1. MARKOS DANAS
Loutron 62, Lagadas
6972310865, 2394025472
mdanas38@yahoo.gr
SUMMARY Manager with great experience in private and public sector, specialized in
marketing strategies, human resources and public relations.
Education-Training
Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.) Hellenic
Management Association
2015
Ε-tourism (m-commerce and e-marketing in
tourism),National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , e-
learning
2014
Marketing, Technological Institute of Thessaloniki, School of
business administration and economics, department of
Marketing
1997
Professional career
Hellenic Association of Municipalities with Thermal
Springs
Secretary General
2013-today
European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA)
Member of the committee for the Communication and Tourism
Ministry of Tourism
Member of the committee for the protection of curative
natural resources
2016-today
2014-today
Expertin Danas, Lifelong learning center
General Administration
2005-2015
Local news website www.lagadas24.gr
General administration, Content Publishing & Digital Marketing
2012-2015
LOUTRA LAGADA plc, Thermal Springs
Chairman of the administrative board – CEO
Facilities: Hotel, Hydrotherapy center, Spa center, Cafe,
Restaurant, Reception hall, Swimming pool, Gymnasium,
Football fields, Tennis and Basketball courts.
2007- 2010
2. Markos Danas Co, Construction company
General Administration
2002-2010
Kunst Plast, Construction frameworks company
General Administration
1995-2002
Olympic Victoria, Insurance company
Agent
1993 -1994
Languages-Computer skills
TOEIC Proficiency,
English professional working proficiency (910/990),
International Diploma in IT Skills Standard
Word, Excel, Internet, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access
Joomla, Website administration
Social media marketing, ( facebook, twitter, youtube)
Conferences-Workshops-Lectures-Exhibitions
European Historic Thermal Towns Association, General Assembly
October 2016, Salsomaggiore, Italy
http://traveldailynews.gr/news/article/63429
Presentation of the European Historic Thermal Towns Association
(EHTTA) to the European Parliament, September 2016, Strasbourg
http://ehtta.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127:ehtta-
presentation-on-european-thermal-heritage-at-eu-parliament-in-
strasbourg&catid=1:last-news&Itemid=41
1ο Tourism Festival on the beach of Thessaloniki. May 2016
http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/429-symmetoxi-
tou-syndesmou-dimon-iamatikon-pigon-elladas-sto-festival-tourismou-2016-
sth-thessaloniki. Participation with stand
Postgraduate Course: Organization, Management and Therapeutic
Practices Wellness Units and SPA, ATEI, Thessaloniki, May 2016
Lecture on : Health Tourism – Spa Tourism
http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis?start=11
Scientific workshop THE CONTRIBUTION OF GEOTHERMAL ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY, AUTH GEOT.E.E, SDIPE, Thessaloniki,
May 2016
Lecture on : Spa tourism and Geothermal
http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/441-oi-eisigiseis-
tis-imeridas-i-geothermia-kai-i-symvoli-tis-stin-anaptyksi-tis-xoras
3. European Historic Thermal Towns Association, General Assembly,
April 2016, Carlovy vary, Czech Republic , http://ehtta.eu/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=123:ehtta-general-assembly-in-
karlovy-vary&catid=1:last-news&Itemid=41
World Water Day, Athens March 22 2016, Constitution square
http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/423-oi-iamatikes-
phges-sto-syntagma - Participation with stand
International Exhibition Greekland Panorama, Stockholm,
February 2016 – Participation with stand
Scientific workshop HEALTH TOURISM,Medical Association of
Thessaloniki, Think tank INTERVENSION, Thessaloniki, January 2016
Lecture on: The catalytic role of the thermal springs in the development of
Health Tourism.
International Tourism Exhibition World Travel Market, November
2015, London – Participation with stand
European Historic Thermal Towns Association, General Assembly,
October 2015, Brussa, Turkey, http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-
anakoinoseis-2/398-markos-dannas-sthn-proussa
1ο Conference for Spa Medicine, Kammena Vourla, October 2015
Lecture on: The offer of the Hellenic Association of Municipalities with
Thermal Springs in Spa medicine
International Health Tourism Convention, Athens,11-14 March 2015,
http://www.internationalhealthtourismconvention.com – Participation with stand
International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia 2013 – 2014 -2015,
Thessaloniki, http://www.thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/296-
deltio-typou-philoxenia-2014 - Participation with stand
Perspectives of Health and Wellness Tourism in Greece, Workshop,
German embassy, Ministry of Tourism, Greek National Tourism Organization
Athens, August 2014
Workshop for the Promotion and Utilization of the thermal springs
of Kalithea, Rhodes, March 2014
Symposium for the viability of the Greek thermal springs – Wellness
tourism, Loutraki, October 2013,
http://www.thermalsprings.gr/attachments/article/96/Programma%20Dihmeridas.p
df
Lecture on: The present condition and the future of the Hellenic Association
of Municipalities with Thermal Springs
4. Wellness spa tourism for a new development strategy, Workshop,
Central Union of Greek Municipalities, Hellenic Association of Municipalities
with Thermal Springs, Athens, September 2013,
http://www.thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/83-hmerida-25-9-
2013
Publications
Newspaper NATION - 'Hot' interest in Thermal springs
http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/453-artho-stin-efimerida-
ethnos-kauto-endiaferon-gia-ta-iamatika-loytra
Business newspaper BUY : Mineral injection in tourism
http://thermalsprings.gr/index.php/el/nea-anakoinoseis-2/450-iamatiki-enesi-ston-
tourismo
Interview to National New York Herald "Thermal springs tourist
attraction all year round" www.linkedin.com/pulse/συνέντευξη-στον-εθνικό-
κήρυκα-νέας-υόρκης-ιαματικές-πηγές-danas?trk=prof-post
Health Tourism: Investment opportunities http://www.tanea.gr/triti-
apopsi/article/5306782/toyrismos-ygeias-mia-ependytikh-eykairia/, 2015
The day after for spa tourism in Greece,
http://www.aftodioikisi.gr/sunenteuxeis/m-danas-i-epomeni-mera-tou-iamatikou-
tourismou-stin-ellada, 2013
Κοινωνικές Δραστηριότητες
Member of the think tank INTERVENTION
Member of the town council of Lagada
2016-today
2007- 2014
Chairman of the administrative board of a political party in
Lagada
2010-2016
Chairman of the administrative board of the philharmonic
orchestra Orpheus
2009 -2010
Member of the administrative board of the basketball team
HERMES
1997- 2006
Chairman of the administrative board of the 3rd Elementary
school of Lagada
2007-2010
Military obligations fulfilled in the 5th squadron of special forces 1997-1999
Track athlete 1985-1994