• Source: Xenia (hotel)

Xenia (Ξενία) was a nationwide hotel construction program initiated by the Hellenic Tourism Organisation (Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού, E.O.T.) to improve the country's tourism infrastructure in the 1960s and 1970s. It constitutes one of the largest infrastructure projects in modern Greek history.




History


Until the 1950s, Greece featured only a few major hotels, mostly situated in the country's great cities, and a few smaller ones in islands like Corfu or Rhodes. In 1950, EOT began a program to construct and operate hotels across the country, especially in the less-travelled areas. Locations were specially selected and the architecture combined local knowledge with standardized elements. The buildings were embedded in the landscape, but at the same time followed a modernist style.
The first manager of the project was the architect Charalambos Sfaellos (from 1950 to 1958) and from 1957 the buildings were designed by a team under Aris Konstantinidis. Many private hotel projects in Greece were inspired by the Xenia hotels and the program had reached its aims in the early 1970s.
In 1974 the construction program was complete. The Xenia program itself was officially terminated in 1983, and the hotels were given over to private operators or eventually sold off.
Some hotels are still operated privately under the Xenia name. Many of the program's hotels have been designated as historic monuments for their architectural value. Three have been demolished, while other surviving examples have been substantially altered or are in a dilapidated state.




Xenia hotels


This section lists the tourist establishments according to the administrative region to which they belong:
Attica Region

Xenia Poros (1964), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Spetses (1960), Architect F. Vokos
Central Macedonia Region

Xenia Edessa (1963), Architect I. Rizos
Xenia Paliouri (1962), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Platamon (1960), Architect F. Vokos
Xenia Serres (1960), Architect K. Stamatis
Xenia Ouranoupoli (1959), Architect P. Sakellariou
Western Macedonia Region

Xenia Florina (1958), Architect G. Nikoletopoulos
Xenia Kastoria (1952), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Xenia Kozani (1963), Architect K. Levidis
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region

Xenia Xanthi (1964), Architect G. Nikoletopoulos
Xenia Drama (1961), Architect K. Stamatis
Xenia Samothrace (1954), Architect K. Spanos
Xenia Thasos (1955), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Epirus Region

Xenia Igoumenitsa (1959), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Arta (1958), Architect D. Zivas
Xenia Ioannina (1958), Architect F. Vokos
Western Greece Region

Xenia Nafpaktos (1980), P. Architect Manouilidis
Xenia Olympia (I) (1963), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Olympia (II) (1966), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Missolonghi (1953), Architect I. Triantafyllidis
Thessaly Region

Xenia Kalabaka (1960), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Larissa (1959), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Skopelos (1961), Architect F. Vokos
Xenia Skiathos (1963), Architect G. Nikoletopoulos
Xenia Portaria (1957), Architect K. Kitsikis
Xenia Tsagkarada (1955), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Central Greece Region

Xenia Ypati (1956), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Xenia Karpenisi (1959), Architect F. Vokos
Xenia Delphi (1953), Architect D. Pikionis
Xenia Skyros (1955), Architect G. Doxiadi
Peloponnese Region

Xenia Nafplio (1958), Architect I. Triantafyllidis
Xenia Sparta (1958), Architect X. Mpougatsos
Xenia Vytina (1965), Architect K. Mpitsios
North Aegean Region

Xenia Samos (1958), Architect K. Stamatis
Xenia Chios (1958), Architect K. Stamatis
Xenia Mytilene (1961), Architect I. Antoniadis
South Aegean Region

Xenia Mykonos (I) (1962), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Mykonos (II) (1953), Architect P. Vasiliadi
Xenia Andros (1958), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Paros (1955), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Kos (1959), Architect F. Vokos
Xenia Patmos (1960), Architect M. Dalla
Xenia Kythnos (1970), Architect E. Tsiller
Xenia Sifnos (1961), Architect A. Papageorgiou
Ionian Islands Region

Xenia Corfu (1955), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Xenia Argostoli (1955), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Xenia Zakynthos (1955), Architects: E. Voureka; P. Vasiliadi; P. Sakellario
Xenia Cephalonia (1955), Architect Ch. Sfaellos
Xenia Lefkada (1978), Architect A. Michalakis
Crete Region

Xenia Karterou (1963), Architect A. Konstantinidis
Xenia Heraklion (1961), Architect G. Nikoletopoulos
Xenia Chania (1961), Architects: I. Tzompanaki; S. Kountouri
Xenia Rethymno (1961), Architect Aik. Dialisma




Bibliography


Donat, John: "Architecture of the Xenia Hotels" in World architecture, Volume 3, 1966. Page 145ff
Books, L. L. C., ed. (2 April 2017). Hotels in Greece: Grande Bretagne, Porto Carras, Xenia, Makedonia Palace, Titania, Hilton Athens, President Hotel Athens. General Books LLC. ISBN 9781158399420 – via Google Books.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Patung Pahlawan
• 2003
• Before Midnight (film)
• Antv
• Hendra Purnanto
• Daftar film bertema lesbian, gay, biseksual dan transgender
• Hari Kasih Sayang
• 2000-an
• Indonesia dalam tahun 2017
• Camille Montes
• Xenia
• Xenia (hotel)
• Xenia Hotels & Resorts
• Xenia, Ohio
• XHR
• Loving Adults
• List of public REITs in the United States
• Aris Konstantinidis
• InvenTrust Properties
• List of real estate investment firms