TAIPED invites bids for Alimos, Chios marinas

Greece’s privatization fund on Monday invited investors to submit expressions of interest in the sell-off of two key marinas in southern Athens and on the Aegean island of Chios. The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) launched the procedures for two separate international competitive tenders for granting the right to use and exploit the Alimos marina and the Chios marina for a period of at least 35 years in both cases. The deadline for initial expressions of interest by investors is January 16, 2018 for the Alimos marina and

Almost have of Greek consumers (47 percent) prefer to do their shopping in bricks-and-mortar stores after checking the main features and prices of their preferred commodities online, according to the annual ‘Future Buy’ survey conducted by GfK market researchers. This is the process called ‘webrooming.’ January 18, 2018 for Chios. The Alimos marina on Athens’s southern coast is one of the most important of its kind in Greece and among the biggest in the Eastern Mediterranean. Alimos, which currently offers 1,100 berths for leisure boats of various sizes, serves much of the berthing needs of Athens’s yacht charter market. The land area of the marina is also used for dry storage and yacht maintenance and includes buildings of varying use. The Chios marina is located in the middle of the island’s eastern coast, 2.5 kilometers from the city center of Chios and from the main port, and about 6 kilometers from the island’s international airport. “Yachting tourism is a priority for Greece and growth may be achieved through marina concessions as in the case of Alimos and Chios. Attracting investments in Greek marinas greatly impacts the overall image of the wider area and supports