ALPINE and HO.RE.CA

Alpine Center supports events that contribute to the growth and professionalism of those entering or already working in the hospitality industry. We welcome opportunities that expose our students to innovations and updates in the field of hospitality. One such event is HO.RE.CA.

This year, HO.RE.CA will take place in the Metropolitan Expo from 8 to 11 February 2013. HO.RE.CA, at its 8th edition, has been already established as one of the most successful professional fairs in Greece. The high international standard of the exhibition center Metropolitan Expo, the innovative design, the excellent organization and the right product grouping along with the extensive advertising budget, and the numerous innovative events contribute to HO.RE.CA’s success. Hence HO.RE.CA has been instituted as the single most important commercial forum – decisively contributing to the improvement and modernization of the infrastructure and the services of Tourism and Food service in the wider Balkan region.

HO.RE.CA contributes to the development of products, services and trends and plays an active role in parallel events. Few of such events are:

Future Hotel on the Web

"The future hotel on the web" is an innovative event where you will learn how to drive customers from the web to your door. During the exhibition, numerous workshops, interactive applications and lectures will be presented.

“Greek Breakfast” will be served at the 8th HO.RE.CA

The project “Greek Breakfast” is an initiative of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) focused on the Greek culinary tradition, aimed at the promotion of the wealth and the authenticity of local products and gastronomy bringing together hoteliers and local producers.

1st Bartending Show at the 8th HO.RE.CA!

This is an unique show for professional Bartenders, bar managers and bar and café owners will take place at the 8th HO.RE.CA 2013, offering a wide range of events and competitions under the auspices of the Hellenic Barmen Association (HBA).

Greek Gastronomy Marketing Plan by SETE

Greek gastronomy marketing plan by SETE is aiming to promoting and establishing Gastronomy as one of the key reasons for tourists choosing Greece as their holiday destination, HO.RE.CA offers SETE (Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises) the chance to present all the latest developments concerning the “Greek Gastronomy Marketing Plan”.

6th International Gastronomy Forum

Hellenic Chef’s Association for one more year will organize at HO.RE.CA its highly successful Gastronomy Forum which has already been recognized as a tradition.

For more additional information please see Ms Sevi at reception or the HO.RE.CA site

Ozvalto Valdi Dollija

Hotel School Operations Manager

SETE Teams Up With Travelife For A Sustainable Tourism Industry

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) recently signed a cooperation agreement with Travelife* and the European Centre for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism (ECEAT) to support the sustainability of Greek tourism.

The cooperation agreement aims to support Greek tourism enterprises recover profitability while improving their environmental and social performance.

The cooperation will focus on Travelife services that offer certification systems for the sustainability of tourism enterprises.

These services provide solutions that help the industry and its suppliers deliver environmental and social improvements throughout the tourism supply chain. More specifically:

- The Travelife Sustainability System for Hotels and Accommodations (ABTA managing authority) that provides a certification system in cooperation with tour operators.
- The Travelife Sustainability System for Tour Operators & Travel Agencies (ECEAT managing authority) that offers a wide range of services that support sustainability and includes training, management, planning, reporting and B2B tools.

Greek travel agencies interested in Travelife may also contact the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA).

*Travelife is a training, management and certification initiative for tourism companies committed to reach sustainability.

source: GTP