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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ATHENS — Tourism-related enterprises that do not develop more viable and ecological products face the prospect of negative publicity, Chairman of Considerate Hoteliers Graham Miller said at the Delphi Economic Forum VI, based at Zappeion Hall in Athens, on Tuesday.
At a panel discussion on "Eco-Friendly Greece: Making Greece a Top Sustainable Tourism Destination", Graham Miller said that investments in saving on energy and water are not necessarily expensive. He cited as example sensors in a hotel room that turn power off and save as much as 15 pct of the energy cost for a single room.
The coronavirus pandemic has turned people into wiser travellers, looking for destinations that respect the environment, Randy Durband, CEO of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) said at the panel. Although data show that travellers do not ask a lot of questions before booking a hotel, they are happy when they see that it follows good environmental practices, particularly if they are under 35 yeras of age.
As Eleni Andreadis, Director of Sustainability at Sani-Ikos pointed out, being profitable and following 'green practices' is not incompatible, and said all hotels in her group followed this, while one was also plastic free. The target is to turn all hotels in the group to zero-waste hotels, which needs proper training of the staff, she added.
Also speaking at the panel were Gregory Miller, Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), and CEO of Travel Foundation Jeremy Sampson. The discussion was moderated by Marianna Skylakaki, Editor in Chief of award-winning daily newsletter αθηNEA.
The international conference of May 10-15 is under the aegis of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and Athens-Macedonian News Agency is a communications sponsor (see www.amna.gr/delphi-VI).
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.