Andreas Birner
CEO
CEO
Born in the South of Bavaria – close to the Austrian border – growing up with skiing, mountaineering and white water kayaking and a military career
he decided to change his life and studied hotel and tourism management in Austria.
His career in the tourism industry spans from product management for specialist tour operators, co founder of one of the first online tour operators in the UK, hotel sales
and marketing management for luxury resort hotels in Greece and Spain to be one of the founders of A la Carte Travel with his wife Maria Kyrlidou in 1996…
After more then two decades of living in Greece and being embraced by the Greek tourism community in multiple ways he considers Greece as his home…
and destiny…. Andreas speaks German, English and Greek… if there is some free time he loves to go sailing, skiing, hiking or travelling through the hidden
and unknown Greece with friends and his son Stefanos…
he decided to change his life and studied hotel and tourism management in Austria.
His career in the tourism industry spans from product management for specialist tour operators, co founder of one of the first online tour operators in the UK, hotel sales
and marketing management for luxury resort hotels in Greece and Spain to be one of the founders of A la Carte Travel with his wife Maria Kyrlidou in 1996…
After more then two decades of living in Greece and being embraced by the Greek tourism community in multiple ways he considers Greece as his home…
and destiny…. Andreas speaks German, English and Greek… if there is some free time he loves to go sailing, skiing, hiking or travelling through the hidden
and unknown Greece with friends and his son Stefanos…
Andreas Birner
CEO
Christina Reppa
Project Manager M.I.C.E
Project Manager M.I.C.E
Born in Thessaloniki and raised in Duesseldorf, she started her career in the catering business. By chance she has landed in the event branch organising events, incentives and fairs since then. Her passion for traveling and discovering new destinations kept her in the line. In 2016 she made the big step to fulfill her big dream, a life in Greece, so she moved to her homeland. In her free time she likes to travel, write and photograph or enjoy spending time with family, friends and her cats.
Christina Reppa
Managing Partner
Maria Zinolidou Head of Incentives/Operations
Born in Essen and after growing up, spending her childhood and college-university years in her second home country Germany she decided to get an impression of Greece by moving to the island of Knights – to Rhodes. Her passion for travelling and different destinations has kept her in the tourism business since then, whilst moving to the main land of Greece. Although she is fascinated by Greece and the Greek passionate way of living, she never forgot her time and friends in Germany. She speaks German, English and Greek and when she is not travelling, she loves listening to music and spending time with her family & friends whilst drinking a good glass of wine. Her daily motto…”Don’t waste your time – Enjoy!”
Maria Zinolidou
Head of MICE and Operations
Alexandros Parisis Project Manager M.I.C.E.
Born in Wuppertal and after growing, spending his childhood and college years in his second home country he decided to follow his family to Greece. After meeting his wife during his stay he decided to begin a new life period here in Greece. Enchant by the Greek culture and the beautiful islands and travel-destinations, the travel business catches him. He speaks German, English and Greek and when he is not travelling, he follows his favorite soccer-team and spends his time with his family and friends.
Alexandros Parisis
Senior Project Manager M.I.C.E.
Kyriaki Braimas - Project Manager Groups
Born in Thessaloniki and raised in Germany, she began her professional career in the industry. After several instructive years, she changed course and started working in one of the largest hotels in Düsseldorf, where she organized events, conferences, and gala dinners. She would surely still be there today if her love for Greece wasn’t so strong. After eight years, she took another big step and permanently returned to Greece. This time, she embarked on a completely new career in the textile industry, to which she remained faithful for fifteen years. But she could never quite forget her wonderful time in tourism – so back she went! She speaks English and German, writes poetry, and may (or may not?) annoy her friends and colleagues with her self-authored literary creations.
Kyriaki Braimas
Head of Group Department
Maria Gkarli
Project Manager Groups
Project Manager Groups
Maria was born in Thessaloniki and spent her childhood in a small town in Chalkidiki. Her passion to work in tourism was triggered by TV documentaries as well as travelling to countries with different cultures and meeting people from far off lands. This was enough for her to study Tourism and still plays a major role in her life. She speaks English and devotes much of her spare time in order to perfect her skills in the German language. But she did not miss to pursue her other hobbies as well: watching movies, reading books and especially – planning her next trips!!
Maria Gkarli
Project Manager Groups
Dimitrios Topouzidis -Technical Director / IT Department
He was born in Thessaloniki. He is a web developer / graphic designer / system admin where he makes sure every aspect of electronics, software or hardware work as expected. He graduated from the University of Lancaster and University of Liverpool John Moores, with a Masters degree in Interactive Multimedia Systems (Computer Science) in 2005. He loves to travel a lot that’s why he chose to work in Hospitality and Tourism industry. What is the reason of his coming back to Greece? The natural beauties of this place! He speaks English and basic French but the next stage is ….improving his French and learning a little bit Spanish!! The next goal is to master the art of AI. His hobbies: hiking, travelling, listening to music!
Dimitrios Topouzidis
Technical Director
IT System Business Admin
IT System Business Admin
Georgia Topouzaki
Account Department
Account Department
She was born in Thessaloniki and grew up in beautiful Chalkidiki. She studied Information Technology at the Technological Educational Institute of Serres. She can’t live without the sea and the sun and that’s why she returns to Chalkidiki! In the summer she loves to relax on a beach! She also loves travelling around the world! The three E’s that she has always on her mind are: “Energy”, “Enthusiasm” and “Experiences”! In her free time she meets with her friends and spends time with her dog!
Georgia Topouzaki
Account Department