The aim is to accommodate guests who are in the country through the tour operator. FTI which went bankrupt, replied the president of the Hotel Chamber of Greece, Alexandros Vasilikos, to a question from a journalist. He stressed that it is once again proven that tourism does not lend itself to excessive optimism or complacency, because from one moment to the next many facts can be reversed.
“The concern of all of us now is that visitors who come to our country through this particular tour operator can enjoy the warm Greek hospitality. However, the resolution of such problems cannot always be left to the sole philanthropy of the hotelier, who also suffers the financial loss A European legislative framework must be created immediately, which will allow Member States to intervene by protecting the rights of consumers – visitors and hoteliers alike. “Let us collaborate with the Ministry of Tourism and the government to study how the financial losses of our member hoteliers can be mitigated,” he said.
FTI: He sent a letter to Greek hoteliers
A letter from FTI, according to which reservations made through it will proceed normally and the amounts paid by travelers will be covered by an insurance fund, I received from Greek hotels.
According to a message from the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers Yiannis Hatzis on travel booked through FTI. , 5vorFlug or BigXtra.
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“Together with the DRSF, we will try to ensure that our guests can complete their trip as planned. Please do not hold them responsible as each guest will be covered by a covering letter with billing instructions issued by the DRSF,” the letter states.
At the same time, Greek hoteliers are on edge, waiting for the situation to evolve
What the Ministry of Tourism highlights
The Ministry of Tourism emphasizes that the holiday packages of German visitors to our country by the company in question have already been paid or prepaid, so that the risk of non-payment of hoteliers and other companies involved has been avoided.
According to information from the Association of German Travel Agencies DRV as well as the official press release from FTI, this means that payments made – the full price of the trip if it has already been paid, as well as advance payments – are protected in case of insolvency. This applies to customers who have booked a package holiday.
The DRSF is now responsible for processing in the event of insolvency, in close collaboration with the organizer concerned. This means that the DRSF is responsible, on the one hand, for the reimbursement of the travel price paid to the customers concerned and, on the other hand, for any necessary repatriation of visitors. The majority of FTI’s customers were 70% directed to Crete and Rhodes, 20% to Corfu and Kos and the remaining 10% covered the rest of the country.