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BYRON D. ARGIRI Ltd Licence number 0206E61000146800
THE DESTINATION & EVENTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF GREECE®
46 Nikis Street, Athens 10558 Greece
Phone (+30) 210-360-0812 Fax (+30) 210-360-0861
E-mail: conceptours@conceptours.gr Website: http://www.conceptours.gr
Since 1977
30+ Years of
QUALITY
Conceptours , THE DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF GREECE®, was founded in 1977 and currently employs a
full time multilingual staff of 25. Conceptours is renowned as one of Greece's top Destination Management
Companies specializing in the planning, designing and meticulous operation of major conferences,
incentives, meetings, symposiums, and a distinct separate FIT department provides personalized services to
leisure travellers.
Conceptours has received numerous awards of excellence including from major international travel trade
associations and the Greek National Tourist Organisation. We are proud that the respected International
Herald Tribune pronounced Conceptours as the leading Destination Management Company in Greece.
Byron Argiri, founder of Conceptours, served as Chairman of ASTA International (American Society of
Travel Agents, Washington DC), the Ethics committee of SITE (Society of Incentive Travel Executives, New
York), Vice President of HATTA (Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies, Athens), the Tourism
Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, has received the Crowned Golden Cross
Medal bequeathed him by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Diodoros I, and was conferred the title of “Honorary
Citizen of New Orleans”. He is also included in the “Who’s Who in the World” and the “Dictionary of
International Biography” volumes.
Conceptours is a long time member in good standing of several trade-related Associations in the European
Union and the USA.
During the Olympic Games held in Athens during August 2004, Conceptours was entrusted with the
hospitality and transportation arrangements for Kodak, NBC, Sports Illustrated, France-TV, Meade-Westvaco,
Nuance, Lloyd’s Bank, Osram, etc. amongst several other important Olympic sponsors and major
corporations.
Conceptours' annual turnover is over seven million Euros. References on Conceptours may be obtained
from the Alpha Credit Bank, 14 Venizelou Street, Athens 10671. Additional references about Conceptours
may also be obtained from the Greek National Tourist Organization and/or any major hotel or cruise line of
Greece and/or any client that Conceptours has designed and operated Greece programmes for (see client
list).
The Conceptours’ executive staff includes….
• Byron D. Argiri President & CEO
• Nicolas Spartalis Executive Vice President
• Helena Colenda Vice President
• Michael Argiri Managing Director
• Amilia Bakopanos Incentive Groups Operations Manager
• Agamemnon "Memo" Konstas Manager Programme Planning
• Yannis Lagios Manager Special Group programmes
• Nick Pelecanos Senior Director Operations
• Caroline Misrahi FIT Operations Manager
• Eleni Kouremenou Welcome Services Executive
• Sakis Vlassis Meet & Greet Field Manager
• Zizi Tsanaka FIT & Special Interest Group Planning Manager
• Paola Kolenda FIT & Special Interest Group Planning Executive
• Vaggelis Spartalis Special Group programmes
Updated September 2008

BYRON D. ARGIRI Ltd Licence number 0206E61000146800
• Mandy Kafka Special Group programmes
• Eugenia Tsioga Account Executive
…and are supported by a dedicated team of professionals.
Updated September 2008