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ATHENS - ATTICA
B O D I E S & O R G A N I Z A T I O N S
Athens Convention Bureau
(
ACB)
7,
Xenofontos str., 10557 Athens,
Tel.: +30 210 3253123, Fax: +30 210 3216653,
URL:
e-mail:
Contact Person: Ms. Alexia Panagiotopoulou, Sales and Marketing Director
Athens is experiencing a growing global interest as a conference and
meetings destination.
The Athens Convention Bureau (ACB) -a division of Athens
Development and Destination Management Company, the official
tourism board of the city- aims to make the capital of Greece the
destination of choice for conventions, conferences, meetings and
incentives.
Since April 2008, the ACB has been promoting and showcasing Athens
in the demanding international conference and meetings market and
providing service to every foreign association or business interested in
hosting conferences or events in the city. The ACB is serving a long-
time need in the tourism sector in Athens and its activities have already
resulted in the first tangible results, as well as receiving particularly
encouraging feedback.
The ACB's activities have three main goals:
1.
To serve and efficiently respond to every expression of interest in
staging events in the city. In addition, it provides information on
anything related to the conference product of Athens. This effort has
already been deemed a success and has engendered great optimism
for the future of conference tourism in the city.
2.
The ACB aims to pursue major international conferences and
meetings. It is already collaborating with competent bodies in
successfully attracting and conducting important conferences in
Athens. This intervention is geared to the continuing, significant
reinforcement of the local tourism and conference market, as it focuses
on the attraction of conferences and events that under different
circumstances would never considering coming to Athens.
3.
The ACB's main concern is to promote and showcase the Athens
conference product. Specifically, familiarisation trips are conducted for
conference planners and representatives of major multinational
companies, allowing them to get to know Athens and to organise their
company meetings here.
With a wide selection of conference halls, Athens can cater for
conferences of literally all sizes and topics and offers a wide variety of
luxury and mid range accommodation establishments. Most hotels
were upgraded or renovated for the 2004 Olympic Games or built after
that, offering exceptional services.
The Athens International Airport serves 16, 5 million passengers and
over 200.000 flights every year from virtually all over the world. A state-
of-the-art metro system, wide avenues, efficient public transportation
and a compact city center, all make moving around Athens easy and
convenient.
Just add famous archeological sites, a vivacious night life, a wonderful
Riviera, modern shopping districts or traditional street markets and an
immense variety of cuisines.
A T H E N S C I T Y & M E T R O P O L I T A N A R E A - C O N F E R E N C E C E N T R E S
Athinais Cultural Center
34-36,
Kastorias str., 10447 Athens, Tel.: +30 210 3480000, Fax: +30 210 3480007, URL:
e-mail: sales@athinais.com.gr, Open: All year round,
Contact Person: Mr. Alexandros Vouros
Capsis Cultural, Exhibition & Conference Center
10,
Parnonos str., 15125 Marousi, Tel.: +30 210 6142083-7, Fax: +30 210 6142072, URL:
e-mail: conference@capsis.gr, Open: All year round,
Contact Person: Mr Vassilis Katsaganis
Hellenic War Museum
2,
Rizari str. & Vas.Sofias ave., 10675 Athens, Tel.: +30 210 7244464, Fax: +30 210 7245838, Open: All year round
