Program
9:30 - 10:00
Registration & Welcoming Coffee
10:00 - 10:30
Opening remarks/Greetings
Kyriakos Pozrikidis, Managing Director of TIF HELEXPO
Elena Kountoura, Minister of Tourism Greece
Grogoris Tasios, President of Hellenic Hoteliers Federation
10:30 - 12:00 1st SESSION
Seasonality: Α marketing and institutional approach
George Drakopoulos
President & CEO Tourism Generis
Development of three 55+ Silver Travel Products with Unique Selling Proposition Worldwide for Greece
Stella Ι. Tsartsara
Silver Tourism expert, Gerontologist, Place Branding expert
Wellbeing, a challenge that we have to deal with
Alexandros Angelopoulos
Managing Director of Aldemar Resorts
Building an outstanding tourism destination for seniors
Sabine Switalla
Selective Tourism & Destination Development Consultant, Rodos
Proposal for the use of the LLM Care system in 55+ tourism in Greece
Panagiotis Bamidis
Assoc. Professor, Medical Education Informatics AUTH,
Founder & Principal Investigator of LLM Care Ecosystem & Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab (ThessAHALL)
Moderator: Michalis Kefalogiannis, Journalist, medical correspondent
12:00 – 12:15 Mini Coffee Break
12:15 - 13:45 2nd SESSION
Decoding the dynamic market of Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia"
George A. Vilos
Executive Director of Commercial & Business Development Fraport Greece
Growing the 55+ travel market
Dr Dimitris Koutoulas
Tourism & Marketing Consultant Assistant Professor of Tourism Management, University of Patras
Development strategy of Greek Healing Resources
Markos Danas
General Secretary of the Hellenic Associations of Municipalities with Thermal Springs Member of Executive Council of the European Historic Thermal Towns Association
Senior Travellers: Leading the way to more accessible tourism services for all
Ivor Ambrose
Managing Director ENAT - European Network for Accessible Tourism a.s.b.l., Belgium
Salt & Pepper in Tourism
Constantinos Sfikas
Guide, Journalist Unesco
Moderator: Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist Radio Thessaloniki
13:45 - 14:15 Lunch Break & Networking
14:15 - 15:30 Round table
Discussion panel: The extension of the tourist season requires strong will and reliable synergies!
Participants
Haris Neofytidis
Operations Director Chandris Hotels
George Paliouras
Business Development Manager Rhapsody Travel
Stavros Daliakas
Commercial Director Ellinair Airlines
Efi Kalampoukidou
Qualified Tourist Guide of Greece
Ex.Co. President of the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (FEG)
Tasos Gousios
Tourism Marketing Consultant Alpha Marketing Greece
Moderator: Sakis Papadopoulos, Journalist Omorfa Taxidia
15:30 End of Conference
