President
Amphitrion Group
t. +30 211 1090100
f. +30 211 1090114
e. george@maroutsos.info
BIO
Born in Athens, George Maroutsos studied Economics at the University of Athens and has postgraduate studies in Information Technology and an MBA from Strathclyde University. He has worked in the tourism industry since 1982.
From 2000 to 2005 he was Commercial Director of Galileo Hellas SA, responsible for Greece, Balkans, Cyprus and Israel. He cofounded and was General Manager of AtoZ Travel Consultants LTD from 2005 to 2013. He then went on to become General Manager of Aktina Travel Group until 2020.
He is currently Group General Manager of Amphitrion Group of companies since 2020.
He is also Chairman of P.E.TA.G.A., Secretary General of FedHATTA and a member of both ECTAA’s Air Matters and Technology committees.
Michael Maragopoulos
Vice President
SYNTHESIS GROUP S.A
t. +30 210 4190900
f. +30 210 4190905
e. mmaragopoulos@synthesis-group.gr
BIO
Born in Athens, Michael Maragopoulos studied at the Economic University of Piraeus, Finance – Statistics & Business Administration. He has worked in the tourism industry since 1977.
From 1982 to 1994 he was General Manager of Consortium Ltd. He then joined AKTINA SA as Consolidation Manager until 2005. From 2005 until this day, he is President-General Manager of AKTINA Horizon/ΑΚΤΙΝΑ International SA which got renamed in 2013 to Synthesis Group SA.
Having served on the board of PETAGA for several years he is currently Vice President.
Christos Kyvernitis
Secretary General
KYVERNITIS TRAVEL S.A.
t. +30 210 9001100
f. +30 210 9223403
e. christos@kyvernitis.gr
BIO
Christos Kyvernitis was born in Athens in 1974.
He graduated from the American College of Greece, Deree College with a major in Business Administration. He began his professional career in the tourism industry in 1997 at KYVERNITIS TRAVEL company.
He is President and CEO of KYVERNITIS TRAVEL since 2010 and Vice President of Erasmus SA since 2013.
Vasilis Vlahakis
Treasurer
Starlite Travel S.A.
t. +30 210 9215080
f. +30 210 921 5720
BIO
Born in Athens, Vasilis Vlahakis has been Managing Director of Starlite from 2001 until today. He has served on the board of PETAGA in various positions and is currently Treasurer.
Athanasios Grapsas
Member
NUOVA TRAVEL S.A.
t. +30 210 4220315
f. +30 210 4220314
e. thanos@nuova.gr
BIO
Following the family tradition, Thanos Grapsas has been in the Travel Industry since 1989. He’s holding IATA’s advanced diploma on ticketing and has been studying Leadership & Management at the Open University.
He’s the CEO Operations of J. GRAPSAS S.A. (Nuova Travel) and a member of the board of EVEP (www.pcci.gr).
He’s a member of the board of P.E.TA.G.A. since May 2015 and feels great knowing that thousands of people have traveled with tickets issued by him!
Lefteris Konstantopoulos
Member
Aktina Travel Group
t. +30 210 4221800
f. +30 210 4138545
e. Lefteris.Konstantopoulos@aktinatravelgroup.com
BIO
Born in Athens, Lefteris Konstantopoulos is a graduate of Athens School of Tourism. From 1992 to 1994 he was Conference Manager at Capsis Hotels & Resorts. He was Sales & Marketing Manager of HORIZON from 1995 to 2008. In 2008 he joined Aktina Travel Group and is curently Sales & Marketing Director. He also serves as a member of the P.E.TA.G.A. board.
Dimitrios Matthaios
Member
Aspida Travel Ltd
t. +30 210 4122611
f. +30 210 4119342
e. aspida@otenet.gr
BIO
Born in Athens, in 1982, Dimitrios Matthaios is a graduate of Edward Baruch College, in New York, Bachelor in Accounting, Minor in Finance. He started his career in the hospitality industry in the States in 1998. He then joined Aspida Travel in 2004 and went on to become Managing Director from 2006 until today.
A member of the P.E.TA.G.A. board since 2014, he has also served the boards of Livanion School Alumni Society and the Kardamylian Society.