The message that Santorini is in full readiness for the 2025 season after the difficult start it experienced due to the seismic activity in February, the entire tourism industry wanted to pass on from the 6th Regional Conference of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers held yesterday on the island.

“Today, the island is read,y given the new peak season, it remains a safe and welcoming destination, and this is the message we want to spread this year for the destination which has experienced and is experiencing a difficult condition due to the earthquake activity,” Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, referring to the important step for the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the establishment and operation of the Tourism Management and Promotion Organization (DMMO) for the island. “The management of the seismic activity was done in terms of crisis management, which shows that we can respond to emergencies,”
Kefalogianni said.

In addition to the hosts, the President of POX Mr. Yannis Hatzis and the President of the Santorini Hoteliers Association Mr. Antonis Pagoni, the President of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises Mr. Mr. Yannis Paraschis, the President of AEGEAN Airlines Mr. Eftihis Vassilakis, the President of TEMES (Costa Navarino, The Ilisian -former Hilton of Athens) Achilleas Konstantakopoulos, the Vice President of SETE Mrs. Agapi Sbokou, the President of the Athens Hoteliers Association Mr. Eugenios Vassilikos, the President of the Athens Hotel Association, the Mayor of Thera Mr. Nikos Zorzos, the President of the Hotel Owners Association of Paros – Antiparos Mrs. Mania Abatzi, the Prefect of Kos and President of the Institute of Tourism Research and Forecasting (ITEP) Mrs. Constantina Svinou, the president of the Naxos Hotel Owners Association, Mr. Manolis Bardanis, Mr. George Leontaritis, Deputy Regional Governor of Cyclades, Mrs. Marianna Nikolaidou, Secretary of the Decentralized Administration of the Aegean.