A great project is that one that is not made with compromises, nor with tactic outside the ‘comfort zone’. It will become big, not because of too much attention or technique but for one and only one reason. Because it pursues perfection and the further it goes, the hunt becomes uninterrupted, almost relentless. Great works do not obey rules but create them. Leaving their indelible imprint on time.
A great project just makes you calm.
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Η πραγματικότητα είναι πολύ, πιο σύνθετη απ’ όσο νομίζουμε. Ο ιδεοψυχαναγκασμός και η αρχιτεκτονική, δύο λέξεις, δύο έννοιες εκ διαμέτρου αντίθετες, αποκλείεται να έχουν κάποιο κοινό τόπο, έστω ένα σημείο σύγκλισης. Σήμερα, θα καταρρίψω αυτή την τόσο λανθασμένη σκέψη, καθώς αυτά που ενώνουν την αρχιτεκτονική και τον ψυχαναγκασμό είναι πολλά περισσότερα από αυτά που τα χωρίζουν.
Η Αρχιτεκτονική λογίζεται ως Επιστήμη αλλά και ως Τέχνη. Ως επιστήμη επιδιώκει την εφαρμογή και πιστή εκτέλεση των μελετηθέντων σχεδίων με τη βοήθεια των κατάλληλων υλικών. Αποστολή της (ως επιστήμη) είναι η διαμόρφωση του φυσικού χώρου ως ένα καταφύγιο που εμπεριέχει τα στοιχεία της προφύλαξης, της οικειότητας, της απομόνωσης από τους φρενήρεις ρυθμούς της καθημερινότητας. Continue reading »
Με μια αξιοσημείωτη πτώση της τάξης του – 8,7% στην Πληρότητα, του – 10,1% στο Έσοδο ανά Διαθέσιμο Δωμάτιο (RevPar) και του -1,8% στη Μέση Τιμή Δωματίου ξεκίνησε το 2019 για τα αθηναϊκά ξενοδοχεία (Ιανουάριος 2019, έναντι Ιανουαρίου 2018).
Ακόμη πιο εντυπωσιακό αποτελεί το γεγονός ότι η Αθήνα σημειώνει τη μεγαλύτερη πτώση πληρότητας και τη μεγαλύτερη πτώση RevPar Continue reading »
From the sunny slopes of the Acropolis to the sunny shores of the up and coming Athens Riviera, there is a new buzz around greater Athens these days. Home to almost four million people – more than a third of the population Greece’s largest province, Attica, is resurgent after bearing the brunt of the country’s almost decade long financial crisis. In the past two years in particular, greater Athens has seen a revival in everything from city center night life to hotel development to new hi-tech start-ups.
Development of the Athens Riviera is taking off with the redevelopment of the former Athens airport, a mega-project that Continue reading »
Even as Greece’s summer tourist crowds thin, tourism investors are flocking to Athens to discuss opportunities in the country’s hotels, resorts and marinas.
In October, the Greek capital was the site of two major global conferences – on Mediterranean resorts and hotels, and on marinas confirming the growing interest in Greek tourism properties.
Greece has seen five record years of tourist arrivals and is expected to welcome more than 30 million visitors in 2018. And, according to a recent joint opinion poll by real estate platform Continue reading »
Growth Prospects
Greek think tank IOBE sees economic growth accelerating to 2.1% this year from an estimated 1.3% rate in 2017. The estimate is broadly in line with the official Greek government and Europe- an Commission forecasts, both of which see GDP growing at a 2.5% rate this year. Greece’s revised 2017 GDP data is due to be released in early March.
Tesla Greece
Leading U.S. electric automobile manufacturer Tesla is setting up an R&D facility in Greece to tap local scientific expertise in electric motor technology. The facility is expected to employ Continue reading »
The U.S. State Department has included Greece in its top category of safe destinations for American travelers to visit under its newly created travel advisory system. U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said on Twitter: “I’m looking forward to seeing even more American tourists here in Greece in the year ahead.”
Tourism in the Peloponnese is gaining momentum, which is driven by the area’s upgraded infrastructure, the development of thematic travel products and promotional activities run by regional authorities.
Kalamata City, Photo: mythicalpeloponnese.gr
Ermionida, Argolis Photo: G.Ktizein
More specifically, the area was recently included among the 50 best places to travel in 2018 by the Travel+Leisure Magazine, along with Buenos Aires in Argentina, Marrakesh in Morocco and the Fiji Islands. Continue reading »
In 2017 tourist arrivals are expected to hit a new record high and tourism receipts to recover from last year’s decline , as Greece is considered to be a safer destination compared to its neighbouring peers and is offering high quality hospitality. (Chart 17).
According to the latest Bank of Greece data , tourist arrivals (excluding cruises) in the first eight months of 2017 increased by 9.9% yoy, compared to an increase of just 1.3% in the same period of 2016, while travel rece ipts increased by 9.1%, compared to a sharp drop by – 9.1 % in the first eight months of 2016.
Especially in August 2017 , tourism receipts increased by 16.4 % yoy (from – 13.0 % yoy in August 2016 ) and arrivals by 14.3 % yoy (from +1 .8% in 2016 ). In August alone, foreign visitor arrivals reached 5.8 million – the highest number ever for this month (Chart 18).
According to Greek Tourism Confederation estimates (May 2017), in 2017 tourist arrivals (including cruises) are expected to reach approximately 28.5 million and receipts to increase by 7.5% yoy. In addition, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council, the total contribution of tourism to GDP in 2017 is expected to increase by 6.9% to approximately 20%.
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