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The biggest exhibition for tourism and the ultimate meeting point for hoteliers, opened its gates today and welcomes thousands of owners & executives of hotel businesses, architects, engineers, representatives of the construction industry and horeca executives to Metropolitan Expo.
Over 520 companies present modern hotel equipment, innovative materials and sustainable practices for construction and decoration, professional kitchen machinery and tools, digital reservation systems and marketing applications. From its first hours of operation, Xenia 2023 confirms that it is the ultimate exhibition for the tourism industry, focusing on all the key issues that concern the modern hotelier, from the development and optimization of their business in terms of infrastructure and services which offer, as well as their digital presence, the targeted and correct promotion, but also the correct management and organization. At the same time, Xenia presents for the first time «ONEliving», a pioneering concept designed by the Costas Gagos Architecture & Design team in Hall 2, in a specially designed space of 420 sq.m., aiming to change what we knew until today.
Minister of Tourism, Mrs. Olga Kefalogianni, inaugurated Xenia trade show, with the presence of market executives, representatives of tourism and hospitality industry associations, such as Mr. Alexandros Vassilikos (President of Hellenic Chamber of Hotels) and members of the management team of FORUM SA | Trade Shows & Publications – Member of NürnbergMesse GmbH, Mr. Thanos Panagoulias (President of BOD & CEO), Mr. Stratos Apostolakos (CFO & Executive Board Member), Mrs. Katia Molfeta (Head of Sales Department), Mr. Thanassis Gialouris (Publications & Production Director) and Mrs. Margarita Rousinou(HR Business Partner).
Parallel events that reflect the hospitality developments
Xenia 2023 presents even more targeted and innovative projects this year, aiming to be a suitable ground for networking, exchange of ideas and proposals, but also platforms for dialogue and knowledge for the professionals of hospitality in Greece. The program of parallel events for the first day of the exhibition is especially interesting.
At Digi Hotel, the leading digital event of the hotel industry in Greece, all the modern tools of Digital Marketing for the tourism industry and the ways they can be used by hoteliers and their executives will be presented. The first day starts at Hall 1 of the exhibition, with the experts analyzing topics such as the Metaverse in the hospitality industry, the digital transformation of hotels, the developments in digital marketing, the digital payments, the guest experiences in hotels of the future, AI in the hotel industry and the financing programs. You can see the detailed program of Digi Hotel here.
Also extremely interesting are the speeches of important Greek architects, civil engineers, lighting designers and hoteliers who will analyze selected case studies of hotel projects – mainly in the sectors of resorts, boutique and city hotels – developing the challenges that had to be faced, from the initial concept to their final implementation, on the specially designed stage The Red Spot Stage. The case studies of the hotels Pnoe Breathing Life in Heraklion, Avant Mar in Paros, Domes Noruz Mykonos and Minois Luxury Boutique Hotel in Paros and the thematic section “Treasure or Trash? Papoutsanis and Coffe-Eco answer how the circular economy is applied in hotels!” will star today in the panel discussions that will take place on the specially designed stage in Hall 2. The detailed program of The Red Spot Stage can be seen here.
The new trends prevailing in the international hotel scene, the performance of the tourism sector in 2023 and the new actions of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels will be highlighted at the 11th General Assembly of HCH., which will take place during the Xenia exhibition, today at 12.00, in Hall C1 of Metropolitan Expo. See more here.
