07/12/2011

Mr. G. Anomeritis, President and CEO of PPA SA, and Mr. Stavros Hatzakos, Director of Administration and President of MedCruise, participated in the Seatrade Winter Cruising Forum in Istanbul.

The interest of this year's Forum focused on Greece and the Mediterranean, exploring the possibilities of organizing winter cruise itineraries by the cruise market. Major cruise companies had bilateral meetings with PPA SA, regarding the cruise market in 2013 and 2014 and the policies to be implemented for the growth of the industry in Piraeus. Two major companies are considering new routes in 2013 in Greece, with the use of new-generation vessels.

On the occasion of the Forum, Mr G. Anomeritis visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate where he met the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew, and discussed (a) the recognition of Piraeus as an Ecoport, (b) the further exploring of the parameters for the development of religious tourism in the Mediterranean and Greece, and (c) the proposal for a future environmental Forum titled "Ports of the Apostles', coordinated by the Hellenic Port Association and PPA SA.