Our References
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Evangelos C. Karademas, Associate Professor of Clinical Health Psychology
Rethymnon, October 7th, 2011
Dear Mrs Leventi,
On behalf of the organizers of the 25th European Health Psychology Conference, I would like to cordially thank you and the members of your team, for managing our conference in an outstanding and really professional way. The annual European Health Psychology Conference was held this year in Hersonissos, September 20-24, 2011,
and was organized by the Department of Psychology, University of Crete and the Division of Clinical and Health Psychology of the Hellenic Psychological Society.
More than 900 participants attended our Conference, a fact that renders it as the larger so far in the history of the European Health Psychology Society. Furthermore,
it seems to be one of the more successful in all aspects: the scientific and the social programme, the facilities, accommodation etc.
I believe that your contribution to the great success of the Conference was catalytic.
From the moment that we undertook the responsibility of organizing the Conference, until the very last second of the Conference your assistance was unique and most effective. Not just the organizers, but also every delegate had only good things to say for you as a person, your associates, and the entire organization endeavour.
Therefore, I would like once more to express my gratitude to you and your company for the excellent collaboration.
Looking forward to our next cooperation,
Sincerely,
Evangelos C. Karademas, PhD
Conference President
Gallos, 74100 Rethymnon.
Tel. 28310-77532, email: karademas@psy.soc.gr
From: Maboe Mokgobi
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 3:50 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Hi Maria,
Thank you very much for organizing accommodation and transport for us and I must say that I enjoyed my stay in Crete.
I must also say that in my opinion, the entire convention was well organized.
Once again, thank you Sincerely
Maboe Mokgobi (in South Africa)
From: David Manier
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:47 AM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
I would like to send you my personal thanks and appreciation for all that you did, of course for everyone else, but in particular for me. You are a kind and warm person, and more
than anything else, this matters.
I will be in Crete during the coming year, so I hope that perhaps our paths may cross again.
Very warm wishes to you and to all you hold dear, David
David Manier,
Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Psychology
Lehman College - City University of New York
From: M.R.Crone
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 3:54 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
Thank you for everything. I have found a very inspiring and well organized conference.
Besides it was my first time in Greece and I liked it very much.
Best wishes,
Matty Dr. M.R. Crone
Leiden University Medical Center
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
From: Cserhati Zoltan
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 2:32 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
I'd like to send my appreciation and congratulation for every member of the organizing team.
It was a fantastic, memorable event, both the scientific and the social programs were great.
Thank you very much and congratulations,
Zoltan Cserhati from Hungary
From: Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 12:08 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Hey Maria,
thank you - I also enjoyed it a lot, it was great visiting Greece and Crete in particular!
Thank you for having organized everything so outstandingly.
Kind regards,
Gjalt-Jorn
Gjalt-Jorn Peters
Work & Social Psychology,
faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience,
Maastricht University
From: Pamela Naidoo
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:37 AM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dearest Maria
Thank you for your hospitality.
I know that you tried your best
Take care and all the best
Pamela
Professor Pamela Naidoo
Head: HIV and TB Co-Infection
SBBI: Social, Behavioural & Biomedical Interventions Unit
HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections & TB (HAST)
From: Lena Fleig
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 9:32 AM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
thanks so much for organizing such a wonderful conference and for your invaluable support for the CREATE-team. attached please find a snapshot (of the two of us) from the conference dinner (which was so much fun!)
best wishes,
Lena Fleig
From: Kevin McKee
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:39 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
Thank you for your wishes. I would like to say that I found you and your colleagues extremely welcoming and helpful during the conference, and that the organization was exceptionally good.
best wishes,
Kevin
Kevin McKee
Professor of Gerontology,
Dalarna University & Dalarna Research Institute
From: Sheila Murta
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:22 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
It was indeed an enormous pleasure to attend to EHPS in Crete!
Congratulations for the great hospitality, beautiful country and excellent facilities!
You can be sure that all of us will keep great memories of this congress and Greek people.
Best regards,
Sheila Murta (from Brazil)
From: Bernard Rimé
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:02 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Dear Maria,
I tremendously enjoyed the conference, the location, and everything around.
Thank you so much for all the efforts you have put in it.
It was an exceptional success in every regard.
With my grateful regards,
Bernard Rimé
From: Sabrina Cipolletta
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:32 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
I wanted to thank you for your great job: the organization was excellent!
Sabrina Cipolletta,
PhD Assistant professor
University of Padova
Department of General Psychology
From: Faulkner Sue
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:06 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: EHPS 2011-Crete
Hi Maria,
Thank you for all your hard work in organising the conference.
I can speak for all of us from the University of Glamorgan in saying that we found it to be an interesting and enjoyable Conference and we all have very fond memories of our time in Crete.
We particularly enjoyed the conference dinner and the venue for this was spectacular.
Thank you once again.
Sue Faulkner
Bev John
Martin Graff
Laura Rees Davies
Lenira Semedo
From: Yael Benyamini
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:53 PM
To: Vangelis Karademas; Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: Conference EHPS 2011 outputs
Dear Vangelis and Maria,
I would like to thank you both again for the successful conference and for providing us with the one thing that is never explicitly written in any contract: Peace of mind.
Maria, I felt that you were doing your best not only to fulfill a list of tasks but to truly understand our needs and wishes and provide us with the best conference experience.
Thank you!
Best wishes,
Yael.Prof. Yael Benyamini
Bob Shapell School of Social Work
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv
69978
ISRAEL
From: Paraskeuas Lalousis
Date: Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Subject: EPS Conference
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
The European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics is been held every year in a different European city. The Conference is a prime international forum for the dissemination of recent results in all areas of plasma physics. The 2008 EPS Conference on Plasma Physics was held in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, at the Creta Maris Maris Conference Center, on June 9-13th 2008.
The Conference was organized by the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser FORTH and the Association EURATOM-Hellenic Republics, the conference logistics were assigned to the company Ibis El Greco S.A.
The company Ibis El Greco did an excellent job, very professional, in organizing the Conference. The Buses were on time, the scientific
presentations were coordinated without a hitch, the social events were superb with plenty of wine. Some of the comments I received, regarding the Conference were:
"I have been to all EPS Conferences since 1973, this was the best ', "there was nothing more to be done to improve the organization of the Conference".
I would like to thank Mrs Maria Leventi and her colleagues from Ibis El Greco for the excellent job she and her group did for EPS2008.
--
Paraskevas Lalousis
Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for EPS2008.
From: Jo Lister
Date: Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Subject: EPS Conference
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Maria,
Many thanks to you and your team for the work you put into our conference. I meant what I said in the closing ceremony - I do not say that often, indeed sometimes it would be the opposite...
You run a very professional group, and your colleagues enjoy themselves - perfect.
Please repeat my thanks to Silke for an excellent week before the conference too.
It will surely not be long before we return to Crete,
regards, Jo
--
Dr Jo Lister
Adjoint Scientifique à la Direction
From: Elvira Masoura
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:08 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: Re: Cognitive Psychology Conference
Dear Maria,
I did not have the time to meet you before leaving and greet you and your colleagues. I would like to thank you a lot for everything. The conference had a big success and I have very good remarks from my colleagues and students
Thank you,
Elvira
From: stav moustaiz
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:09 AM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: Re: for EPS 2008
Dear Mrs Leventi,
Our conference had a big success. I participated recently in two workshops and all delegates were expressing their satisfaction, especially the English ones, which are more “difficult”. You have contributed a lot to this result and we are grateful.
With my kind regards,
Stavros Moustaizis
Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee
From: Dr. Ariadni Stogiannidou
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
3rd Panhellenic Conference on Clinical and Health Psychology 2007
Dear Mrs Leventi,
With the happy end of the “3rd Panhellenic Conference of Clinical and Health Psychology 2007”, which was held at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from the 9th until the 11th of November 2007, I would like to express my “thanks” to your agency and to you personally for the perfect organization. Your agency contributed essentially to the success of this operation. During the preparation and the conference process as well as, after, during all settlements of financial issues, your assistance was valuable. I kindly ask you to accept the appreciation of all members of the Organizing Committee.
Sincerely,
The President of the Organizing Committee
Dr. Ariadni Stogiannidou
Liebe Silke,
auf diesem Wege möchten wir uns bei dir noch einmal von ganzem Herzen für eine sehr erfolgreiche und von dir perfekt organisierte Veranstaltung mit unserem Stammkunden E-Plus bedanken.
Unsere Gäste sind begeistert zurück nach Hause gefahren und hatten 4 fantastische Tage auf Kreta.
Wir von CT wissen, dass wir in dir einen kompetenten, professionellen, hilfsbereiten und superflexiblen Dienstleister auf Kreta gefunden haben und werden sehr gerne wieder auf dich zukommen, wenn wir eine neue Anfrage für Griechenland haben.
Danke für deinen persönlichen Einsatz rund um die Uhr, danke für dein Mitdenken und schnelles Reagieren, danke für deine tolle Art, dich um unsere Gäste zu kümmern und nicht zuletzt danke für den Spaß, den wir in der Zusammenarbeit mir dir hatten.
Wir freuen uns auf ein Wiedersehen mit dir!
Herzliche Grüße von
Karlheinz, Petra & Annika.
Creative Travel GmbH
Incentives - Events - Kongresse
Hallo Frau Butzlaff,
Die Kreta-Reise war in jeder Hinsicht ein voller Erfolg, die Kunden (die sehr anspruchsvoll sind!) waren überaus zufrieden!
Ein Kunde (Ende 90!!) war zuletzt im 2.Weltkrieg auf Kreta stationiert und war zu Tränen gerührt!
Also wirklich ohne Übertreibung eine in jeder Hinsicht gelungene Reise! Vielen Dank!
Viele Grüße,
Sandra Wendler
CHECK-IN Reisen GmbH
DERPART REISEBÜRO
From: Dr. Evangelos Karademas
Chair of the Local Organizining Committee of Psyche-Fedora 2007
Dear Mrs Leventi,
I address you this letter, because I would like to thank you personally as well as all your partners for your contribution at the organization of the European Conference Psyche-Fedora 2007, which was held at the Psychology Dept of the University of Crete at Rethymnon, 5-8 September 2007.
Our conference has been a big success and all delegates were satisfied. Everybody had the best impression on the organization of the conference, the website, the registration, the accommodation, the transfers.
I hope to have in the future the opportunity to collaborate with you again.
Sincerely Yours,
Evangelos Karademas
From: International Association for Relationship Research 2006
Local Organization Committee
Dear Maria,
With this letter I would like to thank you for all the good work that significantly contributed to the success of the conference given the very difficult circumstances in June.
Sincerely Yours,
Dr. Konstantinos Kafetsios
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the 2006 IARRC
Psychology Dept, University of Crete
From: Wayne Denton
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:02 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: Thanks! – IARRC 2006
Hello Maria,
I want to thank you and your agency for all of the help you provided us in our recent trip to Crete and Greece! The post-conference arrangements all took place smoothly and without problem. We rode the public bus to Heraklion and caught the Flying CAT and had a nice ride to Santorini - such a beautiful place (as was Crete) that we hope to return to. Our flight to Rodos and then from Rodos back to Athens also were smooth. We had the trip of a lifetime and are appreciative of your help – we brought some Nescafe and Ouzo back to help us remember our trip until we can return!
Thanks again and best wishes,
Wayne
From: Phil Shaver
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:30 AM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: RE: IARRC 2006
Maria, before getting sucked back into my workaholic life, I want to thank
you, for all you did to make the IARR conference such a pleasure. It was an excellent conference in every respect: facilities, quality of the presentations, atmosphere, participants' morale, and a lot of that had to do with how well everything was organized, the beauty of Crete, the quality of the special events, and so on. And I know you put out a lot of energy and good judgment to make it all happen.
Phillip R. Shaver, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
From: Beverley Fehr
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:10 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: Re: IARRC 2006
Dear Maria,
How nice to hear from you! It was such a pleasure to meet you. You did
a great job on the conference! I really appreciate all of the work you did and extra accommodations you made for me and my family. We had such a wonderful time. I loved Greece and can hardly wait to come back!
Thank you so much. I hope the rest of your summer has been less busy
(although I can't imagine you not working hard)!
Warm regards, Bev
Beverley Fehr
Past President IARR
From Infocomm
www.infocomm.org
(13.08.2005)
Dear all,
We would like to thank you again for your perfect cooperation during our Board Meeting and truly enjoyed our unique Cretan experience and we will forever have sweet and lovely memories of the warm and nice Greek people! They all continue to say it was a great trip and everyone enjoyed visiting the beautiful and romantic Santorini island. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and working with you. I will keep you informed of any future business we may be planning in Greece. And, maybe someday I can welcome you to the U.S. Efharisto! And, enjoy the rest of your summer.
Yvette Robinson
Manager, External Programs
infoComm - International Communications Industries Association,
From: Liss Starup Friis
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:26 PM
To: Maria Leventi - Incentives & Conferences
Subject: ECFS 2005
Dear Maria,
First of all I want to thank you and all the other IBIS staff for a very good co-operation, assistance and help which was done not only professional but also very personally so all the delegates and ICS staff felt very well treated and taken care of even if we felt rather stressed the first days. I hope we will have the possibility of working together another time. I hope you have a little time to relax now before the next event. We landed in Copenhagen yesterday on time scheduled, even if we were delayed about one hour from Crete.Med venlig hilsen/Yours sincerely
Liss Starup Friis
ICS A/S Copenhagen
From Mrs Santa Nousia-Arvanitaki
President of the Conference ECFS 2005
Dear Mrs Leventi,
Your participation in the organization of the European Conference of Cystic Fibrosis in Crete assisted in its success. Everyone’s comments were favorable in reference with the scientific program, the organization, the service of the participants and the hospitality.
Friendly,
Professor S. Nousia-Arvantitaki President ECFC 2005
Aristotle University – Medical Dept
From Chiron Germany
www.chiron.de
(12.07.2005)
Liebe Silke,
Ich fand's in Kreta - wie auch alle meine Kollegen - einfach wunder schön;unser Chef hat als Abschluss gemeint, dies war der beste Auftritt, den wir je auf einem Kongress hatten! Von unseren Kunden bekam ich teilweise überwältigende Rückantworten -besonders wurde auch das Dinner-Event im Lychnostatis gelobt. Es hat mich auch unheimlich gefreut, dich persönlich kennenzulernen, und möchte Dir für deine Hilfe und immer absolut schnelle und liebe.Unterstützung danken, Du hast mir vor ort unheimlich geholfen!!! Sollten wir in der Zukunft etwas in Griechenland planen, dann nur mit Ibis.
Tina
Martina Sturm
Supervisor Distribution - Sales & Marketing Assistant
Infectious Diseases
CHIRON|BIOPHARMACEUTICALS
From ECFS Association
www.ecfsoc.org
(29.07.2005)
Hi Maria,
As always, a bit behind in correspondence, but I just wanted to add my voice to all the thanks that must have come your way for the superb job done on the ECFS Crete Conference. It was a great pleasure to work with you and your colleagues on the project, and clearly the delegates were happy. I also think it is was fantastic that you offered to give the introduction to the Dance group at the Opening Ceremony, and did a wonderful job with that. I guess you are busy preparing for other conferences, but who knows, perhaps our paths will cross again…I would like to think so. Thank you again for the great cooperation.
Best wishes
Sarah Young
Ecfs Secretarial
From Res Seminars,
www.res-sem.com
(31.08.2005)
Hi Maria, Thank you for your message and photos. I was very impressed with you and your staff. Thank you for a tremendous job with our ICP meeting. Our colleagues are still talking about what a wonderful time we had in Crete.
Best Regards,
Eben Yancey
RES Seminars
From TQ3 Travel Solutions
(19/5/04)
Dear Maria, The DVV-LAP incentive trip worked out extremely well and it’s a great pleasure to convey our deepest thanks to the smashing success of the entire operation. Everything went very well and our client was of course, delighted with the result. Please extend my sincere thanks to Dominique Mastoraki for making our groups an overwhelming success and also thank the hotel staff of Marina Palace for making our guests feel welcome and giving them a feel for genuine Greek courtesy and hospitality. It would be a pleasure to work with you all in the future. Maria, thanks again for the terrific organization and cooperation and I hope to get a chance to work together again soon!
Elsie De Winter
Coordinator Meetings & Incentives
TQ3 Travel Solutions
