Blogging Petros

A Travel experience from Cyprus

Petros Mavros — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:56:00 GMT

I have been traveling for professional reasons for some years now, and I have never had anything special to write. My last trip was to Dubai with Emirates Airlines and this time I have something to say. On May the 1st I had the opportunity to travel to...(read more)

Travel Freely !!! Greek and Cyprus tourism at your reach.

Petros Mavros — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:10:00 GMT

Travel Freely !!! Greek and Cyprus tourism at your reach. Whatever TV station you have on, whatever radio station you listen, whatever digital or paper newspaper you read, the news are the same. “Greece is in deep financial problems and this is...(read more)

Social Media Drive Sales to Tourism, Online marketing for tourism is social and profitable!!

Petros Mavros — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:03:00 GMT

This post is inspired on the Mashable post about Social Media and how it can drive revenue to airlines and hotels. Therefore I would like to thank Shashank Nigam , its writer for the inspiration. As Shashank very accurately says Social media is no longer...(read more)

Tax payer buyout to save Eurocypria

Petros Mavros — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:30:00 GMT

When Eurocypria was formed as a subsidiary Cyprus Airways airline in March 1995 the idea was to give an alternative way of visiting Cyprus as well as going abroad from Cyprus. As a charter airline, Eurocypria was a failure since the practices followed...(read more)

A glass of wine in Cyprus

Petros Mavros — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:22:00 GMT

I have recently had a very nice chat with an expert in Tourism who is very sensitive to how sustainable is the tourism activity. Someone who I respect very much and who I strongly believe his views are valid and very reasonable. Views I share and I find...(read more)

Larnaca Airport Black-out causing Unexcused noise from politicians

Petros Mavros — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:46:00 GMT

The unfortunate black-out of the runways in Larnaca Airport has created in my opinion too much noise. Hermes Airports has proven to be an efficient and very responsible company delivering without one day of delay 2 brand new airports for Cyprus according...(read more)

Meetings in Cyprus

Petros Mavros — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:57:00 GMT

When we are looking for a place for business meetings most of the times we think of business environment. Cyprus meetings industry offers a unique scenery for business meetings. Away from the tight corporate environment close to the splendid Mediterranean...(read more)

Leadership in Cyprus Tourism

Petros Mavros — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:52:00 GMT

After the WTM (2009) in London, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Mr. Antonis Paschalides has brought a very pessimistic message back to Cyprus. In a press conference he appeared very sure that Cyprus will lose even more on the UK tourism...(read more)

Expedia by Choice

Petros Mavros — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:47:00 GMT

It seems that Expedia understood that a hotel chain is sovereign. The negotiations between Expedia and Choice produced an agreement the leaves Expedia without last room availability. This means that Choice Hotel members have now the choice to work with...(read more)

The Choice of Expedia

Petros Mavros — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:39:00 GMT

I would like to thank Max Starkov for bringing up the courageous decision of Choice hotels to leave the conversations with Expedia. Yes finally we have a big player in accommodation supply to stand up and protest actively against the “Market Dictatorship”...(read more)

In Tourism, innovation, training and collaboration can turn Crisis into an Opportunity

Petros Mavros — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:15:00 GMT

The internet has become the first ally of Tourism Companies to fight Crisis. In the last months there is an increased interest from Cypriot travel companies to get trained on E-Marketing. This interest is mainly visible among the big travel related companies...(read more)

Measures to boost Tourism in Cyprus cause collateral damage

Petros Mavros — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Lately we hear on the news that the measures the Cyprus government adopted to boost tourism will continue for the year 2010. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism through the Cyprus Tourism Organization spends millions of Euros on “bonus...(read more)

Paphos International Airport - (PFO) – A great Experience

Petros Mavros — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:11:00 GMT

In the eighties Pafos was written on the international airport map with its PFO airport. Then the society in Cyprus was divided. Was Paphos was big enough to host an international airport? The area was basically abandoned by the Cypriot State since the...(read more)

From attracting to seducing, the internet has changed tourism as well

Petros Mavros — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Internet has become the means of attraction of tourists for many “inexistent” Tourist Destinations worldwide. Places like New Zealand, Slovakia, Montenegro or regions such as Murcia or Extremadura in Spain almost did not “exist”...(read more)

Cyprus, a tourist destination with nature

Petros Mavros — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:02:00 GMT

Once upon a time there was a country in the Mediterranean where you could swim in crystal waters, where you could walk in its green fields, where you could taste the real taste of its veggies, where you could get better water from the taps than from the...(read more)