Its rich cultural heritage, unique natural environment and mild climate, as well as its multifaceted tourism resources render Greece the ideal destination for world-class congress tourism and incentive travels.
We should not forget that the concept of the congresses was born in Ancient Greece with the Delphic Ampyctionies. Greece aims very high by steadily improving its infrastructure with a multitude of new projects in the light of the Olympic Games 2004, such as the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, one of the largest and most contemporary world-wide, the establishment of large congress and exhibition centres, as well as numerous luxurious hotel units featuring congress facilities staffed with experienced professionals.
Among the top priorities of the congress sector's professionals and the relevant public authorities -such as the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Development, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), and the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO)- is the promotion of the country's competitiveness, the qualitative improvement of services, and the establishment of information offices for Congress Tourism in all major Greek cities, such as the Thessaloniki Conventions and Visitors Bureau (TCVB), the Athens Conventions and Visitors Bureau (ACVB), the Conventions and Visitors Information Centre of Edessa City, and relevant offices that will operate soon in Rhodes, Crete and Patra.
The Olympic Games 2004 that will be held in Greece, the large infrastructure projects nearing completion and the co-ordinated efforts made by all agencies, will assist our country in gaining a much larger segment of the international competitive congress-market and to be recognised as an ideal choice and destination for congresses, incentive travel and a number of other organised and specialised events that make-up the congress-tourism industry.
Through comprehensive printed and electronic promotion proposals presented to the Greek and international markets, HELLENIC SUN EDITIONS makes a significant contribution in promoting our country as a unique, ideal congress destination, through the provision of all necessary information regarding the potential of Greece and the country's professionals. Through the information provided with its printed editions, its CD ROMs and the web pages at www.helsun.gr and www.hapco.gr, you can organise your next congress in Greece.