E tolu paaga tetele mai le Greek MICE alamanuia ua tu'ufa'atasia e fa'alauiloa Eleni e avea o se fa'ai'uga mo fonotaga maualuluga ma mea e tutupu. O le Alliance ua mamanuina e faʻaleleia ai le tamaoaiga o le pisinisi fonotaga e ala i le faʻafesoʻotaʻi o itulagi o Eleni, fatuina o galuega ma faʻalauteleina tupe teufaafaigaluega.

O le Greek Meetings Alliance fou o le a faʻalauteleina ma faʻalauteleina le galulue faʻasamasamanoa ua leva ona tuʻufaʻatasia i le va o faʻalapotopotoga tetele i totonu o fonotaga ma vaega o mea tutupu: le Aai o Athens/O le Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau, le Hellenic Association of Professional Conference Organizers & Destination Event Specialists (HAPCO & DES) ma le Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB).

O se faʻamaumauga na faʻatuina ai le Greek Meetings Alliance na sainia i le taimi o se faʻamanatuga i le Megaron Athens Concert Hall i Oketopa 25. O le sainia o le Memorandum na sosoo ai ma se talanoaga e uiga i le lumanaʻi o turisi konafesi ma lona aafiaga tau tamaoaiga e faʻaalia ai ni taʻitaʻi taua e toʻalua Ray Bloom, Taitaifono o Vaega IMEX, ma Senthil Gopinath, Pule Sili o le ICCA.

Ia Novema 18^th o le GMA na faʻaalia aloaia i Thessaloniki i le taimi o le faʻaaliga o tagata tafafao maimoa a Philoxenia Helexpo. O failauga na aofia ai Athens Development and Destination Management Agency CEO Epameinondas Mousios, Peresitene o le Hellenic Association of Professional Conference Organizers & Destination Event Specialists (HAPCO & DES) Sissy Lignou, ma le Peresetene o le Komiti Faatonu o le Thessaloniki Convention Bureau, Yiannis Aslanis.

O fa'aaliga uma e lua na soso'o ai fo'i ma le fa'atalanoaga a le au fa'atusa e to'atolu a le GMA. O Athens lea - CVB International Relations Officer, Efi Koudeli, Hellenic Association of Professional Conference Organizers & Destination Event Specialists (HAPCO & DES) Failautusi Aoao Antonia Alexandrou ma Thessaloniki Convention Bureau Pule Faatonu Eleni Sotiriou na tuʻuina atu sini a GMA ma fuafuaga o gaioiga e faʻavae i luga o pou e lima. : GMA Recognition Establishment, Education, Extroversion and Growth Sustainability.

O fa'aaliga i 'a'ai uma e lua na 'auai ai le tele o fa'asinomaga aloa'ia e aofia ai Athens Μayor Kostas Bakoyannis, Sui Minisita o Turisi Sofia Zacharaki, GNTO peresitene Angela Gerekou ma GNTO failautusi aoao Dimitris Fragakis ma Sui Kovana οf Tourism, Itulagi o Central Macedonia Alexandros Thanos.

O le soʻotaga na amata faʻatupuina i le taimi o le faʻamaʻi ma muamua na taulaʻi i le fausiaina o se faʻasologa o mea faʻapitoa aʻo feagai le pisinisi a le MICE ma se faʻalavelave e leʻi tupu muamua. Ia Iulai 2020, na maeʻa ai e le soʻotaga le suʻesuʻega muamua na faʻamauina ai le aʻafiaga o faʻamaʻi i luga o paʻaga Eleni MICE. Ona sosoo ai lea ma ni fonotaga e lua e tu'uina atu ai fa'ai'uga o le su'esu'ega ma fa'atalanoa le fuafuaga mo le lumana'i o pisinisi fono.

O le galue malosi ua uma ona faʻaalia iʻuga. E fiafia Atenai i se igoa iloga o se nofoaga faavaomalo mo fonotaga ma mea e tutupu, tulaga 6th i Europa ma 8th i le lalolagi e tusa ai ma suʻesuʻega lata mai a le International Congress and Convention Association. E le gata i lea, o le This is Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau na aloaia e avea ma Europa Taʻitaʻi Aai Turisi i le 2022 World Tourism Awards. Thessaloniki, o le aai lona lua i le itu i matu, tulaga 35 i Europa ma 47 i le lalolagi e tusa ai ma lea lava suʻesuʻega, avea ma se taunuuga o loʻo tulaʻi mai ma nofoaga sili ona lelei ma gafatia tele. HAPCO & DES ua aloaia o se sui autu i le Global Task Force of PCOs of IAPCO ma ua faʻateleina lona faʻalavelave.

I lana saunoaga, na taʻua ai e Senthil Gopinath: "O le pisinisi fonotaga o se faʻavae mo le atinaʻeina o socio-economic, ma o taumafaiga faʻatasi e fesoasoani e fausia ai le tuputupu aʻe gafataulimaina i totonu o pisinisi. O le fa'avaeina o se so'otaga i le va o le aufaipisinisi a le aufaipisinisi fonotaga i Eleni o lo'o i luga o le fa'amoemoe, taimi ma taula'i. I le avea ai ma sui o le ICCA, ou te moomoo ia manuia tele le Greek Meetings Alliance.

O le pulenuu o le Aai o Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, na faamamafaina le taua o le MICE alamanuia i le fuafuaga a le aai mo le tamaoaiga i le lotoifale. "Matou te talitonu loloto i le malosi o faiga faapaaga e faalautele ai le talaaga o Athens o se taunuuga faavaomalo mo konafesi ma mea tutupu," o le tala lea a Bakoyannis. “Ose fa’amuamua lea e feso’ota’i vavalalata ma atina’e o le taulaga. E fa'alauiloa ai le fa'aleleia o atina'e o le taulaga ma e tatau ona fa'atatau o se meafaigaluega e mafai ona fa'aleleia ai le tulaga lelei o le olaga o tagata nofoia."

I lana tautalaga e fai ma sui o le Hellenic Ministry of Tourism, na saunoa ai le Sui Minisita Sofia Zacharakis: “Matou te lagolagoina ma le naunautai lenei fuafuaga tulaga ese. O lenei fesoʻotaʻiga fou e tuʻuina atu se feʻau manino: o tagata tafafao maimoa Eleni na manumalo i faʻamoemoega uma i lenei tausaga, ae matou te le malolo, matou te faʻaauau pea le agai i luma e sili atu le malosi. O le sini o le fausia o turisi maualuga ma paleni. E taua tele le sao o turisi i le konafesi i lenei atina'e, e aumaia ai luitau taua o ni avanoa sili foi. Matou te naunau e faʻaaogaina."

Na taʻua e le Peresetene o le Hellenic Association of Professional Conference Organizers (HAPCO & DES) Sissy Lignou: “O le Greek Meetings Alliance e auina atu se feʻau malosi e uiga i le malosi o le felagolagomaʻi ma le gafatia o Eleni e avea ma taʻutaʻua taunuuga o konafesi. Amata mai i se faʻaaliga na fanau mai i le lotolotoi o se tulaga faigata tele mo le atunuʻu ma mo tagata tafafao maimoa mai Eleni, o nei faʻalapotopotoga taʻutaʻua e tolu na amataina se faasologa o gaioiga faʻatasi lea o loʻo matou faʻatulagaina i aso nei e ala i se faʻamaumauga o le galulue faʻatasi. O la matou mafutaga o le a saofagā malosi ma le naunau i lenei auala masani.

O le Peresetene o le Komiti Faatonu o le Thessaloniki Convention Bureau, Yiannis Aslanis na saunoa: "O lenei felagolagomai e maua ai uiga sili ona lelei o pisinisi fonotaga i Eleni: fetuutuunai, tomai, fatufatuaʻi, felagolagomai. Mo MICE fa'apolofesa, o le taua tele mo le tamaoaiga o le atunu'u e fa'aalia e ia lava. Matou te faʻamoemoe o le a faʻamalamalamaina lenei mea moni ina ia mafai ai ona maua le lagolago o loʻo manaʻomia e le alamanuia i le atunuʻu ma tauva faʻavaomalo. O la matou fuafuaga faʻatasi e fausia ai se vaʻaiga i le va o nofoaga ma tagata tomai faʻapitoa e fai ma sui o le maketi atoa o konafesi Eleni e faʻamaonia ai le taua o fuafuaga ma gaioiga i le atunuʻu.