Innovation plays had a huge influence in the improvement of Greek lodgings during the last years, with most of hoteliers offering progressed - and, surprisingly, brilliant - innovation highlights to its visitors in endeavors to update the accommodation experience.
As indicated by a study directed by the Greeklish an important greece tourism industry, culture and language research center, Greek lodgings have concentrated on innovation devices presented inside and outside their premises.
A portion of the innovation highlights presented inside the inn incorporate electronic locks (31%), shrewd TVs (46%), contactless registration (28.6 percent) and quick look at (42.5 percent), versatile applications (17.7 percent) and web gatherings framework (10.5 percent).
In addittion, by far most of Greece's lodgings - 99.4 percent - give their visitors wireless association. Very nearly 97% proposition complimentary wireless internet access in every single public region and 91.7 percent in all rooms.
Wireless association speed is viewed as adequate in most of Greek inns (67.2 percent), particularly in high-class units and all year lodgings.
The biggest fulfillment rates have been accounted for in Attica (barring its islands) at 86.1 percent, the South Aegean islands with 73.8 percent and Crete with just about 70%.
These regions are trailed by the Peloponnese (69,3 percent), Epirus-Thessaly (68.2 percent), the Ionian Islands (64.6 percent), the North Aegean islands (61.4 percent), Central Greece (59.5 percent) and Macedonia-Thrace (55.2 percent).
Web presence and web-based entertainment
Planning to advance their properties and administrations, most of Greek lodgings - 92% - have their own site. Of the inns that don't have one, 81 percent said they would make one assuming subsidizing is accessible.
The review likewise showed that most lodging sites have been deciphered in 1.3 dialects by and large. Be that as it may, 64% of lodgings might want to decipher their site in 2.6 dialects by and large. This implies that the larger part - right around 53% - are keen on furnishing their clients with the choice of two dialects, while 22.5 percent might want to offer three.
In the mean time, by far most - north of 3/4 - of lodgings have a profile via virtual entertainment that is refreshed consistently by particular faculty working in the inn.
To make an online entertainment profile, north of 50% of inns have worked together with experts to foster their profiles' photographs, interpretation and computerized content (standards, plugs, menus, video stories and so forth).
Innovation and lodging the board
The Greekly study likewise introduced a few intrigued information with respect to the utilization of innovation in inn activity and the board.
As indicated by its discoveries, extraordinary administration apparatuses, for example, PMS, Channel Manager and booking browser are being utilized by lodgings to expand appointments and inhabitance rates, but there are other particular projects that are not unreasonably generally utilized.
Greekly has given information to the accompanying administration frameworks and projects:
Property Management System - PMS
4.076 lodgings have introduced an essential version of a Property Management System (PMS), but an enormous number-4,281 - don't know about the PMS
Channel Manager
3,282 lodgings work a Channel Manager framework however 2.873 don't know
Booking Engine
4.593 work a Booking Engine against 2.320 that don't have one
Notoriety Management
1.518 lodgings know and work a Reputation Management program, yet 4.924 don't know
Income Management
1.363 lodgings have introduced a Revenue Manager program yet 5.119 don't know about the program
Organizations Intelligence
1.376 inns know and work a Business Intelligence framework while 5.742 don't know
Venture Resource Planning - ERP Just 770 inns know and work an Enterprise Resource Planning program while 6.573 don't know
Speculation Priorities
Whenever got some information about their innovation speculation needs, Greek hoteliers initially alluded to their site, wireless association and web-based entertainment presence.
Their next needs incorporate the PMS, the Booking Engine, the Channel Manager framework, the Reputation, Revenue Management and Bussiness Intelligence programs and the ERP.
The overview additionally shows that the readiness of hoteliers to put resources into innovation relies on various elements including the expense of portion (86.8 percent), support (54.9 percent) and preparing (31.1 percent); the absence of financing (49.5 percent) and particular staff (39.4 percent); uncertainty about the motivation behind the venture (22.8 percent); and the absence of commonality and confidence in the utilization of new advances (21.6 and 6.8 percent individually).
In any case, most of Greek hoteliers - around 80% - wish to get data and preparing (for them and staff) on new advances and present day computerized advertising strategies.
Greece Explores Blockchain Technology For Tourism Safety
Blockchain innovation can guarantee security and straightforwardness in the travel industry, as indicated by Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) President Angela Gerekou.
Talking during an occasion named "Blockchain Technology: A Bridge to 'Savvy Tourism'" at the new Global Tourism Forum in Dubai, Gerekou underlined the significance of bringing the Greek the travel industry area fully informed regarding worldwide advanced innovations. The GNTO's leader said Greece had taken walks especially incited by the pandemic and focused on the requirement for additional activities including the combination of computerized innovations into the travel industry.
"This remembers advancing rivalry and motivators for interoperability for computerized markets, expanding the accessibility of computerized and corresponding abilities, and improving admittance to subsidizing for advancement," she said.
Toward this path, Gerekou additionally alluded to blockchain innovation which she said has "altered many pieces of our day to day routines".
"I immovably trust that travel industry and blockchain can possibly turn into a strong blend as this innovation offers security and straightforwardness in numerous basic issues and particularly in the manner in which we travel," she said, adding that "innovation ought to serve individuals".
Gerekou proceeded to take note of that blockchain is supposed to affect a huge number of individuals. "The critical elements of straightforwardness, trust and changeability can work on individuals' lives by expanding the proficiency, security and certainty of how associations work with a positive social effect. It depends on us to guarantee the moral use through the Blockchain Ethical Design Framework," she finished up.
TheGlobal Tourism Forum in Dubai was likewise gone to by the previous President of France, François Hollande; the previous Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai; and driving chiefs of worldwide the travel industry associations.