Rediscovering Greek hospitality | Our two cents on the BBC
Sofia & Manolis | Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 | 7 Comments »
A few days ago we had a chat with the excellent BBC correspondent, Malcolm Brabant about tourism and hospitality in Greece which was broadcast on BBC World today.
Having read our whitepaper, Malcolm Brabant’s question was simple: What went wrong and how do you fix it. In the subsequent discussion we maintained – as we always do – that the solutions are there, if only hospitality professionals are willing to look deeply into their policies and what travellers actually need – instead of what we may think they do.
For us, it’s all about the long term solutions, the policy, the investment of time and good work that can show travellers, travel agents and the market that the Greek hospitality professionals are in it for the long run.
Take a look at the video which Mr. Brabant has uploaded on his YouTube channel.
Our heartfelt thanks – it is great to be given an opportunity to add a note of optimism in all the doom and gloom.
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Well done Sofia and Manolis. As a long-time traveler (I dont consider myself a tourist) in many places including Greece, I would like to mention couple of things, if I may. Re-discovering our roots and filoxenia is good but not enough. I think, what Greece tourist industry needs more is professionalism and originality in its services. The tourist wants to feel and experience “what is truly unique in Greece” in a 21st century enviroment that offers value for money. A cleaner enviroment, and politeness would also help. Other countries have done it, so why not Greece?
Hey Athena – thank you for your kind words. I agree that more things are needed – alas, in a short interview there is only so much you can put across.
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[...] Here is a little video we put together following our recent interview with the BBC correspondent, Malcolm Brabant about tourism and hospitality in Greece (read the relevant blog post). [...]
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