festival on 13th May.
