- Title: GREECE: OPENING OF ATHENS HILTON HOTEL
- Date: 22nd April 1963
- Summary: 1. LV HOTEL 0.04 2. MV EXT .. DITTO 0.07 3. MV INT .. 0.14 4. CU INTERIOR 0.18 5. CV DETAIL OF CEILING 0.24 6. MV DINING ROOM 0.28 7. MV ENTRANCE HALL 0.33 8. LV ACROPOLIS FROM BALCONY ROOM 0.41 9. LV TERRACE 0.47 10. MV ARCHBISHOP CHRYSSOSTOMOS SHAKES HANDS WITH CONRAD HILTON 0.53 11. MV VARIOUS GUESTS (4 SHOTS) 1.05 12. SV MINISTER PAPALYGOURAS CUTS TAPE 1.10 13. GV HOISTING GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS 1.20 14. CU HILTON, ANDREASES, PAPLYHOURAS 1.22 15. LV GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS ON TOP OF MAST 1.28 Initials AK/S/BHH/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 7th May 1963 13:00
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- Location: ATHENS, GREECE
- Country: Greece
- Reuters ID: LVAAPJ6U9ZOMXU3VFNK3TPA44B7C
- Story Text: ATHENS IS THE LATEST EUROPEAN CITY TO HAVE A HILTON HOTEL BUILT AT ITS CENTRE.THE 480-ROOM ATHENS HILTON IS SITUATED ONLY A FEW MINUTES FROM CONSTITUTION SQUARE AND THE ROYAL PALACE.THE ACROPOLIS RISES MAJESTICALLY ABOVE THE CITY A MILE TO THE WEST - A VIEW ENJOYED FORM MOST OF THE HOTEL'S ROOMS.
FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY ATHENS' AND ALL GREECE'S ARCHBISHOP CHRYSSOSTOMOS GAVE A BLESSING DURING A SHORT RELIGIOUS SERVICE.THE ENTRANCE-RIBBON WAS CUT ON BEHALF OF THE INDISPOSED GREEK PRIME MINISTER BY MR.PAPALYGOURAS AT A RECEPTION ATTENDED BY LEADING ATHENS CITIZENS AND AMERICANS - LED BY CONRAD HILTON.
SWIMMING-POOLS, AIR-CONDITIONING, SHOPS AND ROOF-GARDENS ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ATTRACTIONS OF THIS LUXURY HOTEL.A HUGE ABSTRACT MURAL COMMISSIONED FOR THE HOTEL HAS AT ITS CENTRE A SUN - A REMINDER THAT ATHENS ENJOYS 300 SUNNY DAYS A YEAR.AND IN A FEW DAYS TIME THE HILTON GALLERY WILL OPEN FOR EXHIBITIONS OF ART CREATED BY FAMOUS GREEK ARTISTS - MODERN AS WELL AS ANCIENT.
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